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Sioux Tribe Imposes Language Criterion For Priority Vaccinations

JonathanTurley

Smith (1990) , the Supreme Court rejected the claim of exemption of tribes from the federal criminal prohibition on the sue of peyote from the general application of its criminal laws. Mayes (1896) where the Court declined to apply individual rights protections to a tribal proceeding. Conversely, in Morton v.

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The Cuties and the “Younger” Doctrine: Netflix Prevails in Key Federal Ruling Over Controversial Movie

JonathanTurley

The move is relatively rare since the Younger abstention doctrine ordinarily shields state prosecutions from such interventions of federal courts. However, the court highlighted deep flaws in the prosecutorial case. Therefore, her nudity cannot constitute child pornography. It is not an absolute rule. 3d 712, 716 (5th Cir.

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Rittenhouse Goes To Jury After Case Collapses in Court

JonathanTurley

Any first-year law student knows that you cannot comment on the silence of a Mirandized defendant after an arrest under the Fifth Amendment – let alone ignore a court order. However, this trial is about the actions of one individual – not society – in 2020. The judge correctly tore into the prosecutor. Biased media viewers.

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Presidential Immunity Under Trump v. United States

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court held that a former President is entitled to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority. Trump on four counts for conduct that occurred during his Presidency following the November 2020 election. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed.

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Aged Out at 17? Prince Andrew Raises Surprising Defense to Giuffre Lawsuit

JonathanTurley

Florida Southern District Court. He argues that the court is allowed to take “judicial notice” of the agreement in light of the fact that it has been used previously in court, including the voluntary dismissal of her battery claims against Epstein’s former attorney, Alan Dershowitz in a parallel case. May 11, 2020).

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Eleventh Circuit Rules for DOJ on Classified Documents As Trump Claims the Right to Declassify with a Thought

JonathanTurley

On Wednesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit narrowed the order of U.S. ” It is a position likely to further alienate both the Special Master and the appellate court, which have already expressed frustration with the lack of support offered for declassification claims. District Judge Aileen M.

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Rittenhouse and the Perils of Weighing Public Opinion Over Evidence In Prosecutions

JonathanTurley

The question, however, is whether the prosecutors practically closed this case before it began in 2020. Even with the court agreeing to a key favorable instruction, the prosecution may have doomed this case by responding to the weight of public opinion rather than to the weight of the evidence. 25, 2020, during rioting in Kenosha, Wis.,