MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Sen. Dick Brewbaker cringed when he was asked if his opposition to so-called Common Core Standards for schools represents an example of what some have called a new wave of ...

Increasing public sympathy for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, could pose the possibility of jury nullification despite the overwhelming ...

The concept of jury nullification has gone viral on social media amid Luigi Mangione’s arrest for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. This legal loophole has the potential to allow the ...

A petition for a writ of mandamus currently pending before the Second Circuit has reignited an ancient debate over jury nullification—specifically, whether a jury may ever be informed of its power to ...

With everything going on in the world today, it seems likely that state-level attacks on Bitcoiners will continue to increase. Furthermore, as Bitcoin puts pressure on traditional power structures, ...

In the 19 th century, nullification was the idea that states could void the actions of the federal government if they deemed them unconstitutional. Its proponents, chief among them John C. Calhoun, ...

In theory, yes. But not in the world we actually live in, where law enforcement is already rife with numerous discretionary decisions made unavoidable by the fact that we have far too many laws. In a ...

In an era where trust in institutions crumbles beneath the weight of partisan judges and zealous prosecutors, a forgotten cornerstone of American liberty lies dormant: jury nullification. This is not ...

The present study was conducted to determine the effects of nullification information to the jury from two sources, judge's instructions and lawyers' arguments, on juries' verdicts and decision making ...

When historians look back at “the coronavirus crisis of 2020,” they’re likely to focus on the spread of the disease, the economic dislocation it caused and how the federal government responded to it.