Alexa James, executive director of Chicago's chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Attorney Dan Horowitz, after an appeals court in California ruled that prisoners can legally possess -- just not consume -- marijuana. That, however, doesn't stop prisons from setting rules that ban possession.
Brigid Harrison, a political scientist and law professor at Montclair State University in New Jersey, where a feud between Phil Murphy, the Goldman Sachs executive-turned-governor, and legislative leaders in his own party has stunted legislative progress.
Alabama Republican state Rep. Steve Hurst, who introduced a bill just signed into law that makes "chemical castration" a parole requirement for sex offenders whose victims are younger than 13. Critics believe that violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Statement from the Florida GOP House Speaker José Oliva and Rules Chair Chris Sprowls, calling on state Rep. Mike Hill to apologize for his reaction to a constituent’s recommendation to introduce legislation that would legalize the execution of gay people.
Unanimous ruling from the Washington state Supreme Court against a florist who refused service to a same-sex couple. The court ruled that selling floral arrangements is not speech and thus not protected by the First Amendment.