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A House Judiciary subcommittee held a hearing on presidential clemency power and what reform for the process would look like. In the first panel, lawmakers heard from Representative Ayanna P…

Rachel Barkow, a vice dean and law professor at New York University, talked about mass incarcerations. The event was part of the Cato Institute’s 20th annual Constitution Day symposium, titl…

John Pfaff, author of Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration and How to Achieve Real Reform; Rachel Barkow, author of Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceratio…

Miami-Dade County Judge Steve Leifman, one of the nation’s foremost authorities on the criminalization of mental illness, moderated a panel about the high rates of arresting, prosecuting, an…

The late Justice Antonin Scalia was honored at a special meeting of the Supreme Court Bar in the Court’s Great Hall. Speakers included Acting Solicitor General Ian Gershengorn and former Jus…

A panel of law experts talked about race and policing. Topics included the Trayvon Martin shooting, mitigating racial bias of police, and legislation proposed by Senator Cardin (D-MD) to end…

Witnesses testified about the Obama administration’s proposal to create a new agency responsible for consumer protection with regard to financial products and services. The Consumer Financia…