Bad mortgages can have devastating consequences for both individuals and the entire economy. Thankfully, a batch of new federal mortgage disclosure laws protect home buyers and help prevent the economic consequences of bad mortgages.
Most people agree that letting prisoners “rot in jail” is not beneficial for anyone, inside or outside of the justice system. What’s more challenging is agreeing on how to implement prison’s dual purpose of retribution and rehabilitation.
No matter what form artistic expression takes, the only way to be completely legal is to obtain the permission of the property owner. Everything else is playing with fire.
People of color still don’t have a level playing field when it comes to buying a house. Yes, cities no longer have laws barring individuals from moving into certain neighborhoods, but the overt racism of segregated housing remains, even it’s gotten more subtle.
Many people consider Home Alone a Midwestern family Christmas classic, but the truth is much darker. It’s really a cautionary tale, a Chicago crime thriller in which no one is innocent. The following is a rundown of the many, many crimes contained in the film, listed here to help you steer clear of such unlawful holiday debauchery.
The District of Columbia is riding a wave of marijuana legalization that started on the other side of the country, but perhaps no place else has been as quick to capitalize on its economic potential. And now, in the increasingly competitive housing market of Washington, D.C., a new selling point is in play: marijuana grow closets.
A rash of new voter registration laws—also known as voter ID laws—across the country purport to protect the democratic process from fraud. At first glance, it makes sense for the voter registration process to include proof of eligibility to vote. But the reality is that disenfranchisement is the most likely outcome.
With nearly 200,000 inmates in federal prison, incarceration is inarguably a costly endeavor, and both conservative and liberal interests are working toward sentencing reform with the goal of reducing the number of inmates overall.
Administrators at the Santa Clara, Utah, elementary school (named, ironically, Arrowhead), got a very public education in Native American tradition after deeming young Jakobe Sanden’s haircut “a distraction” and notifying his parents that the boy would have to get it cut or leave school.
As more states move towards legalizing marijuana, laws continue to evolve and address new scenarios, both unforeseen and obvious. One particularly troublesome issue: open container laws. Should somebody get busted for, say, having a loaded pot pipe in the glove box of their car? Or even just walking down the street?