The morning read for Tuesday, Feb. 13
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Feb 13, 2024 at 10:23 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Tuesday, Feb. 13, SCOTUSblog (Feb. 13, 2024, 10:23 AM), […]
Does a Magistrate Have the Discretion to Refuse to Issue Criminal Process When Probable Cause Exists? – North Carolina Criminal Law
If I had to answer the question in the title of this post in the briefest possible way, I would say: not usually. But there’s a lot of uncertainty and nuance packed into that short answer. This post gets into the details. Example. Let’s make the issue more concrete. Suppose that Fred Farmer comes to […]
Mental Health Abuse Scandal Revealed in NHS
New standards are needed to protect vulnerable individuals seeking mental health services. As a recent investigation unveiled, there has been an ongoing sexual abuse scandal within the National Health Service (NHS) system with hundreds of victims being harmed by mental health services providers. In the aftermath of the investigation and newfound public awareness, officials are […]
New York’s Legal System Faces Ultimate Test With Obscene Trump Award – JONATHAN TURLEY
Below is my column in The Hill on the $355 million verdict against Trump and his corporation in New York. The damages in my view are excessive and absurd after the court acknowledged that no one lost a dime in these exchanges. Indeed, the “victims” wanted to do more business with Trump and made handsome […]
Noble Moderation in an Intemperate Age –
Is anything less in vogue today than moderation? In Why Not Moderation? Letters to Young Radicals, Aurelian Craiutu, professor of political science at the University of Indiana Bloomington, would have it otherwise, especially in our politics. So he has written an engaging book for young, passionate, and ambitious radicals on both the Right and the […]
GOP Declares Victory After Impeachment Source Indicted For Lying About Biden Bribes
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Pour one out for Rep. Jamie Comer, whose dreams of GITTIN’ THEM BIDEN BOYS slipped a little further away yesterday when one of his primary sources got indicted for lying to the FBI about millions of dollars in bribes to Joe Biden and his son Hunter. And not for the […]
California man exposed to COVID-19 in prison seeks to contest conditions of confinement
Petitions of the week By Kalvis Golde on Feb 13, 2024 at 4:44 pm The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. A petition for a writ of habeas corpus allows someone who is incarcerated […]