“Amid growing concerns about federal charging practices, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) has launched its new Criminal Case Tracker. This new digital resource, available at www.nacdl.org/casetracker, provides defense counsel and the public with a structured, continually updated view of select federal prosecutions that reflect emerging enforcement theories, novel legal applications, and departures from historic charging practices. For decades, the legal adage held that a prosecutor could “indict a ham sandwich.” However, data curated by NACDL reveals that since early 2025, federal grand juries—traditionally a “rubber stamp” for the government—are increasingly issuing “no bills,” or refusals to indict. Simultaneously, trial juries are returning not guilty verdicts at a remarkable pace, signaling a deep-seated public exhaustion with federal overreach. “The Bill of Rights wasn’t written to be a polite suggestion; it was written to be a shield against tyranny,” said NACDL President Andrew Birrell of Minneapolis. “What we are seeing in courtrooms from the Midwest to the coasts is a fundamental, righteous rejection of the idea that criminal law can be used as a tool for political retribution. Jurors are seeing through these ‘novel’ and transparently thin theories. They are reminding this government that the people—not the prosecutors—hold the ultimate power in our justice system.”