by Scott D. Cosenza, Esq. | Sep 8, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Second Amendment
You can oppose the Virginia Citizens’ Defense League (VCDL), but be careful what you say about them. The group has no compunction using the civil justice system if defamed. First, it sued television personality Katie Couric for defamation, and now the Coalition to...
by Graham J Noble | Jul 15, 2021 | Articles, Opinion, Second Amendment
It perhaps goes without saying that there are many conflicts between what is constitutionally permissible and what is legal or illegal in modern America. One of those conflicts was highlighted on July 13 when a three-judge panel of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of...
by Scott D. Cosenza, Esq. | Jun 30, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Law
Bill Cosby has been ordered released from custody Wednesday, June 30, because the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his 2018 conviction. The Pennsylvania High Court said prosecutor Bruce Castor promised not to prosecute in 2005, and that promise needed to be...
by Scott D. Cosenza, Esq. | Apr 7, 2021 | Articles, Law
Granting a witness immunity from prosecution to testify against another is a mainstay of the U.S. criminal justice system. An everyday occurrence, especially when the prosecutors want to get that evidence presented in court. When the government wants to suppress such...
by Pennel Bird | Mar 25, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Law
Remember back when a Colorado baker refused to bake a cake for a same-sex couple’s wedding based on personal religious beliefs? His name was Jack Phillips, and whether one agreed with him or not, his principled stand took him all the way to the Supreme Court, where he...