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• April 13, 2026

  SWAT Search Of Innocent Family's Home Legal, 8th Circ. Says

  An Eighth Circuit panel dismissed claims from a St. Louis family whose home was invaded by a SWAT team in connection with a 2023 carjacking that the family had nothing to do with, ruling that their rights were not violated.

• April 10, 2026

  Forced Headdress Removal In Colo. Violates Rights, Suit Says

  A Muslim woman forced to remove her hijab in front of male officers during booking at an Aurora detention facility has hit the city with a proposed class action in Colorado federal court, alleging its policy requiring women to remove religious head coverings for booking photographs violates the U.S. Constitution.

• April 09, 2026

  Ga. Jail Policy Scrutinized In Bookstore's Free Speech Suit

  A Georgia federal judge pored over a county jail's policy of only allowing in books sent from authorized retailers, as jail leadership argued its approach was narrowly tailored and a local bookstore claimed it was arbitrary and unconstitutional.

• April 02, 2026

  5th Circ. Suggests Evidence Still Usable Despite Miranda Gaffe

  The Fifth Circuit on Thursday gave federal prosecutors in Mississippi a second chance to prove a defendant in a drug trafficking case voluntarily waived his rights during a police interview because he continued to speak with investigators even after being misled.

• April 02, 2026

  NC Top Court Scraps Judicial Fix For Public School System

  The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled in a divided decision Thursday that a trial court lacked the power to impose constitutional remedies for the state's failure to provide students with a quality education, invalidating nine years of developments in the decadeslong case known as Leandro.

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