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Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Sidewalks are Not “Pedestrian Ways” to Allow for Eminent Domain Seizures

JonathanTurley

Bumble responds that “if the law supposes that, the law is a ass – a idiot.” The scene came to mind with a decision yesterday when the Wisconsin Supreme Court voted 4-3 in Sojenhomer v. 53.03, which states that Wisconsin courts “may treat a foreign country as if it were a state” in guardianship proceedings.

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AI Applications for 5 Different Legal Fields

LawTechnologyToday

But what about practicing law? While legal professionals have been slower to embrace this technology, AI for lawyers is a growing field. Legal firms spent approximately $12 billion on AI in 2017, and experts expect that figure to reach $85 billion by 2027. As these technologies continue to improve, AI in law will only grow.

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Who’ll Shoot First? How Relaxed Gun Rules Fuel a ‘Small Arms Race’

The Crime Report

The law professors detail that the small arms race arises from three main “troubling” legal implications, and it’s looking at the examples of Wisconsin and Georgia’s laws that “exemplify this perilous confluence.”. Legal Solutions.

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Was Rittenhouse’s Possession of the AR-15 Unlawful?

JonathanTurley

In covering the motions hearing last week in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, I noted a surprising comment from Judge Bruce Schroeder that he had “spent hours” with the Wisconsin gun law and could not state with certainty what it means in this case. I have a legal education.”

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Court Dismisses Sixth Count Against Rittenhouse

JonathanTurley

I recently wrote a column stating that the sixth count appeared to be based on a factually and legally inapplicable provision of Wisconsin law. The case against Kyle Rittenhouse just got a little smaller. I could not understand how the judge could allow the count to go to jury.

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Grosskreutz v. Grosskreutz? Surviver from 2020 Kenosha Shooting Sues Kyle Rittenhouse

JonathanTurley

Gaige Grosskreutz who was shot in the arm by Kyle Rittenhouse during the Kenosha riots in 2020 is now suing him as well as Wisconsin police and officials. Without provocation or any legal justification, Defendant Rittenhouse shot at Grosskreutz from point-blank range, hitting him in the arm. it is back.

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Unrequited Rage: The Demand for Mob Justice in the Rittenhouse Trial

JonathanTurley

They did not have the luxury of reframing the legal standard to achieve their own concept of justice. acquitted Rittenhouse on all charges, politicians and media figures lashed out at the judge, the jury and the entire legal system. When Rittenhouse was allowed to go free, the entire legal system was denounced as racist.

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