That question divides federal judges as much as it divides the police and their victims. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Ashtian’s mom’s appeal, Barnes v. Felix, to decide if ...

WASHINGTON − Ashtian Barnes was headed down a Texas toll road to pick up his girlfriend’s daughter from day care when a traffic enforcement officer stopped him – because his girlfriend’s ...

Felix will be noteworthy. The Supreme Court appears dangerously close to sleepwalking into a major revision of police self-defense law. For federal courts scholars, meanwhile, yesterday's oral ...

The pending Supreme Court case, Barnes v. Felix, specifically looks at whether courts should apply the “moment of threat doctrine” when evaluating lawsuits filed under the Fourth Amendment ...

The U.S. Supreme Court gave a boost on Tuesday to a female Oklahoma death row inmate who claimed her 2004 conviction for murdering her estranged husband was tainted by what her lawyers called ...

Felix fired twice in two seconds because he “reasonably feared for his life,” his lawyers wrote in their Supreme Court brief. Lower courts had dismissed the excessive force lawsuit filed ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday ... Listen to the hearing in the player above. Barnes v. Felix is a Texas case that began when Ashtian Barnes was pulled over by police in 2016 ...

“It is plain that the use of lethal force against this unarmed man preceded any real threat to Officer Felix’s safety.” CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst Joan Biskupic contributed to this report.

[1] The outcome: The appeal is pending adjudication before the U.S. Supreme Court. Legal counsel: Katherine Booth Wellington (Hogan Lovells US LLP) Respondent: Roberto Felix, Jr. Legal counsel: Lisa ...

In appealing that decision and the 5th Circuit ruling, lawyers for Hughes urged the Supreme Court to broaden its review of the officer’s actions to consider, for instance, that Felix had ...