Wednesday Writs: Congressional Maps Mania Edition
The Supreme Court has declined to intervene to block state court decisions in North Carolina and Pennsylvania on congressional maps
Category: Law
John Eastman Privilege Filing Over January 6th: Read It For Yourself
The January 6th committee argues that John Eastman’s attorney-client privilege assertion over his emails from 1/6 should not apply due to possible criminal acts detailed within them.
Wednesday Writs: Judge Jackson, Facts Be Damned Edition
Is Judge Jackson suited for the job? I’ll let you know when I’m done sifting through hundreds of opinions to try to get a read on her.
Kim Potter Verdict: Justice is About Accountability Not Punishment
In many people’s eyes, Kim Potter was yet another white police officer getting away with murder. Except she didn’t.
Wednesday Writs: DNA, Databases, & Incriminating Sexual Assault Victims
The San Francisco Police Department crime lab had been using the database to “attempt to subsequently incriminate” victims of rape and sexual assault, a practice he called “legally and ethically wrong.”
Durham Filing: Read It For Yourself
The long-running investigation filed a motion that set social media on fire. But what is actually in the Durham filing?
Video: Amir Locke Killing, Police/Criminal Justice Reform, & more w/ Dennis Sanders & Andrew Donaldson
Dennis Sanders joins Andrew Donaldson to talk about yet another police shooting in his home city of Minneapolis, this time the Amir Locke killing
Supreme Court Allows Alabama Redistricting Plan, Overturns Lower Court 5-4
The Supreme Court rules Alabama can implement a redistricting plan that was halted by a lower court. The vote is 5-4, with Roberts joining the liberals in dissent.
Wednesday Writs: Books, Banned and Removed, In Island Trees School District v Pico
There very much is a difference, from a legal standpoint, of a book being “banned” and merely removed from curriculum
Alternate Electors: The Illusion and Pretense of Lawfulness to the Unlawful
The “alternative electoral certificates” and “alternate electors” were intended to provide the illusion of lawfulness to the unlawful.
Supreme Court Mandates Rulings: Read Them For Yourself
The Supreme Court Mandates Rulings have blocked the measures for private companies while upholding them for healthcare workers.
Wednesday Writs: Bar Exam, Gatekeeping, and Cheese Snobbery Edition
The Bar Exam is more concerned with how much esoteria you can memorize than your competency to actually do what lawyers do
Wednesday Writs: Mini Edition
When even Em Carpenter can’t figure out what you are saying, you are truly into some delusional law la la land.
Wednesday Writs: Out Of Control Trucks and Runaway Prosecutor Edition
There is no other way to interpret this. The defendant made the prosecutor’s office do work, and suddenly “justice” meant 110 years in prison
Wednesday Writs: The Most Concise Synopsis I Can Come Up With on The Supreme Court and SB 8
The Supreme Court announced it will let SB 8 stand while challenges to the law by abortion providers work their way through the courts
Is the Supreme Court Afraid of Democrats?
Oral arguments are not legally binding. There is still the question of whether the Supreme Court really will make a compromise or not…
Wednesday Writs: Ethan Crumbley’s Parents and Culpability Case Law
The Crumbley case prompts today’s Writs: To what extent can a person be held responsible for a murder they did not physically commit?
Nine Days Of American Justice
Burt Likko reviews a tumultuous week and a half in America’s justice system, and muses about its larger implications.
Wednesday Writs: Self Defense And The Birth Of The Allen Charge in Allen v United States
This set of instructions, known as the Allen charge, are still used today in some jurisdictions when a jury reports that they are at an impasse
