In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Jones held that attaching a magnetic GPA tracking device to the exterior of a vehicle constituted…
18 U.S.C. § 924(c) is a federal criminal statute which prohibits either the use or carrying of a firearm “during and in relation to…
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (TexCrimApp) this past October upset district attorneys and “tough on crime” legislators throughout the state when it declared…
On January 6, 2014, the First Circuit Court of Appeals in United States v. Breton narrowed the scope of the marital communications privilege. The…
On December 29, 2013, the final episode of the critically acclaimed drama series, Treme, aired on HBO. Created by David Simon and Eric Overmeyer, the…
Border patrol agents, either through experience or training, develop expert, almost magical, observation skills about vehicle behavior that can create a reasonable suspicion of…
With the Edward Snowden leaks, revelations that the National Security Agency (NSA) covertly monitors the email and cell phone use of virtually every person…
Most of the time mandatory minimums are discussed in the context of federal cases, the discussion involves drugs. Over the past few years, Congress…
Walter Yovany Vasquez Macias (“Vasquez”) is a citizen of Honduras. He has a long and convoluted immigration history in the United States. Sometimes during…
Ted Nugent’s recent racially inflammatory “subhuman mongrel” comment directed at the President of the United States has triggered a national debate about whether individuals…
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