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Amid overdose crisis, court will weigh physician intent in “pill mill” prosecutions and more under the Controlled Substances Act

SCOTUSBlog

One of those exceptions is for physicians who operate under the statute’s registration scheme; registered doctors may prescribe controlled substances in accordance with rules promulgated by the attorney general. Medicine, they contend, is by nature iterative, and the science of pain medicine in particular continues to evolve. (As

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Last-chance Hearing: Jan. 6 Committee Has Yet To Establish A Criminal Case Against Trump

JonathanTurley

Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe said the question was only what would be charged first, since Trump’s felonies were shown “without any doubt, beyond a reasonable doubt, beyond any doubt, and the crimes are obvious.” It is the type of evidence used to show mens rea — “guilty mind.” Trump is in trouble.

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A Case of Hope Over Experience: The J6 Referral Falls Short of a Credible Criminal Case

JonathanTurley

Experts like Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe have previously declared Trump’s felonies were shown “without any doubt, beyond a reasonable doubt, beyond any doubt, and the crimes are obvious.” That is a far cry from evidence showing mens rea — “guilty mind.”