The Terrorism Screening Center (TSC) is a multi-agency center created in 2003 in the wake of 9/11 terror attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City. The TSC is administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation which is part…
Category: Constitutional Law
Sep.06
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Constitutional Law | Federal Firearms
Ezra Griffith was a member of a Washington, D.C. gang.
In 2012, Griffith became one of several suspects in the shooting death of a rival gang member. The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) had surveillance footage of a getaway…
Aug.03
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Constitutional Law | Internet Sex Crimes
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children reports that there are roughly 747,000 registered sex offenders in the United States. The Parents for Megan’s Law says that more than 46,000 of these offenders are registered in Texas.
Over…
July30
2017
2017
The King can pardon for any reason or for no reason at all.
The U.S. Constitution became the official governing document of the United States of America on June 21, 1788.
Art. II, § 2, cl. 1 of…
June19
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Appeals | Constitutional Law | Drug Crime
It was an issue of first impression for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (TCCA): whether a college dorm room is an exception to the guarantee of the Fourth Amendment against unreasonable searches and seizures.
This issue was resolved…
May08
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Constitutional Law | Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, more than half of the jail population in the U.S. has never been convicted of a crime. That’s some 420,000 people, give or take a few thousand. They are in jail because they…
May04
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Constitutional Law | Federal Criminal Law
The federal courts have on occasion pointed out that the immunity found in the Supremacy Clause is a “seldom litigated corner” of constitutional law. Supremacy Clause immunity governs the extent to which states can impose civil or criminal liability on…
Apr.10
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Constitutional Law | Sexual Assault
Racial bias and jury decision-making is fraught with many unanswered questions. We know it exists but too what extent remains a vast unknown. Most studies focus on the issue of race in the jury selection process or the influence a…
Jan.26
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Constitutional Law
During his January 20th Inaugural Address, President Donald Trump vowed to eradicate “radical Islam” from “the face of the Earth.”
Islam is a universally recognized religion that is roughly 1500 years old. While the ACLU reports that the U.S.…
Jan.22
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Constitutional Law | Prosecutorial Misconduct
U.S. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced recently that he will conduct an ethics investigation into the handling of Hillary Clinton’s email investigation by FBI Director James B. Comey and the Justice Department.
The conservative Wall Street Journal…
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