1791 amendment enumerating rights related to criminal prosecutions
Ben Weingarten delivers a sobering message to Federalist readers. Democrats are seeking to land a one-two punch to cement their control of America today and for generations to come: Criminalize…
David Harsanyi writes at Real Clear Politics about the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest gun ruling. In the 2008 case of District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court recognized the…
As COVID-19 pushes more court proceedings to video, you might enjoy reading a 2019 order on the topic from Raleigh-based U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Numbers. The order in U.S. v.…
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.…
John Dellaportas explains in a Federalist column why he believes the recent federal raid involving President Trump’s private lawyer could have long-term negative consequences. The federal court conviction rate in…
The case of United States v. Chamberlain gave the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit an opportunity to reconsider what it described as, “[O]ur anomalous rule permitting the…
So ruled the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit last Friday: UNC’s Jeff Welty provides the background: In 2004, Nicholas Ragin was charged with federal crimes as a…
When taxpayers fund lawyers for poor people, aren’t they just funneling money to criminals? Thomas Maher, executive director of the N.C. Office of Indigent Defense Services, has heard that argument.…
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have…
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…
The Sixth Amendment of the U.S.Constitution states that: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the…
When can a court exclude the public from portions of a criminal trial? That was the question the N.C. Court of Appeals wrestled with recently. The key: Before doing so,…