- “Lawyer says it ‘would be an honor’ to be disbarred; disciplinary board aims to oblige” [ABA Journal, Lowering the Bar]
- In the mail: Jacob Grier’s new book The Rediscovery of Tobacco: Smoking, Vaping, and the Creative Destruction of the Cigarette [more from author, Mark Fogerson/Portland Monthly, John Locke Foundation podcast with Grier and Mitch Kokai] And: Cato video;
- Re: House subpoenas aimed at the Trump administration, colleague Ilya Shapiro wrote this comprehensive pre-game report [last December for the Washington Examiner]
- NBC might not have picked the ideal poster inmate to showcase the problem of long-term sentencing of nonviolent drug offenders [Kent Scheidegger via Volokh]
- Profile of police brutality/civil rights plaintiff’s lawyer Benjamin Crump [John H. Richardson, New York magazine]
- Conservative Tennessee lawmaker introduces bill to provide instructions for jury nullification in acquittal direction only [Scott Greenfield in February]
One Comment
Regarding the disbarment–it would be interesting to shine a spotlight on the process. It would not be surprising if bar discipline is not meted out evenhandedly. The prosecution in Parma, Ohio leaps to mind. It was “clearly established” law that the criminal defendant had a right to publish the website that he published—yet he was prosecuted anyway. Why wouldn’t that reflect on the prosecutor’s fitness to practice law? Was the prosecutor an expert in 1A law–apparently not, so why didn’t he consult those who are?
Then there’s Kim Foxx—she blatantly mischaracterized her non-recused “recusal” which was in the course and scope of her duties as a prosecutor . . . .
Or Xavier Becerra who apparently thought it was cool to attempt to extort journalists for the “crime” of holding onto documents they had a right to keep?