No Right to Discovery as to Possible Selective Prosecution in Prosecution for Burning Police Car at George Floyd Protest

No Right to Discovery as to Possible Selective Prosecution in Prosecution for Burning Police Car at George Floyd Protest

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From U.S. v. Wilson, decided yesterday by Ninth Circuit Judge Danielle Forrest, joined by Judge Patrick Bumatay and District Judge James Donato (N.D. Cal.) (for a similar result in a case alleging selective prosecution against alleged white supremacist rioters, see U.S. v. Rundo (9th Cir. 2024)): On May 31, 2020, Defendants-Appellees Nathan Wilson and Christopher Beasley allegedly joined a protest in Santa Monica, California [following the killing of George Floyd] and set fire to a police car. They […]

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Dr. Jeffrey Singer Questions Trump’s Plans for the Homeless

Dr. Jeffrey Singer Questions Trump’s Plans for the Homeless

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Jeffrey A. Singer “Enforcing public nuisance laws or penalizing actions like blocking streets, creating public health hazards, or disturbing the peace is not inappropriate or unjust. Incarcerating peaceful people who choose to live unhoused is. And coercing people with substance abuse and mental health problems to undergo treatment assaults their autonomy.” In a new blog post, Dr. Jeffrey Singer critiques the oversimplified views on homelessness expressed by Elon Musk, and addresses President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to coerce homeless […]

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Tick, Tock goes the SCOTUS Clock

Tick, Tock goes the SCOTUS Clock

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Today, the Supreme Court acted on pending applications in the challenges to the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.” The Court did not grant an injunction pending review. Instead, the Court construed the applications as petitions for writs of certiorari, and granted them. The Court set a blazing fast briefing schedule, with opening briefs due two days after Christmas, reply briefs to be filed two days after New Years, with oral argument one week later. The […]

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