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 ...
The concept of jury nullification has gone viral on social media amid Luigi Mangione’s arrest for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. This legal loophole has the potential to allow the ...
Nullification is by definition a violation of the juror's oath which, if you are a juror in this case, you will take to apply the law as instructed by the court. As a juror, you cannot substitute your ...
With everything going on in the world today, it seems likely that state-level attacks on Bitcoiners will continue to increase. Furthermore, as Bitcoin puts pressure on traditional power structures, ...
Advocates of jury nullification argue that jurors have both the power and the right to acquit a guilty defendant if they believe the law or its application is unjust. According to a recent ruling by a ...
Everyone knows the dread of receiving that notice in the mail informing you of jury duty as our minds immediately search for excuses why we cannot fulfill this civic duty. The first time I got called ...
Maryland’s highest court just issued a ruling that resonates with relevance to Donald Trump’s second impeachment and the former president’s current trial before the Senate. The ruling tempts me to ...
In the 19 th century, nullification was the idea that states could void the actions of the federal government if they deemed them unconstitutional. Its proponents, chief among them John C. Calhoun, ...
President Trump signed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution on April 3, 2017 that nullified the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) privacy rule aimed at Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
Opening arguments have yet to be concluded, but we know that the impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump is all but certain to end in an acquittal. We are told this by the most reliable of ...