The Trump administration’s decision to use military lawyers to enforce civilian law was found to violate the Posse Comitatus Act in the Northern District of California, but the simple act of using military lawyers as prosecutors in federal courts and judges in immigration cases is alarming, write Professors Lesley Wexler and Tony Ghiotto. In a two-part […]
Writing at Justia Verdict, Professors Lesley Wexler and Tony Ghiotto discuss the latest developments around the Executive Order banning transgender individuals from the United States’ military, including a new Action Memo from the Department of Defense and the Equal Protection aspects of the Talbott v. Trump and Shilling v. United States litigation challenging the ban. “We worry the administration […]
“The fact that the President may have his own personal criminal immunity for ordering either the assassination of his rival or a coup does not make these orders lawful. And while military members have a legal obligation to follow lawful orders, they have a similar obligation to disobey unlawful orders,” Professor Anthony Ghiotto writes in […]
In a new post on Justia Verdict, Professors Tony Ghiotto and Lesley Wexler do a deep examination of the Prioritizing Military Excellence Order, President Trump’s executive order on transgender individuals in the military. The article seeks to answer whether the order represents a complete transgender service ban or a variation of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” […]
This episode is all about advocacy and what that means for law students and lawyers. We turn the spotlight on the Kimball R. and Karen Gatsis Anderson Center for Advocacy and Professionalism and learn about the classes and competitions they offer to help Illinois Law students become the best advocates possible. Guests include Professor Tony […]
In a co-authored blog post for Justia Verdict, Professors Lesley Wexler and Tony Ghiotto explore the significance of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s firing of Judge Advocates General in late February. Were these firings truly unprecedented? What consequences may arise from these firings, whether within military legal practice or how the military fights wars and […]
Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy charged with the murder of Sonya Massey, was discharged from the U.S. Army for serious misconduct, according to military records. Professor Anthony Ghiotto, a former Air Force prosecutor, spoke to Illinois Public Media about the case and the relevance of Grayson’s discharge. “A good way of looking […]
“It is foundational to our criminal justice system that the government has to prove mens rea,” Professor Tony Ghiotto said on a recent episode of the Litigator Libations podcast. The podcast, he discussed Diaz v. United States, in which the Supreme Court recently ruled on expert testimony and a defendant’s mental state. His segment examined […]
From law student to the battlefields of Afghanistan and back to the classroom, this time as a professor, Anthony Ghiotto has blazed a unique path to the College of Law. On the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyer Rising podcast, he shared his story of joining the Judge Advocate General’s corps after graduating and the wealth […]