Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring after serving more than two decades on the nation’s highest court, Supreme Court and Biden administration sources tell NPR. Breyer is expected to make the announcement at the White House on Thursday. Breyer — professorial, practical and moderately liberal — wrote many of the court’s legally important but less glamorous decisions and

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Only 31 days in jail for LEO arrested for sex crime (other than the registration part)

A former ICE agent has pled guilty to flashing several students at a Florida High School. Ruben Rosado-Milan pled guilty to seven charges and will spend 31 days in a Lee County jail after he flashed several students at Riverdale High School in Fort Myers. According to authorities, Rosado-Milan, who worked as a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, was

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NY: Social media ban ends for some sex offenders in NYS

People on the sex offender registry in New York State can now access the internet and social media platforms without restrictions, except in some cases. The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), Rutgers Law School Constitutional Rights Clinic, and Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York secured a settlement on January 24 ending the ban. The original Jones et al. v.

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Public defenders rarely make it on the federal bench. Not anymore

The Center for American Progress reported in June meanwhile that, prior to Biden’s presidency, approximately 1% of federal appellate judges had spent most of their careers in roles as public defenders or legal aid attorneys. Fleming is still awaiting confirmation in the Senate, but his nomination signals both an attempted shift by President Joe Biden to put former public defenders

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