The weeks surrounding Independence Day are always a good time to assess the American experiment in liberty. For all of our successes, there remains a lot of discontent across the political spectrum.
Crazy Uncle Liberty (!) was out spoutin' liberty on behalf of...holy crap, The Cooch! CUL (!) apparently has been vacationing in 1857. "Jefferson obviously was a clear leader on the principle of ...
With some calling Luigi Mangione a folk hero for the alleged killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the concept of jury nullification—which has a long history of use in the U.S. as a means ...
In theory, yes. But not in the world we actually live in, where law enforcement is already rife with numerous discretionary decisions made unavoidable by the fact that we have far too many laws. In a ...
In an era where trust in institutions crumbles beneath the weight of partisan judges and zealous prosecutors, a forgotten cornerstone of American liberty lies dormant: jury nullification. This is not ...
Increasing public sympathy for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, could pose the possibility of jury nullification despite the overwhelming ...
Jessica Burgoyne, leveraging a deep background in research methods and a passion for legal issues, distills complex legal concepts into accessible insights. With over 100 published articles, her work ...
When the Tea Party wave arrived in 2010, it swept away much of the Republican Party's existing structure, and instituted a more populist approach. But as waves tend to do, it left some even older ...
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has received more public support than is typical for a man charged with first-degree murder. Add it all up, and ...
Georgetown law professor Randy Barnett has a fascinating post examining the constitutional arguments for and against state nullification of federal law, inspired by his recent appearance on Judge ...