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Hayat Dissent: Anticipatory Prosecution, Court's Rulings Unjust
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Last week, the Ninth Circuit upheld the conviction of Hamid Hayat, a man with a seventh-grade education who confessed to attending a terrorist training camp...
Despite Biased Juror, Questionable Rulings, Terror Case Upheld
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
This should have been a fascinating case. It has support of terrorism, juror bias, FBI informants, and the government's strategy of using preemptive...
9th Circuit Makes DMCA Safe Harbor a Little Bit Safer
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Veoh Networks may no longer be in business, but its name will live on in the annals of intellectual property law for solidifying Digital Millennium Copyright...
9 Years After His Sentence Ended, Rapist May Get Release ... Or Not
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Bobby Joe Knight served 20 years in a California prison for sexual assault. Though his sentence ended in 2004, he's still behind bars. Why? California's...
Circuit Creates Electronics Exception to Border Search Exception
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
The existing Border Search Exception, which is quite handy for digging through terrorists' and drug smugglers' luggage, doesn't exactly fit with the realities...
Libertarians Prevail in 9th Circuit Nomination Circulators Dispute
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
It’s rough being a third party in America. When was the last time a third party was truly relevant? Was it Teddy Roosevelt’s Bull Moose Party in the early 20th...
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