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- People v. Smollett, 2024 IL 130431
Court Filing · 2024
Illinois Supreme Court
Reverses the second prosecution because the State failed to honor its agreement after Smollett performed. It is not a factual-innocence ruling.
- Perry Amendment No. 221 to H.R. 8870
Government Record · 2026
Rep. Scott Perry
Rep. Scott Perry's amendment to limit plate readers paid for with federal highway money to tolling only.
- Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, Robertson v. United States, No. 18-609
Court Filing · 2018
Joseph David Robertson, by counsel
Robertson’s petition calls him an elderly Navy veteran and presents fire-preparation water supply as the ponds’ purpose. It says he owned White Pine Lode, formerly owned…
- Pfizer Inc. 2021 Form 10-K
Corporate Filing · 2022
Pfizer Inc.
The filing reports $36.781 billion of Comirnaty revenue, not vaccine profit. Company-wide net income and product revenue are different measures.
- Pierson v. Ray, 386 U.S. 547
Court Filing · 1967
Supreme Court of the United States
Pierson recognized common-law judicial immunity and a police good-faith/probable-cause defense. It did not create Harlow’s later clearly-established objective formulation.
- Plea Agreement with Purdue Pharma L.P.
Court Filing · 2020
U.S. Department of Justice and Purdue Pharma L.P.
The agreement covers three felony conspiracies, a $3.544 billion fine, and $2 billion forfeiture. It expressly preserved prosecution of individuals.
- Political Science Quarterly, June 1887: Original Printing of Wilson’s Essay
Document · 1887
Political Science Quarterly (Academy of Political Science)
Scan of the June 1887 issue of Political Science Quarterly, where Wilson's 'The Study of Administration' first appeared (pages 197 to 222). Public domain.
- Poor Neighborhoods Hit Hardest by Asset Forfeiture in Chicago, Data Shows
News Report · 2017
C.J. Ciaramella / Reason
Reason analyzed Lucy Parsons Labs data obtained from the Cook County State’s Attorney through a records request. The 23,065 seizures covered 2012-2017 and clustered in low-income…
- Presidential Memorandum: Directing the Repeal of Unlawful Regulations (2025)
Government Record · 2025
President Donald J. Trump
President Trump, April 2025: told agencies to repeal regulations that are plainly unlawful under ten recent Supreme Court rulings without the usual public-comment process. Legal critics…
- Printz v. United States (1997)
Court Filing · 1997
Supreme Court of the United States (Scalia, J., 5-4)
U.S. Supreme Court, June 1997, 5 to 4: struck down the Brady Act's order for local sheriffs to run background checks. The federal government may not…
- Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Part 5: Civil Recovery
Government Record · 2002
UK Parliament
UK civil recovery can proceed without a connected criminal prosecution and uses the civil standard. The claim that the UK seizes only after conviction is false.
- Progress of Research & Development of E-CNY in China
Government Record · 2021
People’s Bank of China Working Group on E-CNY Research and Development
The white paper discusses KYC-based limits and smart-contract programmability but supplies no evidence that wallets were frozen merely because holders tested positive for COVID.
- Protocol IV on Blinding Laser Weapons (1995)
Government Record · 1995
United Nations; U.S. Department of State
Protocol IV, 1995: the treaty banning laser weapons designed to permanently blind. Blinding as a side effect of other lasers is not banned. The U.S. joined…
- Public Act 104-0018 — Tamara Clayton Expressway Camera Act amendments (605 ILCS 140)
Government Record · 2025
Illinois General Assembly
Illinois Public Act 104-0018 (2025): expressway camera images may be used only for listed serious crimes and highway safety, exported images must be deleted within 120…
- Public Citizen v. Heckler (1986)
Court Filing · 1986
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Johnson, J.)
Federal court in Washington, D.C., December 1986: ordered FDA to ban the interstate sale of all raw milk, after a consumer group sued. The judge refused…
- Raskin: Alphabet’s Coerced Confession Contradicts Employee Testimony (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Rep. Jamie Raskin, House Judiciary Committee minority
Rep. Jamie Raskin, House Judiciary Democrats, October 2025: says Alphabet's letter conflicts with testimony from 20 Alphabet employees, quoting a YouTube executive who recalled no policy…
- RCFP: Court Throws Out Streisand’s Privacy Lawsuit (2003)
News Report · 2003
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, December 2003: reports a judge's tentative ruling throwing out Barbra Streisand's $10 million privacy suit over an aerial photo…
- Report from Special Counsel Robert K. Hur
Government Record · 2024
Robert K. Hur, Special Counsel
Hur declined charges concerning President Biden’s classified documents. The report’s evidence and stated reasoning must be considered rather than reducing the decision to an assertion of…
- Report of Special Counsel David Weiss (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Special Counsel David C. Weiss, U.S. Department of Justice
Special Counsel David Weiss, January 2025: his final report says he won convictions in both Hunter Biden cases, a guilty plea on all tax counts and…
- Report of the Corporate Fraud Task Force 2008
Government Record · 2008
U.S. Department of Justice
Stewart’s five-month prison sentence followed conspiracy, obstruction, and false-statement convictions. It was not an insider-trading conviction.
- Report of the Public Inquiry into the 2022 Public Order Emergency (Rouleau Commission)
Government Record · 2023
Public Order Emergency Commission
The five-volume Rouleau Commission report found the statutory threshold met. Later courts reached contrary legal conclusions; the Commission finding was not the final judicial ruling.
- Report of the Special Deputy Chicago Police Superintendent (Goldston Report)
Government Record · 1990
Chicago Police Department Office of Professional Standards
The 1990 report found systematic abuse and identified at least 50 potential victims, not more than 100. The opened mirror is principally scanned; text accessibility is…
- Report of the Special State’s Attorney (Egan/Boyle Report)
Government Record · 2006
Edward J. Egan and Robert D. Boyle
The special prosecutors found credible evidence supporting prosecution in Wilson’s case and described other abuse allegations, but state prosecutions were barred by limitations.
- Report on the Surveillance Program Operated Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (PCLOB, 2014)
Government Record · 2014
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board's review of NSA surveillance under Section 702 of FISA, the authority behind PRISM. The Board found the program valuable…