During his confirmation for, and swearing in as, an associate justice to the U.S. Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch vowed to be a servant to the Constitution. That sworn allegiance does not apply to the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. In…
Category: Constitutional Law
2018
Category: Constitutional Law | Corruption
In 1947, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter in a concurring opinion of United States v. United Mine Workers said: “If one man can be allowed to determine for himself for what is law, every man can. That means first…
2018
Category: Constitutional Law | Drug Trafficking
The Sanctity of The Home Reinforced by Second Circuit
The U.S. Supreme Court has for nearly six decades has recognized the fundamental Fourth Amendment right of a person “to retreat into [their] home and there be free from unreasonable governmental…
2018
Category: Capital Crimes | Constitutional Law
Death penalty trials, beyond a doubt, are the most difficult for a criminal defense attorney to try. These trials are conducted in two phases: the guilt phase and the punishment phase. Once guilt has been found by the jury during…
2018
Category: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
In a ruling issued on February 14, 2018, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals found there is reasonable evidence that the Harris County bail procedures are constitutionally deficient and that plaintiffs will likely succeed, but vacated the district court’s injunction…
2017
Category: Constitutional Law | Federal Criminal Law
Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn has pled guilty in a Washington, D.C. federal court to a single count of lying to the FBI. The guilty plea is part of a “plea agreement” reached with Special Counsel Robert Mueller who…
2017
Category: Constitutional Law | Corruption
It is now obvious that the President of the United States is under criminal investigation, ranging from possible obstruction of justice to money laundering. President Trump has hired an extensive—some would say less than impressive—legal defense team. Thus far, Special…
2017
Category: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Federal Criminal Law
No man is above the law. That’s what former President Theodore Roosevelt told this nation.
President Donald J. Trump does not believe in this rule of law.
This was evidenced during a January 2016 campaign rally in Sioux…
2017
Category: Constitutional Law | Federal Criminal Law
Article II, Section 2, clause one, of the Constitution, dealing with the powers and duties of the President, provides that he or she “shall have the power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in…
2017
Category: Constitutional Law | Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law
Karen Fonseca is a 46-year-old resident of Fort Bend County, Texas. She does not like President Donald Trump, and pretty much has the same feelings toward all the people in the county who voted for Trump. She expressed her displeasure…