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The playbook reads like this: delay, delay, delay. And then delay some more. With football season soon upon us, you might reasonably think what I’m referring to is Sean Payton’s blocking scheme to buy slimmed-down Russell...

Article III of the Constitution, which creates the judicial branch, notes that if an alleged crime is “not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.” In other words, Congress has discretion to set the venue for trials relating to alleged crimes in the federal district.

What should happen... when it is virtually impossible for the defendant to get an impartial jury in that state or district? The prosecution of Donald Trump for the events around January 6, 2021 would seem to call for a change of venue. The District of

Assuming you weren’t glued to legal developments in the Trump case, let me catch you up real quick on what happened in the Trump Jan. 6 case.

Judge Tanya Chutkan, like other federal D.C. judges, has rebuffed attempts to move Jan. 6-related trials out of the District of Columbia.

Thomas said their support for the convicted rapper opens old wounds for family, and their advocacy makes it difficult for them to adequately grieve the loss of their loved one.

The prosecutors in the Jan. 6th case should study this opinion before they deny Trump an impartial jury.

To prevent the government from railroading criminal defendants in closed proceedings, the Constitutions Sixth Amendment holds that "in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy

An Arkansas federal judge has kept alive a suit challenging a state court's failure to appoint counsel to indigent clients prior to their bail hearings, saying the defendants can't escape the claims based on sovereign immunity and declaring that appointed counsel provides "critical assistance" during a bail hearing.

To prevent the government from railroading criminal defendants in closed proceedings, the Constitution’s Sixth Amendment holds that “in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy