Illinois Becomes 1st State To Drop Cash Bail System Illinois will be the first state to eliminate all cash bail payments for jail release before trial. Part of a sweeping reform bill, it now awaits the governor's signature. Police say they oppose it. Cheryl Corley
Sen. Patrick Leahy To Preside Over Trump's Senate Impeachment Trial Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will not take on the role for the trial that begins the week of Feb. 8, a source says. A chief justice presides only when a sitting president is on trial. Susan Davis
Tough Decisions Ahead For Biden's Incoming Solicitor General At issue is whether the new administration should reverse course in cases where the Trump administration outlined a legal position. But the justices do not look kindly on the government flip-flopping. Nina Totenberg
Why Nursing Homes' COVID-19 Legal Shields May Interfere With Other Cases Over the course of the pandemic, 27 states have granted legal immunity to nursing homes. Some advocates worry this temporary reprieve is being used to hide misconduct not related to the coronavirus. Ina Jaffe
U.N. Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Takes Effect, Without The U.S. And Others "For the first time in history, nuclear weapons are going to be illegal in international law," says Elayne Whyte, who oversaw the treaty's creation. Bill Chappell
U.S. Military Moves To Try 3 Guantanamo Suspects Linked To Indonesia Bombings The men have been held in U.S. custody since 2003, accused of planning and helping to carry out the deadly bombing attacks at a Bali nightclub in 2002 and at a J.W. Marriott Hotel in Jakarta. Jaclyn Diaz
Woman Charged In Theft Of Pelosi's Laptop Released From Jail Riley Williams, 22, was released from jail Thursday into her mother's custody. Williams is charged with stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's laptop during the attack on the Capitol. Dustin Jones
Judge Rejects NRA's Bid To Throw Out Or Transfer Lawsuit That Could Shut It Down The organization had filed for bankruptcy and said it would reincorporate in Texas. Reese Oxner
Judge Refuses To Reinstate Parler After Amazon Shut It Down U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein sided with Amazon, which argued that Parler would not remove posts from its site that threatened public safety in the wake of the Capitol riot. Bobby Allyn
Nearly 1 In 5 Defendants In Capitol Riot Cases Served In The Military Amid rising concern over domestic extremism, an NPR analysis found military veterans were overrepresented in those charged in the attack on the U.S. Capitol when compared to the general population. Tom Dreisbach