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CLAT/AILET PG WORKSHOP BY IDIA KERALA CHAPTER: Register by 17th December

LexForti

IDIA – Kerala Chapter functions from its base at The National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi, which is the only National Law University in Kerala. Speakers: The speakers for the session are: Dhanya Prasad graduated from NUALS, Kochi in 2020 with university second rank and four gold medals.

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Rittenhouse Goes To Jury After Case Collapses in Court

JonathanTurley

Reid added Wednesday, “ If you want to know why critical race theory exists , the actual law school theory that emphasizes that supposedly colorblind laws in America often still have racially discriminatory outcomes, then look no further than the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse.”.

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Fani Willis Fights for a Mass Trial As the Georgia Defendants Scatter

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Messenger on the early struggle of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to preserve her strategy of holding a mass 19-person trial over the 2020 election case involving former president Donald Trump. Something has to give in this schedule — not in the interest of Trump, but in the interest of justice.

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The Designated Defendant: Was Hunter Biden Always the Fall Guy?

JonathanTurley

He kept up that self-destructive lifestyle , he said, until his father’s 2020 presidential campaign began. Jonathan Turley, an attorney, constitutional law scholar and legal analyst, is the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School.

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Insurrection-Lite: The Supreme Court Downsizes the “Insurrection” to Largely Trespassing

JonathanTurley

This hyperbolic claim ignores the many safeguards in our constitutional system, the very safeguards that led to the certification of Biden’s victory in 2020. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at the George Washington University Law School and author of “ The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.”

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“Oh Georgia, No Peace I Find”: The Fourth Indictment of Donald Trump and the Criminalization of Election Controversies

JonathanTurley

The long-anticipated indictment by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is expected in the coming days and will focus on alleged election tampering and related offenses in the 2020 presidential election. They often (as they did in 2020) resist demands for access to evidence. However, it will be anything but costless.

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How Donald Trump’s Indictment Could Backfire on Joe Biden

JonathanTurley

It is not clear if Smith will “rid [Biden] of this meddlesome president,” but his theory of criminality could prove costly to Biden himself. He is accused of seeking out those who would legitimize or enable his political spin on his 2020 defeat. Indeed, it could be used as a basis for an impeachment inquiry.