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The video reminded active-duty members of the military and intelligence community that they were obligated to refuse illegal orders. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal , Military

Simplified: The video reminded active-duty members of the military and intelligence community that they were obligated to refuse illegal orders.

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2 months ago
The move to charge the lawmakers was an extraordinary attempt by Trump appointees to politicize the criminal justice system. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Political , Legal

Simplified: The move to charge the lawmakers was an extraordinary attempt by Trump appointees to politicize the criminal justice system.

1 sources

2 months ago
Prosecutors presenting the case sought to persuade the grand jurors that the lawmakers had violated a statute that forbids interfering with the loyalty, morale or discipline of the U.S. armed forces. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal

Simplified: Prosecutors sought to persuade grand jurors that the lawmakers had violated a statute forbidding interfering with the U.S. armed forces.

1 sources

2 months ago
A group of ordinary citizens sitting on the grand jury in Federal District Court in Washington forcefully rejected Mr. Trump’s bid to label their expression of dissent as a criminal act warranting pro... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal

Simplified: A grand jury in Federal District Court in Washington rejected Mr. Trump’s bid to label their expression of dissent as a criminal act.

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2 months ago
ICE is already using facial recognition software in places like Minnesota, not only against suspected undocumented migrants but also against protesters. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal , Security

Simplified: ICE is using facial recognition software against suspected undocumented migrants and protesters

2 sources

2 months ago
The city of Evanston deactivated its Flock license plate readers, terminated its contract with the company, and ordered all the cameras taken down. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal , Security

Simplified: Evanston deactivated Flock license plate readers terminated its contract and ordered cameras taken down

1 sources

2 months ago
ICE officers in Maine photographed a legal observer and told her, "We have a nice little database, and now you're considered a domestic terrorist." 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal , Security

Simplified: ICE officers told a legal observer they were considered a domestic terrorist

1 sources

2 months ago
In 2022, it emerged that police departments could access Ring footage without the camera owners' permission or even a warrant, through a dedicated portal on the service's website. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal , Security

Simplified: Police departments could access Ring footage without permission or a warrant in 2022

2 sources

2 months ago
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced in August that Flock had granted U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) access to its license plate readers in Illinois—a violation of state l... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Technology , Legal

Simplified: Flock granted CBP access to its license plate readers in Illinois in August

2 sources

2 months ago
Police obtained footage without a warrant or consent of the user. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal , Security

Simplified: Police obtained footage without a warrant or user consent

4 sources

2 months ago
John Jay, our first chief justice, called them “one of the best institutions that ever was devised for bringing offenders to justice without endangering the peace and security of the innocent.” 0.950

👤 John Jay 📋 Opinion 🏷️ Legal , Historical

Simplified: John Jay called grand juries one of best institutions for bringing offenders to justice without endangering peace and security of innocent

1 sources

2 months ago
Federal grand juries in Virginia twice decided not to indict Letitia James, the New York attorney general, after a judge dismissed an initial case against her. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion 🏷️ Legal , Politics

Simplified: Federal grand juries in Virginia twice decided not to indict Letitia James

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2 months ago
The Constitution’s framers enshrined the power of grand juries in the Fifth Amendment. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion 🏷️ Legal , Historical

Simplified: Constitution's framers enshrined power of grand juries in Fifth Amendment

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2 months ago
We should embrace this trend and give them the procedural protections they need to serve as true checks on government power. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Legal , Political

Simplified: Embrace this trend and give them the procedural protections they need to serve as true checks on government power

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2 months ago
At the federal level and in many states, we need procedural reform to limit hearsay testimony so grand jurors hear from actual witnesses. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Legal , Regulation

Simplified: Procedural reform needs to limit hearsay testimony so grand jurors hear from actual witnesses at the federal level and in many states

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2 months ago
In Minnesota, federal prosecutors have charged some demonstrators with misdemeanors in cases involving encounters with federal agents — and it is very likely that they did so in some cases because the... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion 🏷️ Legal

Simplified: In Minnesota federal prosecutors charged demonstrators with misdemeanors in cases involving encounters with federal agents

1 sources

2 months ago
In Washington, a grand jury refused to return a felony indictment against a man who threw a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer during a crackdown ordered by President Trump. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion 🏷️ Legal , Politics

Simplified: In Washington grand jury refused to return felony indictment against man who threw sandwich at officer during crackdown ordered by President Trump

1 sources

2 months ago
Federal grand jurors are showing that they will use their power wisely. 0.850

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Legal , Political

Simplified: Federal grand jurors are showing they will use their power wisely

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2 months ago
Grand juries screen cases, but do not determine guilt or innocence. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion 🏷️ Legal

Simplified: Grand juries screen cases but do not determine guilt or innocence

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2 months ago
In 2016, the last year for which the Justice Department published such data, federal prosecutors concluded more than 155,000 cases, but grand juries refused to indict in only six of them. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion 🏷️ Legal , Statistical

Simplified: In 2016 federal prosecutors concluded more than 155000 cases but grand juries refused to indict in only six of them

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2 months ago