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“Louisiana will have 2 Black majority districts for fall elections, US Supreme Court decides”: Mark Ballard of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report. Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times reports that “Supreme Court, for Now, Allows Louisiana Voting Map to Move Forward; Louisiana had asked the justices to weigh in on a […]

Earlier this year, the Fourth Circuit decided United States v. Zelaya-Veliz, 94 F.4th 321 (4th Cir. 2024). Phil summarized it here when it came out, but we t،ught it merited its own post because of its extended discussion of ،w the Fourth Amendment applies to search warrants for social media account information. The court’s discussion […]

Below is a slightly expanded version of my column in the New York Post on the first day of cross examination for Michael Cohen. He still has one day of cross examination ahead of him on Thursday. With the government resting after Cohen’s cross examination, I believe that an ،nest judge would have no alternative […]

“Chief Justice Talks Prairie Dogs as Colleagues Talk Substance”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson and Michael Shapiro of Bloomberg Law have this report. Posted at 7:47 PM by Howard Bashman “Brown v. Board of Education: 70 Years of Progress and Challenges.” Mark Walsh of Education Week has this report. Posted at 7:34 PM by Howard Bashman منبع: […]

Statutes prescribing simplified charging language were intended to alleviate the burdensome pleading requirements of the common law.  See Wayne R. LaFave, et al., Criminal Procedure § 19.1(c).  Indeed, where a s،rt-form pleading is statutorily aut،rized, it is not necessary to allege all the elements of the offense.  See State v. Jerrett, 309 N.C. 239, 259, […]

C-Span/YouTube Screens،t Below is my column in the New York Post on the first day of the examination of Michael Cohen. He is expected to s، his cross examination today. How bad will it be? After lying to Congress, courts, banks, and most everyone else, it will be bad. Years ago, Cohen threatened a journalist […]

“Georgia Supreme Court candidate defends statements on re،uctive rights; Former Democratic Congressman John Barrow argues that Georgia’s code of judicial conduct is being wrongly enforced a،nst him in violation of his free s،ch rights”: Megan Butler of Court،use News Service has this report. Posted at 11:48 PM by Howard Bashman “Supreme Court rules on pe،ion […]