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Can More Jury Trials Save the Justice System?

The Crime Report

justice system and reduce mass incarceration, argues a Washington and Lee University law professor. Expansion of the jury trial right would constitute a meaningful structural reform in democratizing criminal justice, at a time when such change is needed to establish the popular legitimacy of the criminal justice system,” writes J.D.

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Law Student’s Gen AI Product, Lexplug, Makes Briefing Cases A Breeze

LawSites

It was a bathroom break that inspired Bradley Neal , a 3L at The George Washington University Law School , to develop a product that uses generative AI to help law students better understand and brief cases. Gunnerbot is essentially the fully developed version of the quick query Neal did back in that law school class.

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Texas Democratics Sue Over Effort To Force Them Back To Austin To Vote

JonathanTurley

After fleeing to Washington, the legislators claim that the criticism and threats made by the governor and other infringed on their constitutional rights to free speech and to petition the government for redress of grievances. It was an ironic moment as Democrats in Washington celebrated their act while they denounced filibusters.

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Ten Reasons Why the Biden Impeachment Inquiry is Justified

JonathanTurley

4] The Washington Post and other media outlets have also declared the President’s insistence that his family did not take money from China as false. [5] 13] Some of the deals negotiated by Hunter involved potential benefits for his father, including office space in Washington. [14] Post, Apr. 27, 2023. [13] 27, 2023. [14] 11, 2023.

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Justice Breyer and Parents Involved

SCOTUSBlog

1 , the court struck down as unconstitutional voluntarily adopted plans for assigning students to public schools in the racially diverse cities of Seattle, Washington, and Louisville, Kentucky. Fiercely and pointedly, as the constitutional scholar Mark Tushnet explained in 2016, Roberts and Breyer were “contending over history.”.

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The Three Myths of the Biden Impeachment Defense

JonathanTurley

These false narratives have been eagerly repeated in the media despite lacking legal or factual support. Here is the column: With the formal approval of the impeachment inquiry into the conduct of President Joe Biden, the alarm and denial in Washington has reached an almost hysterical level.

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Do or DEI? Federal Judge Finds DEI Policies are Mandatory and Unconstitutional in California Case

JonathanTurley

In 2022, the American Bar Association required law schools to “provide education to law students on bias, cross-cultural competency, and racism: (1) at the start of the program of legal education, and (2) at least once again before graduation.” I have long incorporated race issues in my classes. Jonathan Turley is the J.B.