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Could Cosby Sue For Wrongful Conviction?

JonathanTurley

We still believe that no one is above the law — including those who are rich, famous and powerful.”. Moreover, Steele is right, “no one is above the law” including prosecutors who are not allowed to pursue convictions at any cost in popular high-profile cases. It must be done under common law, which is challenging.

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UNC Law Student Who Questioned Racial Incident Is Disqualified From Running For New Office

JonathanTurley

We recently discussed the case of University of North Carolina law student Sagar Sharma, a student of color, who faced a recall election as the first-year class co-president. The charges are connected to the prior controversy and raise serious free speech and retaliatory concerns at the law school. .

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The Second Trump Senate Trial: Think Belknap Not Blount

JonathanTurley

Here is what I precisely wrote on the Blount and Belknap impeachment in The Executive Function Theory, The Hamilton Affair, And Other Constitutional Mythologies , 77 North Carolina Law Review 1791 (1999): 1. I have written about these impeachments in various academic works. William Blount (1798-99). … 7.

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North Carolina Board Asserts Right to Disqualify Madison Cawthorn as an “Insurrectionist”

JonathanTurley

The North Carolina elections board declared this week that it has the power to bar Rep. Ironically, it was Justice Edwin Reade of the North Carolina Supreme Court who later explained , “[t]he idea [was] that one who had taken an oath to support the Constitution and violated it, ought to be excluded from taking it again.”

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“Everybody’s Mistakes Except My Own”: Trump Final Pardon List Offers A Telling Reflection On His Legacy

JonathanTurley

Robert Cannon “Robin” Hayes who served as Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party and Chair of the National Council of Republican Party Chairs. The case involved the use of a prostitute, a hidden camera, and an effort to intimidate his own brother-in-law but sending the film to his own sister. He also added former rep.