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

LexForti

It is a student-run organization that aims to train underprivileged students and transform them into leading lawyers and community advocates. Speakers: The speakers for the session are: Dhanya Prasad graduated from NUALS, Kochi in 2020 with university second rank and four gold medals. She secured AIR 3 in AILET PG 2021.

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

JonathanTurley

Trump also appears to be relying on a legal advice defense (as he has with the challenge to the 2020 election and Jan. He makes direct reference to being given different accounts of the controlling law. There are some lawyers who believe that a president has immediate and unlimited authority over classified information.

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Bowser’s About Face: The District Admits Using Tear Gas Against Protesters and Seeks To Dismiss BLM’s Lafayette Park Lawsuit

JonathanTurley

Here is the column: A federal judge in Washington is set to decide whether to dismiss a case on behalf of protesters who claim they were injured during the June 1, 2020, protests around Lafayette Park next to the White House. What was so striking is that the lawyer, Richard Sobiecki, represents the D.C.

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“MyPillow Guy” Becomes a Nightmare for a Jan. 6 Rioter — and for Free Speech

JonathanTurley

The “close call” for Judge Kelly was resolved by Jensen denouncing those, such as former President Trump , who accused Democrats of stealing the 2020 presidential election. Even Jensen’s lawyer called his interest in right-wing sites an “addiction.”

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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. There are clearly a number of people beyond Trump who are being targeted, including his lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell.

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Is “Inconceivable” Provable? The Justice Department Needs More Than a Vizzini Charge to Prosecute Trump

JonathanTurley

However, there is one line that stood out; it stated that Trump “subjectively believes that the results of the 2020 presidential election turned on fraudulent voting activity in several key states.”. And Trump had a team of lawyers advising him these were valid claims. Democrats in Congress ( including some members of the Jan.

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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. However, Trump followed the advice of a second, albeit smaller, set of lawyers who told him there was a basis for challenging the election. That is not a crime.