American Injustice — A Memoir of Constitutional Warfare

American Injustice: A Memoir of Constitutional Warfare by Don Matthews

On the record · On camera

The allocution speech.

Delivered at the federal sentencing hearing and published in full. No edit, no summary — the statement as it was made.

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FROM WE THE PEOPLE NEWS

The reporting behind the record.

Recent reporting pulled directly from the WTP News newsroom: investigations, civil-rights coverage, court filings, public records, and major case developments.

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“I Take No Pleasure in This Result”: A Federal Judge Found a Police Officer Lied and a Constitutional Violation Occurred — and Nobody Pays

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Civil Rights & AccountabilityCourts & Filings

“I Take No Pleasure in This Result”: A Federal Judge Found a Police Officer Lied and a Constitutional Violation Occurred — and Nobody Pays

By Don Matthews | We The People News Chief Justice John Marshall wrote, in Marbury v. Madison, that "it is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is." I want to open with that line because this story has two federal judges in it, and only one of … Read more

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A Two-Year Leash Dressed Up as Mercy: What Actually Happened at My Sentencing

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A Two-Year Leash Dressed Up as Mercy: What Actually Happened at My Sentencing

By Don Matthews | We The People News Alexander Hamilton called the judiciary "the least dangerous branch" for a specific reason: unlike the executive, it commands no army and no marshals; unlike the legislature, it controls no purse. Its only power, Hamilton wrote in Federalist No. 78, is judgment — the "connection of the courts … Read more

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