Alternative Sentencing

09/17/2024

07/14/2023

"It has been thought a considerable advance towards establishing the principles of Freedom, to say, that government is a compact
between those who govern and those that are governed: but this cannot be true, because it is putting the effect before the cause; for as man must have existed before governments existed, there necessarily was a time when governments did not exist, and consequently there could originally exist no governors
to form such a compact with. The fact therefore must be, that the individuals themselves, each in his own personal and sovereign right, entered into a compact with each other to produce a government:
and this is the only mode in which governments have a right to arise, and the only principle on which they have a right to exist."
-- Thomas Paine

06/17/2022

"The provision in the Constitution granting the right to all persons to bear
arms is a limitation upon the power of the Legislature to enact any law to the
contrary. The exercise of a right guaranteed by the Constitution cannot be made
subject to the will of the sheriff."
-- People vs. Zerillo

07/04/2021

US Supreme Court upholds moratorium on evictions through an emergency decision, which contained no actual reasoning. However, Justice Kavanaugh, who sided with the majority, admitted that the moratorium was not lawful, but that it should stay in place anyway.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to lift the eviction moratorium for tenants who’ve fallen behind on rent during the pandemic.

11/26/2020

Congratulations, Quintin.

Quintin McGee will serve as district court judge in Judicial District 13 for Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus counties.

03/30/2020

https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/lawyers-considered-essential-workers-in-some-states-amid-coronavirus

Some states, including Illinois and Indiana, have labeled lawyers essential workers who can still go into their offices amid stay-at-home orders aimed at halting the spread of the coronavirus.

12/18/2018

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article223253560.html

The NC Court of Appeals reversed a decision Tuesday that sealed an entire court file involving child s*x abuse and denied a Fayetteville newspaper access to any of the information inside.

11/14/2018

Bill introduced to protect pregnant women in federal custody.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:November 14, 2018 Contact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) will introduce the Pregnant Women in Custody Act of 2018 to help guarantee the health and safety of women who are pregnant and g...

11/01/2018

16 USC §470ee(a), (d), 43 CFR §7.3(a)(3)(vi) & §7.4 make it a federal crime to dig up a 100-year-old mummy on federal land.

09/14/2018

https://nclawyersweekly.com/2018/09/13/chief-justice-martin-issues-order-for-counties-subject-to-florence-evacuation/

North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin issued an order Thursday evening declaring that catastrophic conditions resulting from Hurricane Florence currently exist in those counties su…

08/29/2018

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law_grad_with_sleep_apnea_isnt_entitled_to_accommodation_in_bar_admission

The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld a decision to deny bar admission to a Florida Coastal law grad who contended his sleep apnea should have been accommodated as a disability during the application process.

08/28/2018

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article56184320.html

Vannara Nhar was 22 years old and had near-perfect vision when a federal judge sent him to prison in 2011 for selling two stolen weapons to an undercover officer.