Two New York City Lawyers were arrested and are now facing federal charges for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail in to a vacant police car, during the recent protests Colinford Mattis, an Ivy League educated corporate lawyer, is accused of driving Urooj Rahman, a legal aid lawyer, who reportedly threw the Molotov cocktail in to the police car. Nobody was injured in attack, but law enforcement obtained surveillance video capturing the incident. Both lawyers are said to be very committed to social justice issues, but neither is involved with violent or extremists groups. Both are currently detained in federal custody pending a bail appeal. They face charges that carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years in federal prison. ..
New York and Texas Head Toward Constitutional Showdown Over Abortion Shield Laws
Texas and New York are currently locked in an escalating state's rights battle over the mailing of abortion pills to patients in states with abortion bans. The central question is whether states must honor one another's abortion laws. After the U.S. Supreme Court...
