A solar firm owner is sentenced to 30 years over a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme According to prosecutors, Jeff Carpoff and others used "Ponzi-like circular payments" to pay older investors with newer investors' money as the company's losses mounted. Joe Hernandez
Trump plans to appeal judge's decision to release Jan. 6 documents NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Kim Wehle, a law professor at the University of Baltimore, about former President Trump's attempts to block the release of documents related to the U.S. Capitol attack.
Federal judge rejects Trump's bid to block the release of Jan. 6 documents A judge has denied former President Donald Trump's request to block documents from being handed over to a House committee investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol. Rachel Martin
Judge rejects Trump's bid to block release of Jan. 6 documents In a ruling issued Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan said records of interest can be released to the panel overseeing the probe into the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol. Dave Mistich
Legal battle over identifying Seattle officers at pro-Trump rally preceding Jan. 6 insurrection continues Oral arguments in an ongoing legal battle over publicly identifying four Seattle police officers who attended the pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” rally ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol were heard by the Washington State Supreme Court Tuesday morning. Liz Brazile
Oklahoma Supreme Court overturns $465 million opioid ruling against Johnson & Johnson The Oklahoma Supreme Court threw out an opioid ruling against Johnson & Johnson, raising questions about the legal strategy used to hold the drug industry accountable for the opioid crisis. Brian Mann
Supreme Court conservatives are skeptical on spiritual advisers in death chamber The subject has, at times, divided the court's conservative majority and it has also at times embarrassed the court, as minority religious advisers have sometimes been excluded from the chamber. Nina Totenberg
8 years after he killed his girlfriend, Olympic runner Pistorius is up for parole Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee who competed at the 2012 Olympics, has been eligible for parole since July after serving half his sentence. He was convicted of murdering model Reva Steenkamp. The Associated Press
Supreme Court preview: prayer during execution, Supplementary Security Income NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Garrett Epps of the Washington Monthly, who's also a professor of law at the University of Oregon, about what the Supreme Court has on its docket Tuesday.
Why Philadelphia has banned low-level traffic stops City councilmember Isaiah Thomas, who spearheaded the new legislation, says the new rule was inspired in part by his own experiences with police as a Black man. Jonaki Mehta