Protest rights, free speech, surveillance and the court cases that test the limits of government power.
France puts 70,000 police on the streets for Saturday’s protests as Paris extends its curfew, Marseille and Lyon ban marches and a legal challenge to Macron’s union-only rule reaches the Council of State.
Macron called a defence council for Oct. 23 ahead of another nationwide protest day, as France bans non-union marches, feuds with Trump and watches its borrowing costs climb.
The ACLU, the National Women’s Law Center and the Service Women’s Action Network have sued the Defense Department under FOIA for records on its review of women in ground combat jobs. The study’s lead researcher wrote the contested 2015 Marine Corps study Hegseth cited in his book.
Justices Sotomayor and Gorsuch questioned Chicago’s practice of selling cars over unpaid parking tickets. The court also turned away two SWAT property-damage cases.
Lexington, Mississippi, agreed to stop jailing people for unpaid fines without checking whether they can pay, two years after a federal investigation.
Victims’ families may watch in person. The Dec. 3 execution at Fort Hood is still on.
Police in Chula Vista, St. Louis, Lakeland and more cities are flying drones to 911 calls. How it works, what it costs and the rules civil liberties groups want first.
Trump told the attorney general to seek execution for people who kill police officers. Most of those cases are state cases, and a 1977 ruling bars automatic death sentences.
Shorter retention, mandatory audits and case numbers for every search. An analysis of what Flock changed, what critics say is missing, and four ways lawmakers could regulate plate readers.
The city’s ordinance carries a fine of up to $999 and 300 days in jail. Similar bans in six other big cities have mostly been blocked.