Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Thursday paid loving tribute to former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, celebrating her legacy as the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court and her commitment to promoting civics and civility after her retirement. During an awards ceremony at Duke University honoring her contributions to civic education, Chief…
Im Dezember 2018 flog ein Team von Strafverfolgungsbeamten des Bundes nach Amsterdam, um einen Zeugen einer jahrelangen strafrechtlichen Untersuchung gegen Caterpillar zu befragen, das Milliarden von Dollar an Einkommenssteuern vermieden hatte, indem es Gewinne an eine Schweizer Tochtergesellschaft verlagerte. Wenige Stunden vor Beginn der Befragung erfuhren die Agenten verblüfft, dass das Justizministerium sie aufforderte, das…
Dozens of inmates, including disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, have died needlessly in federal prisons due to lax supervision, access to contraband and poor supervision of vulnerable inmates, according to a report released Thursday by the Justice Department’s watchdog agency. The Bureau of Prisons, which has jurisdiction over about 155,000 inmates, routinely subjects prisoners to conditions…
