January 11, 2021 5:02 p.m.
After a pro-Trump mob raided and vandalized the Capitol, Democrats seeking to hold President Donald Trump and his Republican lackeys accountable have been plumbing the depths of available laws and procedure.
They’ve unearthed Section Three of the 14th Amendment, a relic of the Civil War that suddenly feels very relevant.
It essentially seeks to keep those who have engaged in “insurrection or rebellion” against the United States from holding office on both the federal and state level. Back when it was written, it was, of course, referring to the rebels of the Confederacy.
“This was adopted in wake of the Civil War when President Johnson was trying to reinstate Southern state officials by pardoning them,” Wayne McCormack, professor of constitutional law at the University of Utah, told TPM.
Grand Rapids Business Journal
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Law firm Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge elected Michael E. Doversberger, Krista A. Jackson, Ashley C. Quackenbush, Rachael M. Roseman and Ryne J. Takacs as new shareholders with each representing a variety of practice areas.
“The firm is very excited to welcome these attorneys as shareholders,” Smith Haughey CEO Matt Wikander said. “These five have made exceptional contributions to not only their practice areas and groups but to the firm as a whole.”
Doversberger, who is based at the firm’s Holland office, focuses on business, real estate, intellectual property, franchise and employment law. He has experience in the litigation of commercial disputes, contracts and employment claims.
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New attorney scores big in first trial
A Marion County jury s award of $20 million in a personal injury case is notable enough, but it s really impressive when you consider the opening statement and closing argument on damages were delivered by an attorney with a law license issued five weeks earlier.
The plaintiffs in the case against Indianapolis Power & Light Co. were Wayne and Amy Simmons. Wayne Simmons, 46, worked as a union carpenter until March 26, 2014, when he was shocked by thousands of volts of electricity on IPL s Petersburg Power Plant, according to the Indiana Lawyer. He has been unable to work and under medical care and pain management since that time. In mediation, attorneys for IPL had offered $50,000.
December 30, 2020
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Indiana Attorney General-elect Todd Rokita has selected Lori Torres to serve as Chief Deputy Attorney General and Chief of Staff in his new administration beginning January 11, 2021. Torres is the current Inspector General for Indiana, appointed to that post in 2017 by Governor Eric Holcomb.
“I am thrilled to have Inspector General Lori Torres joining our Administration as Chief Deputy and Chief of Staff. She is a skilled lawyer of the highest integrity and exactly the type of leader we need to take action for the citizens of our great state on day one,” said Attorney General-Elect Rokita.
Torres is a veteran public servant, having served as the Indiana Commissioner of Labor under Governor Mitch Daniels and as the former General Counsel and Deputy Commissioner for the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT). During her time at INDOT, she led a team of 100 people and consistently delivered results that were on time and o
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