By David Tulis Defense attorneys who talk about “the government” are trying to inflame jurors, who are seen as having increasing dislike of the modern state. So says a …
The claim and exercise of a constitutional right cannot be converted into a crime. — Miller v. U.S. 230 F 486, 489. Q What is sin? A Any thought, …
By David Tulis Won over by an appeal to envy, a jury convicted laborer Arthur J. Hirsch in Lawrence County, Tenn., Dec. 22 on four criminal counts — three …
A man going on trial Tuesday on charges of driving on a suspended license and possessing a pistol sued two state attorneys and a state trooper involved in his …
By David Tulis Today Arthur Jay Hirsch filed in Lawrence County, Tenn., circuit court this motion for dismissal of his case due to lack of jurisdiction. For the sake …
This essay is Part 5 of our series from “Are Cops Constitutional?” by attorney and legal historian Roger Roots. By Roger Roots Elsewhere I described the limitation of common …
See Part I of Mr. Roots’ essay here. The rise of policing despite constitution; or how cops became legally superior By Roger Roots Nothing illustrates the modern disparity between …
Police work is often lionized by jurists and scholars who claim to employ “textualist” and “originalist” methods of constitutional interpretation. Yet professional police were unknown to the United States …