Zack Smith is a senior legal fellow and manager of the Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy Program in The Heritage Foundation's Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.
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Most criminal defense attorneys will tell you that a quick decision from the jury is generally bad news for their client. That held true on… Read More
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Unfortunately, history is repeating itself. Last summer, many of us watched in horror as rioting and looting took place in cities across the country. We… Read More
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Kimberly Gardner, the beleaguered rogue prosecutor (called the “circuit attorney”) for the city of St. Louis, Missouri, has made a national name for herself. Unfortunately,… Read More
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It’s been a lousy spring for Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore’s rogue prosecutor. First, the IRS placed a tax lien for $45,000 on her house for three… Read More
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The criminal justice system and potential reforms to it have been at the forefront of the national conversation for much of the past year. Unfortunately,… Read More
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This commentary is part of a series on the rogue prosecutors around the country who have been backed by liberal billionaires such as George Soros… Read More
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With the U.S. Supreme Court’s “baffling” refusal on Monday to grant review of the Pennsylvania election cases that had been appealed to the justices, the… Read More
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Congress is very good at two things: spending money and thinking up duplicative—and, therefore, unnecessary—ways to criminalize many aspects of our daily lives. The latest… Read More
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Some are urging President Donald Trump to consider pardoning a pirate. It’s been some time since anyone has uttered those words, but make no mistake,… Read More
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Federal Judge Emmet G. Sullivan last week finally got around to doing what he should have done months ago. Sullivan officially dismissed the Justice Department’s… Read More
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This commentary is part of a series on the rogue prosecutors around the country who have been backed by liberal billionaires such as George Soros… Read More
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This commentary is part of a series on the rogue prosecutors around the country who have been backed by liberal billionaires such as George Soros… Read More
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The U.S. Supreme Court issued a short order Friday night declining to hear Texas’ recently filed lawsuit against Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Texas sought… Read More
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This commentary is part of a series on the rogue prosecutors around the country who have been backed by liberal billionaires such as George Soros… Read More
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We all knew Election Day 2020 wouldn’t be normal. And yet it still seems remarkable that we don’t know yet who will be the president of the… Read More
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This commentary is part of a series on the rogue prosecutors around the country who have been backed by liberal billionaires such as George Soros… Read More
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This commentary is part of a series on the rogue prosecutors around the country who have been backed by liberal billionaires such as George Soros… Read More
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With Election Day just days away, and early voting already underway in many states, the election-related lawsuits have been piling up, and court decisions (and… Read More
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This commentary is part of a series on the rogue prosecutors around the country who have been backed by liberal billionaires such as George Soros… Read More
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The Supreme Court advises that judges should not change state and county election rules right before an election, a Cincinnati-based appeals court has reminded a… Read More
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Florida, like most other states, requires those who wish to vote in upcoming elections to register. Florida’s deadline for registering to vote in the upcoming… Read More
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Like Alice in Wonderland, it feels like we’re living in an upside-down world. Except now it is Alice in “Pandemicland.” Government officials have been forced… Read More
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In the nearly five-month-long court battle involving a federal district court trying to prevent Alabama from enforcing state laws intended to safeguard the integrity of… Read More
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Many federal district court judges have an expansive view of their authority—which far too often ignores Supreme Court precedent. Judge William Conley, a federal district… Read More
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Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt has refused to prosecute more than half of the protest-related cases referred to his office by law enforcement officials… Read More
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This op-ed is part of a series that explores the writings and jurisprudence of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the president’s nominee for the United States… Read More
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The U.S. Supreme Court acted in the best interests of the voters of South Carolina on Monday by dissolving a preliminary injunction issued by a… Read More
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This op-ed is part of a series exploring the writings and jurisprudence of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the president’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court…. Read More
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By now, we’re all familiar with President Donald Trump’s 2016 pledge to nominate someone from his list of potential Supreme Court nominees. In fact, the president updated his list last month, not long before the unexpected… Read More
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A beautiful aspect of American democracy is the separation of powers. The different branches of government are assigned specific functions, and are limited to the… Read More
