A red-blue divide did not appear where many people might expect to see it, including, for example, criminal law rules relating to the insanity defense, self-defense, the use of strict liability ...

Law & Government. Red States Are Reversing Criminal Justice Reform Republican lawmakers are undoing bipartisan measures against unjust prison sentences and punitive policies.

While an important step, red flag laws can only keep weapons from at-risk individuals. Without the leverage of diversion courts, they cannot compel them to undergo treatment.

And criminal law can disproportionately affect the poor — the very same people most likely to be violently victimized. These red flag proposals wouldn’t be imposed in an otherwise perfect country.

Are red flag laws constitutional? Critics argue red flag laws go against the Second Amendment. While there have been Second Amendment challenges to these laws, they've each failed, Blocher said.

New York's controversial "green light law" is under fire once again as experts warn it puts Border Patrol agents and the American public at risk.

Several measures impacting the practice of criminal law are set to take effect this year, from better standards for police lineups to scholarships to encourage more attorneys to become public ...

Red states seem eager to follow Trump's immigration agenda, pushing for legislatures to increase law enforcement, restrict ...

Extreme risk protection orders, more commonly referred to as "red flag" laws, have been passed across the country as a means to prevent gun violence — but there are many questions about what ...