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SCOTUS Rules Double Jeopardy Bans Retrial of Defendant Found Non-Guilty by Reason of Insanity

Constitutional Law Reporter

Georgia , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the State of Georgia can’t retry a defendant acquitted of murder by reason of insanity. The court vacated both the malice-murder and felony-murder verdicts pursuant to Georgia’s so-called repugnancy doctrine, and authorized retrial. In McElrath v.

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Emory Law Professor Denounces the Late Antonin Scalia as “Basically a Klansman”

JonathanTurley

That appears to be the case of Emory law professor, Darren Hutchinson , who has claimed that the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was “basically a Klansman.” Hutchinson recounted on Twitter how he taught a difficult lesson at Emory Law School on how “Justice Scalia was basically a Klansman.”

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SCOTUS Adopts Narrow Interpretation of Computer Fraud Act

Constitutional Law Reporter

Former Georgia police sergeant Nathan Van Buren used his patrol-car computer to access a law enforcement database to retrieve information about a particular license plate number in exchange for money. The post SCOTUS Adopts Narrow Interpretation of Computer Fraud Act appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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Pence Asserts Novel Constitutional Claim to Avoid Testifying Before Grand Jury

JonathanTurley

Graham after Graham invoked the clause to decline to testify on the Georgia allegations of election interference. However, I am not confident that the claim would bar the subpoena in its entirety. While he can try to raise other privileges, Smith can seek his testimony on the non-legislative matters.