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Insurrection
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PrawfsBlawg
State Insurrection Statutes
Main Monday, November 08, 2021State Insurrection StatutesOne thing I've noticed is that some states have criminal insurrection statutes. Here is Iowa's: An insurrection is three or more persons acting in…
PrawfsBlawg
Defining an Insurrection
Main Friday, October 15, 2021Defining an InsurrectionOne question that will arise in any Section Three litigation is whether what occurred at the Capitol in January was an insurrection in a…
Simple Justice
Following The Client Down The Plea Withdrawal Rabbit Hole
Granted, there was always a good chance that defending a person charged in the January 6th insurrection was going to have its pitfalls. It’s the nature of the beast, the…
PrawfsBlawg
Insurrection and the Excited Utterance Exception
Main Saturday, September 04, 2021Insurrection and the Excited Utterance ExceptionI'm teaching a Fourteenth Amendment seminar this semester, and we will talk about Section Three. One question my students are raising…
Sentencing Law and Policy
First Jan 6 rioter to be sentenced on felony charges gets (below-guideline) sentence of eight months in federal prison
As noted in this preview post on Friday, this morning was the scheduled sentencing day for Paul Allard Hodgkins, who carried a Trump flag into the well of the Senate…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Capitol Officers Sue Trump for Inciting Insurrection
Steven D. Schwinn, University of Illinois Chicago School of LawU.S. Capitol Police Officers James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby sued former President Trump on Tuesday for inciting the January 6 insurrection.…
PrawfsBlawg
Congressman Brooks and Section Three of the 14th Amendment
Main Wednesday, March 24, 2021Congressman Brooks and Section Three of the 14th AmendmentRepresentative Mo Brooks of Alabama recently announced that he will run for the Senate in 2022. His campaign…
Simple Justice
Prolix and Prosecution
My old pal, BMAZ, tried to infuse a bit of perspective into the extremely hyperfocused obsessive parsing of the prosecutions stemming from the January 6th insurrection. People in our comments…
Simple Justice
Prickett: The Capitol Police, Metro Police and Aftermath
Ed. Note: Greg Prickett is a former police officer and supervisor who went to law school, hung out a shingle, and now practices criminal defense and family law in Fort Worth,…
The Faculty Lounge
Musings on Trump’s Second Impeachment…
In a few minutes, the U.S. Senate will be conducting Donald Trump's second impeachment trial. Today's focus will apparently be on the constitutional question concerning whether the Senate can impeach…