Liberty
Federal Agency Faces Significant Legal Setback
Editors at National Review Online ponder a recent legal loss for a federal agency. In Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy earlier this year, the Supreme Court ruled that the…
Jury trial
Law & Public Safety
Supreme Court mandates unanimous jury verdicts
Andrew McCarthy of National Review Online analyzes the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on jury verdicts. The Supreme Court has managed to transform a very straightforward issue into something quite complex.…
Liberty
Appeals Court Limits Jurors’ Ability To Set School Funding
My latest court story for Carolina Journal: RALEIGH — In an April decision, the N.C. Court of Appeals overturned a jury ruling that Union County public schools had not been…
Liberty
Leap before You Look
Now that BCRA has the media quaking, wondering what somebody might interpret to be unmentionable, we have headlines such as, “What Was NC’s Jury-Trial Ballot Amendment About?” I must confess,…
Liberty
A Stupid Argument
I learned only yesterday that North Carolinians will be voting on an amendment to the state constitution this November. It would “provide that a person accused of any criminal offense…
Education
New Carolina Journal Online features
Barry Smith reports for Carolina Journal Online on a proposed N.C. constitutional amendment that would allow defendants to waive the right to a jury trial. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains…
Liberty
Nov. Ballot To Include Amendment About Option To Waive Jury Trials
Our U.S. Senate race is grabbing the media attention, but the November ballot will contain a constitutional amendment for voters to decide. Carolina Journal’s Barry Smith reports. Voters in November…
Liberty
BofA: Take It to a Jury
Uh. Do Bank of America execs understand just how poorly the average consumer views banks right now — BofA especially? Are you sure you want a jury to decide the…
Liberty
The decline of Britain/Europe, con’t
Simply amazing: The threat of global warming is so great that campaigners were justified in causing more than £35,000 worth of damage to a coal-fired power station, a jury decided…
Liberty
Black enters Alford plea for two felony charges
The plea means the former House speaker can deny guilt while admitting the facts of the case would likely lead to a guilty verdict in a jury trial. Black’s Alford…