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Lessons Learned In Law School

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Mark practices in State and Federal Court representing injury victims throughout Wisconsin. You can learn more on The Entrekin Law Firm’s personal injury page. Michael Morgan (MM) is a Phoenix personal injury attorney and partner at MDK Law Group with experience in handling complex injury claims across Arizona.

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Rittenhouse Goes To Jury After Case Collapses in Court

JonathanTurley

In coverage of this trial, one would think that there were parallel trials occurring in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Any first-year law student knows that you cannot comment on the silence of a Mirandized defendant after an arrest under the Fifth Amendment – let alone ignore a court order. Wisconsin has a strong self-defense standard.

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Rittenhouse and the Perils of Weighing Public Opinion Over Evidence In Prosecutions

JonathanTurley

There also were glaring prosecution blunders, including a potentially case-ending violation of a court order — and long-standing constitutional law — in using Rittenhouse’s post-arrest silence against him. A strikingly different image of the victims and shootings quickly emerged.

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Are You in an Anti-Free Speech State? We Now Have The Definitive List

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However, 23 Democrat-led states joined this ignoble effort in signing on to the brief of California Attorney General Rob Bonta. California has long sought to impose speech limits on doctors , businesses , and citizens to silence opposing viewpoints. Biden–New York et al. Amicus Br.

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“A Sad Day”: How the Colorado Disqualification Case is Bringing Back Some Bad Memories for the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

A Wisconsin challenge has been denied twice.) ” Justice Brett Kavanaugh also was an attorney on the Bush team in 2000 and played a role in the recounts and challenges out of Volusia County, Florida. At the time, another rising star in Republican legal circles was getting her start as a young law firm associate.

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“It Simply Does Not Make Any Sense”: Judge Trashes Election Lawsuit by the Elias Law Firm

JonathanTurley

The Chief Judge of the Western Direct of Wisconsin, James Peterson (an Obama appointee), did not just reject but ridiculed the Elias Law Group challenge to a witness requirement for absentee voting. It is not known if the Elias Law Group will appeal this stinging rebuke or cut its losses.