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6th Cir. Reverses Amish Hate Crime Conviction
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
Last year, a federal court convicted sixteen members of an Ohio Amish group of hate crimes. They cut the hair and shaved the beards of members of their sect...
6th Cir. Rules Against Bible Believers in 'Heckler's Veto' Case
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
The "Heckler's Veto" isn't just a vestige from your constitutional law class. It's alive and well -- so much so that the Sixth Circuit brought it back into the...
'Occupy Nashville' Appeal Seems an Easy Case for the 6th Cir.
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
As the Second Circuit wraps up its Occupy Wall Street case, the Sixth Circuit is just getting started with its own Occupy issues.On Monday, the court heard...
2 Step Miranda Technique Undoes Sentence for Felon with Firearms
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
After Leslie Ashmore, a convicted felon, was found in possession of firearms, he was tried for violating federal law and sentenced to 20 years in prison. On...
Sentence Upheld in Full for Drug Dealing Memphis Doctor
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
Michael Patterson ran a small psychiatric practice in Memphis, Tennessee, with a fairly large side business in selling prescriptions for Percocet, Vicodin, and...
6th Cir: Ky. 300-Foot Polling Place Buffer Zone Unconstitutional
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
Kentucky law prohibits electioneering signs within 300 feet of a polling place -- or, at least, it did until October, when a federal judge held the law...
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