Taylor Swift has been in the news recently due to a legal conflict that has the pop music world abuzz. We will give you the story and explain why it could change the way musicians negotiate legal contracts in the future. Fifteen Taylor Swift’s heart was set on becoming a music star by the time […]
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Could mandatory arrest laws in cases of domestic violence have prevented the murder of Gabby Petito? Would increasing vigilance in handling domestic violence prevent further cases of intimate partner violence? We recently dropped a podcast on this here. We discuss the case and address these questions in this article. Scary Statistics Almost one third of female […]
President Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives on December 18th, 2019, based on allegations stemming from a phone call with the Ukraine. Less than 2 months later, on February 5th, 2020, the Senate acquitted Donald Trump. Fast forward less than 1 year, and we have the unprecedented second impeachment of a sitting US […]
Higher Standards for Police Become Law Colorado Senate Bill 19-166, enacted by the governor in May of 2020, alters the procedures of the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) board in the name of police accountability. This law requires that the board revoke the certification of law enforcement officers who have lied about significant facts […]
On Saturday, November 7th, 2020, the election to name America’s 46th president was called. According to the AP and multiple media outlets, Joe Biden was the winner, having exceeded the required 270 electoral college votes to claim the presidency. Donald Trump, however, has thus far refused to concede. He has alleged voter fraud, filed multiple […]
For more a more detailed discussion of this topic, listen to our podcast here: https://isthislegal.buzzsprout.com/1296158/5699065-ep-41-is-donald-trump-going-to-jail Global leaders are no strangers to criminal charges, with foreign heads of state from Silvio Burlusconi to Slobodon Milosovic being charged with crimes committed while in office. The United States, however, has largely stayed above the criminal fray. Sure, we had […]
A Request Has Been Made U.S. legislators will soon review, if they are not already, a request from the Justice Department for authority to detain people indefinitely in situations like the coronavirus pandemic. The sort of indefinite detainment set out in the request infringes the constitutional right of habeas corpus and probably others, and therefore […]
Wisconsin SC Ends COVID Order Wisconsin’s Supreme Court not long ago annulled the state’s stay-at-home order, saying that the emergency powers governor Tony Evers had invoked to issue the order were meant for brief effect, not to last indefinitely. That ruling is interesting in its own right, but it also points to a quality of […]
The Pandemic Strikes The worldwide spread of COVID -19 in recent weeks has now made its mark on the criminal justice system here in Colorado and around the country: most if not all local courts are closed as of this writing, and many hearings have been postponed. This in turn has brought up a legal […]
Change Is Coming Polls now indicate that the majority of Americans approve of legalizing marijuana, whereas in the past that was not so. Decades in coming about, this shift has accelerated lately on the information obtained from states where not only medical but also recreational cannabis use is allowed. As of this writing, 12 states […]
