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u s constitution u s constitution the constitution bill of rights founding fathers constitutional topics constitution for kids news videos more amendments electoral votes faq important documents other ratifications state constitutions surveys trivia about the authors menu the constitution bill of rights founding fathers news about the authors the u s constitution archival records profiles and educational resources since 1995 arraignment arraignment is the moment the criminal justice system stops being abstract and becomes personal it is often the first time a judge addresses the accused directly the first time the charges are stated in open court and the first procedural fork in the road where a single word guilty or read more what is rico rico gets used like a synonym for big crime but the racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act is not a vibe it is a specific federal statute passed in 1970 that lets prosecutors and civil plaintiffs treat a long running scheme as the main event most criminal law is built read more arraignment hearing arraignment sounds like a procedural speed bump in reality it is one of the first moments a criminal case becomes real in open court on the record with a judge looking directly at the person the state is accusing it is also where a quiet constitutional shift happens before court you might read more arraignment hearing for many people arraignment is just one of those courtroom words you only hear on tv in real life it is often one of the first moments the government says out loud and on the record this is what we accuse you of and this is what can happen if you are convicted an arraignment hearing read more rico case meaning people throw around the phrase rico case like it is shorthand for big scandal someone gets indicted with a stack of charges the headline says rico and the public takeaway is basically this must be serious it often is but the meaning of a rico case is more specific and more read more daca and the constitution daca is one of those policies that feels like it should be a statute because it affects so many lives in such a sweeping way but it is not a law congress passed it is an exercise of executive discretion built on top of an immigration system congress wrote administered by agencies congress read more rico the racketeering law that rewired criminal prosecutions rico is the law you hear about when prosecutors want to say something bigger than a person committed a crime they want to say an organization ran a system of crime and the people inside it played roles in a coordinated pattern that is the core idea behind the federal racketeer influenced read more what is an arraignment you can tell how early a case is by how little has actually been decided an arraignment is that moment it is often the first formal court appearance where the case becomes official in open court and the system puts its cards on the table the charges the government is bringing the rights the read more what is a midterm election in the usa midterm elections are the elections that happen in the middle of a president s four year term they are not a separate kind of election created by one constitutional clause they are the natural result of a system where different offices run on different calendars and that scheduling detail has read more arraignment meaning arraignment is the moment a criminal case stops being an abstract accusation and becomes a formal on the record proceeding in a courtroom it is usually a short hearing but it can be a high leverage one this is where the judge tells you what you are charged with confirms you have a lawyer or read more booker s supreme court warning sen cory booker is making a straightforward midterm argument about the supreme court if democrats take control of congress he says they will reform the court the question that prompted his remarks was framed as part of a long american tradition of political conflict over the court read more usps and handguns a major rule change in motion for most americans mailing a handgun sounds like something that is obviously illegal like putting fireworks in a box and hoping nobody notices but the law has never been that simple it has been a layered system of federal statutes postal regulations and the background reality that the read more nj donor disclosure fight shows the power of impact litigation constitutional law does not always arrive with a sweeping statute or a landmark opinion that everyone recognizes on sight sometimes it starts with something smaller and more procedural a demand for records that is the posture of a dispute now unfolding in new jersey the state attorney general read more pausing the carroll judgment what an appeal freezes and what it does not in civics class i used to tell my students that the law has two speeds what the jury decides and what the system can actually enforce those two speeds collide when a losing party asks for a stay meaning a court ordered pause while an appeal continues that is the moment we are in with read more new jersey ruling draws a line on off duty cannabis use for police for many americans cannabis policy is no longer an abstract debate it shows up in workplace handbooks union negotiations disciplinary hearings and a simple but important question what can an employer control once an employee clocks out a recent decision from the superior court of new read more doj vs colorado magazine ban colorado has limited ammunition magazines to 15 rounds since 2013 now the u s department of justice is in court arguing that colorado s large capacity magazine law is not just bad policy but unconstitutional that lawsuit tees up a question that sounds simple until you touch the read more roberts the court and the politics we pretend not to see chief justice john roberts told a room of lawyers at a legal conference in hershey pennsylvania that many americans have the supreme court wrong people he said see the justices as political actors i don t think that is an accurate understanding of what we do roberts added read more 11 supreme court cases to watch this term the supreme court s term does not end with oral argument it ends with consequences the court is now in the final stretch of its 2025 2026 term oral arguments are over and the merits docket is fully submitted what remains is the work that actually settles the law drafting finalizing and read more visa overstay and unlawful presence explained most people use the phrase overstayed my visa like it is self explanatory it sounds like a single mistake with a single punishment immigration law does not work that cleanly in everyday speech overstay often means you stayed longer than you were supposed to but the legally read more national security letters explained national security letters sound like something a judge signs in a hurry under dim lights with a national crisis ticking in the background they are not that a national security letter or nsl is an administrative demand issued by the fbi that compels a company to hand over certain categories of read more previous page 1 of 141 next the authors behind u s constitution eleanor stratton founding author i focus on making the complexities of the u s constitution both understandable and engaging charlotte greene librarian historian james caldwell civics educator meet the full team u s constitution online since 1995 about team contact us privacy privacy policy terms and conditions social facebook x twitter