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Could Cosby Sue For Wrongful Conviction?

JonathanTurley

A federal case in North Carolina recently resulted in $75 million in damages for two wrongly convicted men but that award was in the federal system. Tom Wolf included in his budget plan a proposal for Pennsylvania to pay people who were wrongly convicted $50,000 for each year that they were held behind bars.

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UNC Law Student Who Questioned Racial Incident Is Disqualified From Running For New Office

JonathanTurley

We recently discussed the case of University of North Carolina law student Sagar Sharma, a student of color, who faced a recall election as the first-year class co-president. For example, in reviewing a criminal law (which is admittedly raises a more heightened concern), the Court in C onnally v.

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The Second Trump Senate Trial: Think Belknap Not Blount

JonathanTurley

Here is what I precisely wrote on the Blount and Belknap impeachment in The Executive Function Theory, The Hamilton Affair, And Other Constitutional Mythologies , 77 North Carolina Law Review 1791 (1999): 1. I have written about these impeachments in various academic works. William Blount (1798-99). … 7.

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North Carolina Board Asserts Right to Disqualify Madison Cawthorn as an “Insurrectionist”

JonathanTurley

The North Carolina elections board declared this week that it has the power to bar Rep. Ironically, it was Justice Edwin Reade of the North Carolina Supreme Court who later explained , “[t]he idea [was] that one who had taken an oath to support the Constitution and violated it, ought to be excluded from taking it again.”

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“Everybody’s Mistakes Except My Own”: Trump Final Pardon List Offers A Telling Reflection On His Legacy

JonathanTurley

Robert Cannon “Robin” Hayes who served as Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party and Chair of the National Council of Republican Party Chairs. Rick Renzi of Arizona who convicted of extortion, bribery, insurance fraud, money laundering, and racketeering. He also added former rep. He also added former California Rep.