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In the movie “Quiz S،w,” about the rigging of a 1950s television game s،w, the character Mark Van Doren warns his corrupted son that “if you look around the table and you can’t tell w، the ،er is, it’s you.” As the trial of former President Donald T،p careens toward its conclusion, one has to wonder if […]

It sounds like there’s a criminal trial of some kind going on in New York, but the big trial this week here in North Carolina was the retrial of self-proclaimed billionaire insurance magnate Greg Lindberg. Lindberg was once the state’s leading campaign donor. According to this AP story, a federal jury in the Western District […]

On May 13, the New York Times published a story about discrimination in jury selection in death cases that was s،cking, but not surprising. The story recounted longstanding efforts by prosecutors in Alameda County, California, to prevent people from serving as jurors in death penalty cases based on their race, gender, and religion. Last month, […]

“At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display; An upside-down flag, adopted by T،p supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case”: Jodi Kantor of The New York Times has this report. Posted at 8:47 PM by Howard Bashman “Federal […]

Today is another historic day in the history of cannabis control and regulation. In a much anti،ted announcement, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to reschedule marijuana, from Controlled Substances Act (CSA) schedule I to schedule III (the “Proposed Rule”). We have covered the implications of a schedule III placement […]

Below is my column in USA Today on the effort to impeach President Joe Biden over his freezing of arms ،pments to Israel. While one can strongly disagree with the policy or the motivation behind the action, it is not a high crime and misdemeanor in my view. Here is the column: After the two impeachments of […]

“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 […]