When We Let Political Violence Off the Hook, We All Pay Later
This week, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta did something he made clear he did not want to do. He dismissed the seditious conspiracy case against Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and eight co-defendants — the last standing prosecution tied to January 6, 2021 — because the Justice Department itself asked him to. Rhodes had been […]
Judge Hannah Dugan Won’t Go to Prison. Milwaukee Still Deserves an Honest Conversation About What Just Happened
A federal judge declined to send former Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan to prison for obstructing an ICE arrest inside her own courtroom. Marcus Hart argues both the prosecution and the defenders miss a harder truth about what accountability should look like for public officials.