'Too Much Law' Gives Prosecutors Enormous Power To Ruin People's Lives In a new book, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch describes the "human toll" of proliferating criminal penalties. Reason · Aug 7, 2024
Here Is Why Trump's Lawyers Say His Post-Election Conduct Was Constitutionally Protected When he alleged fraud and sought help from government officials, they say, Trump was exercising rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. Reason · Aug 7, 2023
The latest Trump indictment lists 6 unnamed co-conspirators. Here's what we know Despite prosecutors listing six of his alleged co-conspirators, Donald Trump will be standing alone in Washington, D.C.'s federal courthouse in his first court appearance since being indicted Tuesday. WEKU · Aug 3, 2023
Interesting New Contractual Due Process Lawsuit by Former Harvard Business School Professor The case, filed by, among others, lawyer and FIRE co-founder Harvey Silverglate, is Edelman v. President & Fellows of Harvard College; an excerpt: Plaintiff Benjamin Edelman brings this suit in law and equity to correct the harm that Harvard University has caused to his career, livelihood, and reputation by unlawfully… Reason · Feb 15, 2023
Harvey Silverglate, Co-Founder of FIRE (and Former Director of ACLU-Mass), for Harvard Board of Overseers Harvey Silverglate, a noted civil rights and criminal defense lawyer, is running for the Harvard Board of Overseers, on a platform of free speech and encouraging debate and viewpoint diversity. Harvey is the co-founder of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (which was recently broadened to be the Foundation… Reason · Nov 3, 2022
Trump lawyer John Eastman cites attorney-client privilege during Georgia grand jury testimony ATLANTA — A lawyer who helped design the plan to appoint a slate of “alternate” Republican presidential electors in Georgia and other swing states won by Joe Biden in 2020 cited attorney-client privilege and pleaded the Fifth Amendment during his testimony Wednesday before a Fulton County special grand jury. Tribune News Service · Aug 31, 2022
Trump lawyer John Eastman cites attorney-client privilege during Georgia grand jury testimony ATLANTA — A lawyer who helped mastermind the plan to appoint a slate of “alternate” Republican presidential electors in Georgia and other swing states won by Joe Biden in 2020 cited attorney-client privilege and pleaded the Fifth Amendment during his testimony Wednesday before a Fulton County special grand jury. Tribune News Service · Aug 31, 2022
Democrats Don't Trust 'the Police,' but They Do Trust the FBI, Provided It Is Targeting Donald Trump As the response to the Mar-a-Lago raid illustrates, Republicans are inconsistent in the other direction. Reason · Aug 11, 2022