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Sep 17, 2026Civil Rights & AccountabilityInvestigations

Galveston’s Grand-Jury Double Standard

I Was Indicted After a 0.00% Alcohol Test. An Officer Was No-Billed After What Has Been Reported as His Third Fatal Shooting.

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“I Take No Pleasure in This Result”: A Federal Judge Found a Police Officer Lied and a Constitutional Violation Occurred — and Nobody Pays

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Aug 12, 2026Civil Rights & AccountabilityCourts & Filings

“I Take No Pleasure in This Result”: A Federal Judge Found a Police Officer Lied and a Constitutional Violation Occurred — and Nobody Pays

By Don Matthews | We The People News Chief Justice John Marshall wrote, in Marbury v. Madison, that "it is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is." I want to open with that line because this story has two federal judges in it, and only one of … Read more

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A Two-Year Leash Dressed Up as Mercy: What Actually Happened at My Sentencing

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Aug 12, 2026Civil Rights & AccountabilityCourts & Filings

A Two-Year Leash Dressed Up as Mercy: What Actually Happened at My Sentencing

By Don Matthews | We The People News Alexander Hamilton called the judiciary "the least dangerous branch" for a specific reason: unlike the executive, it commands no army and no marshals; unlike the legislature, it controls no purse. Its only power, Hamilton wrote in Federalist No. 78, is judgment — the "connection of the courts … Read more

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My Position Ahead of Friday’s Sentencing

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Jul 31, 2026Breaking & Updates

My Position Ahead of Friday’s Sentencing

A statement on the Aug. 7, 2026 sentencing in United States v. Reardon, 6:25-cr-00227.

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Reardon Files Objections to Magistrate’s Recommendation in Galveston Federal Civil Rights Suit

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Jul 30, 2026Breaking & Updates

Reardon Files Objections to Magistrate’s Recommendation in Galveston Federal Civil Rights Suit

By Don Matthews Journalist Matthew Reardon has filed formal objections to a magistrate judge’s recommendation in his federal civil rights lawsuit against Galveston officials, setting up a critical ruling by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey V. Brown in Reardon v. Osteen, et al., Civil Action No. 3:25-CV-00203. The objections, filed pro se on July 28, 2026 […]

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Federal Sentencing Set for August 7 in Lake Charles in Reardon Courthouse Case

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Jul 30, 2026Breaking & Updates

Federal Sentencing Set for August 7 in Lake Charles in Reardon Courthouse Case

By Don Matthews A federal sentencing hearing has been set for Friday, August 7, 2026, at the Lake Charles Division of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, closing out the trial phase of United States v. Reardon, 6:25-cr-00227 — the federal misdemeanor case stemming from journalist Matthew Reardon’s August 25, 2025 […]