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Pakistan law minister dismisses UN working group recommendations urging release of former PM Imran Khan

JURIST

Tarar responded to the recommendations by stating that Khan possesses all rights guaranteed by the nation’s constitution, laws, and international norms, further asserting that any demands made in excess of these rules will be deemed discriminatory, biased and unjust.

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The Constitutional Abyss: Justices Signal a Desire to Avoid Both Cliffs on Presidential Immunity

JonathanTurley

The ongoing prosecution of Trump is legally absurd but has resulted in the leading presidential candidate not only being gagged but prevented from campaigning. With cliffs to the left and the right, the justices are looking at a free-fall dive into the scope of constitutional and criminal law as they apply to presidential conduct.

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The Land that Law Forgot: The Supreme Court and the New York Legal Wasteland

JonathanTurley

With the Trump trial, Manhattan has become a type of legal wilderness where prosecutors use the legal system to hunt down political rivals and thrill their own supporters. New Yorkers and the media insisted that such selective prosecution was in defense of the “rule of law.” That is not how the law is seen from 9th Avenue.

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The Neutron Prosecutor: How Special Counsel Hur May Prove the Ultimate Punchline in Washington

JonathanTurley

He could wait to see if Biden does not run for reelection or loses in 2024. He could ask for a reconsideration of the policy, which was poorly supported during the Clinton Administration as a rationale for blocking any indictment for perjury by the Office of Legal Counsel.

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

JonathanTurley

Trump potentially faces four major prosecutions in the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia and New York before the 2024 election. Trump and his co-defendants must stand trial for these allegations, but criminal cases are supposed to be tests of evidence, not of endurance or exposure. In Washington, U.S.

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Jack Smith’s War on Free Speech: Attorney General Garland Should Rein in His Special Counsel

JonathanTurley

The court dismissed the “tawdry tales” offered by the DOJ and declared that it was far more concerned with the damage that Smith was causing to the legal system with his virtually limitless interpretation of criminality. Some of us have previously denounced the gag order issued by U.S.

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The Cost of Bravado: Why Trump Defense to the Audiotape Could Come at a Cost

JonathanTurley

Some Republican presidential candidates have stated already that they will (or would consider) pardons for Trump if they are elected in 2024. 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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