When Passaic-area officials invoked the Riot Act during a 1926 strike, they relied on an old law requiring any crowd that heard it read aloud to disperse within an hour or face arrest. In an April ...

Shamar Betts recently failed to overturn a federal anti-riot statute on First Amendment grounds. The U.S Court of Appeals ruled that the statute survived a constitutional challenge. In retrospect, ...

Alexandra Eutin was part of the mob that attacked a federal building, smashing windows and lighting fires to show displeasure with the government. Ms. Eutin was charged with assaulting a federal ...