In the late 1980’s, through the end of the 1990’s, criminal defense lawyers took on clients who were prosecuted in U.S. Federal District Courts in New York and Florida for acts that are now prosecuted under the Patriots Act. Internationally anti-terrorist military actions by the U.S. government on foreign soil…
If you are arrested in United States, almost all local police departments and sheriff departments send the name to immigration authorities, known as ICE. If the immigration authorities believe that person does not have legal status to remain in the United States, they issue a detainer. Once your legal issues…
Two unrelated cases will be before the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of cellphone searches incident to an arrest. In one case the cellphone search was upheld, in the other it was ruled as unconstitutional. The issue is important when 91% of U.S. residents carry cellphones with them. Searches…
Who is Steven Wise and why did the New York Times Magazine have him on its cover on last week? Steven Wise is an attorney who for thirty years has been a leading advocate of animal rights, but not in the way most of us understand. Animal rights have been…