Author name: The Civil Rights Lawyer

Today we took the Governor to the WV Supreme Court. The State GOP came to his rescue. Here’s an excerpt of my argument from today, as well as my debriefing after the long drive home and the ruling that was issued tonight….. Read more about the oral arguments and the Court’s ruling: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2021/02/11/the-supreme-court-rules-against-us-after-oral-arguments-in-the-wayne-county-case/ Read more […]

WV Civil Rights Lawyer John Bryan discusses search warrants, due process issues and other constitutional law issues that are popping up recently – both in West Virginia and nationally. Also, discussion of the separation of powers doctrine, some pending civil rights cases, as well as some still in the works. Also, I did a TV

By now everyone knows about the case of the Family Court Judge searching my client’s house. Despite being formally charged before the WV Supreme Court, and despite agreeing to the recommended discipline, she is now trying to back out of it, with the assistance of another Family Court Judge, who happens to be on the

Live tonight at 6:30 pm eastern. What happens when your government sends the goon squad to your house to threaten you over what you said on social media? Check out a video where this happened yet again in Palm Beach. Also, the Fifth Circuit issues an unpublished opinion on qualified immunity in a case of

Monday, February 22 at 6:30 pm eastern. A discussion of current gun control happenings with John Crump of the Virginia GOA. Freedom is Scary, Live, Episode No. 45. Read more: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2021/02/23/update-on-the-battle-for-the-second-amendment-as-of-february-of-2021/ Recent articles by John Crump at Ammoland News, some of which we discussed: https://www.ammoland.com/author/johncrump/#axzz6nEtVR2qV All current gun rights articles at Ammoland News: https://www.ammoland.com/category/pro-gun/#axzz6nEtVR2qV GOA

Almost a full year of life under a State of Emergency declaration form of “government“ in West Virginia. Contrast our new life under our benevolent dictator with this 1901 WV civics textbook I found, teaching the basics of how our constitutional republic is supposed to operate. The video is grainy because that’s life in the

#SecondAmendment #Cryptocurrency #TUSC If you love life, liberty, property, the Second Amendment, the Fourth Amendment and basically all civil rights, you should understand the potential lifeline of freedom that is made possible due to cryptocurrency. The easiest way to destroy the Second Amendment is to make it impossible for the firearms industry to transact business

Check out this video of a motorcycle cop caught on video threatening a super nice dude with a goatee. Not the first incident of police rage. Thoughts? source

#FourthAmendment #WarrantlessSearch #PoliceMisconduct Is there a so-called “community caretaking” exception to the well-settled law that a warrant is required before police enter a home? That’s probably the only defense to what this doorbell video captured. This issue is actually at the Supreme Court right now. source

Sky News Australia piece on my school bus driver First Amendment case. This was filmed at the act courthouse where John Brown was tried, in Charles Town, West Virginia. source