Remove Attorney Remove Court Remove Criminal Law Remove Wisconsin
article thumbnail

Attorney General Garland and the “Unobstrusive” Federal Monitoring of School Board Meetings

JonathanTurley

That scene came to mind when Attorney General Merrick Garland testified in Congress to assure members that he does not believe that parents protesting at school board meetings are domestic terrorists. Indeed, I raised the same concerns when the Justice Department took over rioting cases in Wisconsin, Washington, and other states.

article thumbnail

Grosskreutz v. Grosskreutz? Surviver from 2020 Kenosha Shooting Sues Kyle Rittenhouse

JonathanTurley

Gaige Grosskreutz who was shot in the arm by Kyle Rittenhouse during the Kenosha riots in 2020 is now suing him as well as Wisconsin police and officials. Grosskreutz was also questioned on the stand about his seeking $10 million in a lawsuit against the city and another lawsuit in federal court for damages. it is back.

Felony 41
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Rittenhouse 2.0: Threats of New Litigation Fly in the Aftermath of Rittenhouse Verdict

JonathanTurley

Moreover, while some have called for reducing self-defense protections, the jury applied the law on the books. It is not allowed to simply ignore the law to seek its own criminal justice rules. The Rittenhouse jury faithfully applied the Wisconsin law and came to a well-founded verdict of acquittal.

article thumbnail

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.

Court 53
article thumbnail

Blockbuster watch: Affirmative action, same-sex weddings, and other big relists

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. At this Friday’s conference, the Supreme Court will vote to grant the last cases that will be argued this term (barring expedited briefing on some emergency matter). The court earlier asked for the U.S.

Court 105
article thumbnail

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

JonathanTurley

Even with the court agreeing to a key favorable instruction, the prosecution may have doomed this case by responding to the weight of public opinion rather than to the weight of the evidence. The question, however, is whether the prosecutors practically closed this case before it began in 2020. 25, 2020, during rioting in Kenosha, Wis.,

article thumbnail

The Kavanaugh Murder Attempt is Shocking But Not Surprising

JonathanTurley

Police said the man, identified in court records as Nicholas John Roske of California, had a pack carrying a Glock pistol, a tactical knife, pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer and a crow bar. Roske, according to news reports, was angry that the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Rhetoric raises heat against the court. And when Sen.