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Years after Erma Wilson completed a suspended sentence for a crime she maintains she did not commit, she learned that one of her prosecutors was, at the very same time he prosecuted her, also moonlighting for the judge who presided over her case. Wilson brought an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”) to redress this obvious violation of her right to due process. The district court dismissed Wilson’s case in light of the Fifth Circuit’s earlier decision in Randell..

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In August 2023, Special Counsel Jack Smith charged former President Donald Trump with using force and deceit to overturn the results of the 2020 election, in violation of federal law. In response, Trump argued, among other things, that he enjoys sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution for any action taken during his presidency, and that his acquittal at an impeachment trial bars his subsequent prosecution. The D.C. District Court rejected Trump’s sweeping immunity claims, and on..

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Not Above the Law Sign-On Letter Protecting Juries

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