JonathanTurley

JUNE 24, 2024

New Yorkers and the media insisted that such selective prosecution was in defense of the “rule of law.” This week in the Supreme Court, a glimpse of the legal landscape outside of Manhattan came more sharply into view. The court ruled that a jury had to decide this issue unanimously under a standard of beyond reasonable doubt.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 15, 2022

.” Ironically, it was the only part of the president’s remarks that is consistent with what the court actually said in its decision in Dobbs v. Wade, the court ruled that millions of citizens, not nine justices, must now decide the question of abortion. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. In overturning Roe v.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Below is my column in The Hill on the worsening situation at the Southern border and how the Supreme Court laid the seeds for this crisis over a decade ago. The courts have left few options for either the states or Congress in compelling the enforcement of federal law. if not earlier. United States and, most recently, in U.S.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Supreme Court declines to take the case or otherwise affirms the Colorado Supreme Court ruling.” It could avoid a review by the Supreme Court by effectively mooting the case if the Supreme Court simply lets the clock run past January 5, 2024. Supreme Court. 5, 2024, unless the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

In my view, the lawsuit contravenes free speech as well as controlling case law from the Supreme Court. That claim runs directly counter to the controlling case law. In rejecting a suit against the church on constitutional grounds, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote: “Speech is powerful. .” In Brandenburg v.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 8, 2021

First, his lawsuit will force a court to determine if the defendants’ speeches were protected political speech. As if to guarantee failure, Swalwell picked the very tort — emotional distress — that was previously rejected by the Supreme Court. Swalwell’s complaint alleges a failure by Trump to act as violence unfolded.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 26, 2023

The case had been on hold for nearly a year, waiting for the court to issue its ruling in Allen v. On June 8, a divided court ruled that the map drawn by Alabama’s Republican-controlled legislature likely violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bars racial discrimination in voting. The justices sent Carnahan v.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 6, 2024

Below is my column in USA Today on the unanimous decision of the Supreme Court to reject the disqualification of former president Donald Trump from the 2024 election. Here is the column: “Nothing in the Constitution requires that we endure such chaos.” ” Those words from the Supreme Court in its Trump v. .”

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Judge Wallace rejected the use of the amendment to prevent voters from voting for Trump in the 2024 election, declaring that “[t]he Court holds there is scant direct evidence regarding whether the presidency is one of the positions subject to disqualification.” In Brandenburg v.

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