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A federal immigration judge ended the deportation case against Narciso Barranco, a Mexican father of three U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

But Barranco’s family said that he ran away because he was afraid and that no charges were ever filed against him.

From Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office filed criminal charges against five people attempting to do unlicensed contract work on land damaged or destroyed in the Eaton fire.

From Los Angeles Times

But this misses a critical point: The Epstein file dump is not simply playing out as a backdrop against which other acts of American lawlessness are occurring.

From Slate

Judges across the country prove every day that the law is still the last, best guardrail against that sort of nihilist thinking.

From Slate