Another Aspect Of The Trial Tax
Some of the other costs that come with exercising a constitutional right
Trump Judge Acquits January 6 Non-Rioter
Two hundred-odd people have pled or been found guilty. One has been acquitted.
SCOTUS: Trump Not Above Law, Must Release Taxes
A mixed ruling: New York wins, Congress loses–but no release before the election.
Lawsuit Seeks To Preempt Efforts To Declare Equal Rights Amendment Ratified
A newly filed lawsuit seeks to blunt expected efforts in 2020 to “ratify” the Equal Rights Amendment even though it effectively died nearly 40 years ago.
Gorsuch Confounding Expectations
President Trump’s first Supreme Court appointment has joined the liberal bloc on several cases.
Supreme Court Orders New Trial For Death Row Inmate Due To Tainted Jury
The Supreme Court ordered a new trial in the case of a Mississippi defendant whose trial was tainted by a prosecutor who routinely struck black jurors from the jury pool.
Bernie Sanders’ Rights Talk is Nonsense on Stilts
The Vermont socialist likes to invent rights that don’t exist.
Supreme Court Reaffirms Defendant’s Right To Decide Whether Or Not To Plead Guilty
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that reaffirmed a principle that should be axiomatic, namely the idea that a Defendant has the sole authority to decide whether or not to concede guilt.
There’s a Criminal Defense Crisis In New Mexico, And Nobody Seems To Care
Public defenders in New Mexico are overworked, underfunded, and outmatched, but then that’s true pretty much everywhere in the country.
Delaware Supreme Court Strikes Down Death Penalty As Unconstitutional
The death penalty appears to be effectively dead in Delaware thanks to a decision by the State Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Rules Against Seizure of Property Needed To Pay For Defense Counsel
A victory in the fight to reform civil asset forfeiture laws.
Supreme Court Considers Case Where Civil Asset Forfeiture And The Sixth Amendment Collide
The Supreme Court is now considering a case that deals with the problem of overly broad civil asset forfeiture laws and a Defendant’s right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment.
Koch Brothers Donation Brings Attention To Inadequacies Of Indigent Criminal Defense
The Koch Brothers are putting money behind an effort to reform a part of the legal system that is ignored far too often.
Conservatives Attack Hillary Clinton For Being A Criminal Defense Attorney 40 Years Ago
Once again, Republicans are attacking someone for doing a job the Bill of Rights itself makes necessary and important.
Republicans Against The Sixth Amendment
Republicans attack an attorney for doing his job. So much for that whole “constitutional conservative” thing, I guess.
How the Drug War Disappeared the Jury Trial
Only a tiny percentage of those in American prisons ever got a trial.
Sequestration and the 6th Amendment Right to Counsel
Chief Justice Roberts is sounding the alarm over deep cuts to the public defender program.
Did The FBI Violate Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Sixth Amendment Rights?
New questions about the interrogation of the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect.
In Defense Of Criminal Defense Attorneys
Everyone has rights, even the person accused of the most vile of crimes.
