Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (Jan. 2024) – North Carolina Criminal Law
This post summarizes a published criminal law case released by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals during January 2024. Cases of potential interest to state practitioners are summarized monthly. Previous summaries of Fourth Circuit cases are available here. Prison guards were entitled to qualified immunity on conditions of confinement claim for denying inmate access to […]
Law Catch | Interview with Paulo Varnieri and Ross Guberman
Ari Kaplan speaks with Paulo Varnieri, a corporate partner at Holland & Knight, and Ross Guberman, founder and CEO of Law Catch, about using technology to manage an increasingly complex workflow. Law Catch is the developer of BriefCatch, a software platform designed to elevate legal writing, which has recently introduced new generative AI features for […]
People in New Jersey are Lacking for Mental Health Support Options –
Those with mental health and addictions struggles in NJ are experiencing long wait times for treatment and a lack of resources to get help. There is currently tremendous demand for mental health services in places like New Jersey and in the rest of the United States. While some of the stigma around mental health issues […]
“How in the Hell Dare He Raise That?” Biden Faces a Question of his Own Making – JONATHAN TURLEY
Below is a slightly expanded version of my New York Post column on the report that President Joe Biden, not Special Counsel Robert Hur, raised the death of Beau Biden during his interview. The report, now confirmed by various media outlets, suggests that the President lied to the press and the public in his controversial […]
Still Trudging Towards Serfdom – Richard M. Reinsch II
Friedrich Hayek remarked in the original preface to the 1944 publication of The Road to Serfdom that, “This is a political book.” Hayek was an academic economist who had argued with John Maynard Keynes in the 1930s regarding his Treatise on Money, and published The Pure Theory of Capital (1941), among other earlier works. But […]
President Biden’s Cannabis Pardons – Canna Law Blog™
Similarly to many career politicians who now support criminal justice reform after decades of supporting the most unjust policing and sentencing laws, President Joe Biden has been notably lacking in keeping the pro-cannabis and criminal justice reform promises he ran on in the contentious and chaotic election that was 2020. Along with still referencing the […]
Trump Verdict Is In: Leave The Money, Take The Boys
(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) It’s here! Justice Arthur Engoron’s ruling in the Trump civil fraud case is in, and it’s a doozy. “Their complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on pathological. They are accused only of inflating asset values to make more money. The documents prove this over and over again,” he wrote, adding […]