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“I Water You, You Water Me”: High School Assistant Principal Under Fire for Raising Money to Pay Off Coyote

JonathanTurley

There is an interesting controversy brewing in Rhode Island where a high school vice principal, Stefani Harvey, sent an email to school staff seeking money to pay a “coyote” for transporting a student who entered the country illegally. It is also a crime to harbor an illegal immigrant or shield the alien from detection.

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Something Completely Different: Lord Edward Coke and the Rule of Law

OilandGasLawyer

I have been reading a biography of Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, by John M. Roger Williams immigrated to Massachusetts Colony in 1631. He went to what is now Rhode Island and founded the Providence Plantation. Coke is known by lawyers as a pillar of the development of the common law in England.

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White-Collar Crime Prosecutions Continue 20-Year Decline

The Crime Report

The decline in prosecutions may indicate the priorities of the federal government: since 2001, resources have been diverted toward anti-terrorism and immigration cases, potentially straining the government’s ability to prosecute white-collar crime, said Sklansky, who added that he trusts TRAC’s data analysis.

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The New York Times Faces Claims of Hypocrisy Over Coverage of the Deployment of Troops

JonathanTurley

Indeed, just before the anniversary of the Cotton controversy, the New York Times published a column by University of Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis, who defended the murder of a conservative protester and said that he saw “nothing wrong” with such acts of violence.

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Federal US judge rejects Trump funding freeze over constitutional violations

JURIST

of the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island stressed that the US Constitution gives Congress the sole authority to control federal spending. In an extensive opinion, Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. Throughout his opinion, Judge McConnell reiterated that federal agencies can only act within the scope authorized by law.

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FEMA Steals $80M From NYC, Dares Courts To Do Something About It

Above The Law

The Executive Branch has a duty to align federal spending and action with the will of the people as expressed through congressional appropriations, not through Presidential priorities,’ Rhode Island federal Judge John McConnell scolded in the January 31 TRO , reminding the feds that actually Congress has the power of the purse.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Rhode Island v. The Immigration and Protection Tribunal denied his claim in a decision affirmed by the New Zealand High Court and the Supreme Court of New Zealand. .); Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County v. Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) 19-1330 (10th Cir.); Mayor & City of Baltimore v. BP p.l.c. , 19-1644 (4th Cir.);