Attorney Andrew Branca

Rittenhouse “Analysis”: A Contemptible Example of Intellectual Theft and Broken Self-Defense Legal Analysis from Harvard Law School

Well, Harvard Law School has certainly fallen quite some ways. A recent article purportedly authored by one Ronald Sullivan, Professor at Harvard Law School (see featured image) sets forth to provide a legal analysis claiming that both the Kyle Rittenhouse and George Zimmerman cases ought to be deemed outside the boundaries of lawful self-defense.  If

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KYLE’S LAW: Stopping Politically Motivated Prosecutions of Self-Defense

Hey folks, I’m Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense, and I’d like to take just a moment to talk with you about Kyle’s Law, our proposed law for stopping politically motivated prosecutions of self-defense. Too often, rogue prosecutors bring felony criminal charges against people who were clearly doing nothing more than defending themselves,

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Rittenhouse VERDICT WATCH:  Suspect A Rogue Juror, #54, Foreperson, Is Holding Back Acquittal

Today completed the third day of jury deliberations in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, with no verdict being achieved before the jury was sent home for the day. There wasn’t much real action today, with the exception of a couple of notable events, and my own increasing belief that we’re dealing with a single hold-out

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Rittenhouse Verdict Watch Mayhem – Lawyers Fight Over Drone Videos, Requests For Mistrial

Today completed the second day of jury deliberations in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, with no verdict being achieved before the jury was sent home for the day.The jury deliberations take place in private, of course, so we can only speculate as to what discussions are taking place amongst the 12 jurors.  That doesn’t mean

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Rittenhouse Trial:  Defense Delivers A Disappointingly Weak Closing Argument

The closing statements are now done in the Rittenhouse trial, and the jury will now begin deliberations—although not until tomorrow morning.  That means, of course, that we’ll be launching or VERDICT WATCH blog post in the morning at Legal Insurrection, so keep your eyes there for breaking news on a verdict. And with that, let’s

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