Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 10, 2024

Freed , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. In reaching its decision, the appeals court held that a public official engages in state action only when the official performs a legally mandated “duty of his office” or invokes the “authority of his office.” In Lindke v.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MARCH 5, 2024

. §2401(a) when an agency issues a rule-regardless of whether that rule injures the plaintiff on that date (as the Eighth Circuit and five other circuits have held)-or when the rule first causes a plaintiff to ‘suffer[] legal wrong’ or be ‘adversely affected or aggrieved’ (as the Sixth Circuit has held)?” Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 30, 2023

Yesterday, on March 29, 2023, the German Constitutional Court published its long-awaited (and also long) decision on the German “Act to Combat Child Marriage” ( Gesetz zur Bekämpfung von Kinderehen ). 1 EGBGB ) – regardless of whether the marriage is valid under the normally applicable foreign law. That was a long time ago.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Court’s decision in Chevron is one of the most frequently cited administrative law decisions. The two cases will be argued in tandem in the January 2024 argument session. The post SCOTUS to Determine Future of Chevron Deference appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. Please check back for updates.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Simon & Schuster will release the book in June 2024, but it can be purchased now. As many of you know, I have written about free speech and constitutional rights for decades in law reviews and journals. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights were not only written for times like these, but in a time like this.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The issues before the Court included choice-of-law clauses, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act’s whistleblower protection, and racial gerrymandering. 310 (1955), the Supreme Court established that “maritime contracts are governed by federal admiralty law when there is an established federal rule, but absent such a rule, state law applies.”

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Former president Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that “Legal Scholars are extremely thankful for the Supreme Court’s Decision today to take up Presidential Immunity.” ” As I mentioned last night in the coverage, legal scholars are hardly doing a conga line in celebration. Monday, April 15, 2024.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 26, 2024

Roberts read its statement that “a former president can be prosecuted for his official acts because the fact of the prosecution means that the former president has acted in defiance of the laws” and noted it sounds like “a former president can be prosecuted because he is being prosecuted.” The jumper responds, “So far so good.”

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Should a court declare him the winner and order the start of a new four-year term — negating the 2024 election? Would the court order a vote in 2022 and then another vote in 2024? None of that is even remotely possible on a legal basis. Trump is already running in 2024. It is unclear what Trump is now demanding.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 12, 2024

University of Michigan Law Professor and MSNBC legal analyst Barbara McQuade has written how dangerous free speech is for the nation. Jonathan Turley is a Fox News Media contributor and the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. Anti-free speech books have been heralded in the media.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 24, 2024

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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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 10, 2023

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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JonathanTurley

JULY 15, 2022

The president, political allies and law professors have stressed the need to “protect the right of women to travel.” While a few legislators have suggested such laws , restricting travel has been tried before with consistently ruinous results before the court. It would also unleash potential legal challenges.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 30, 2023

They involve challenging questions over the scope of not just laws like the Hatch Act but the duties of federal officials like Meadows. The trial courts will have to render decisions on major constitutional challenges, including free-speech claims, before trial. That could place those cases on a different trajectory for months.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Below is my column in the New York Post on the next step in the effort to disqualify former president Donald Trump in 2024 election. That moment will now be presented to nine justices of the United States Supreme Court after a divided decision of the Colorado Supreme Court to disqualify Donald Trump in the 2024 election.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 21, 2023

” Those words from New York Times editorial board member Mara Gay on MSNBC captured the unhinged coverage of the Colorado Supreme Court’s disqualification of Donald Trump from the 2024 election. Back in the day, it was the Democrats who were denounced for raising such legal objections.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Here is the column: In 2016, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion overturning a conviction that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had seemed willing to secure at whatever cost to the rule of law. The rebuke came to mind this week as Smith continued his unrelenting effort to gag former president Donald Trump before the 2024 election.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 30, 2023

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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LLRX

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Donald Trump announced his 2024 run for the presidency on Nov. In his address he railed against what he perceived as the “persecution” of himself and his family, but made scant mention of his legal woes.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 26, 2023

For too many legal experts, Trump offers the release of rage and the ability to adopt of the same dismissive, cavalier attitude of others when it comes to legal rights. However, if the Trump name appears in the caption of a case, many legal experts suddenly jettison all due process concerns or sense of restraint.

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The Crime Report

MAY 24, 2021

New York Attorney General Letitia James’ announcement last week that her office was “actively investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity” has added to the former president’s legal worries, but the biggest landmine believed to threaten his political future has yet to be detonated. and conviction?Trump

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 17, 2021

On its face, the planned impeachment trial is at odds with the language of the Constitution, which expressly states that removal of a president is the primary purpose of such a trial. He will be a citizen and would be best served legally to forgo the trial entirely as extraconstitutional and invalid.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 9, 2024

As Democrats ramp up their efforts for the 2024 election, some are dangling an old enticement from 2020: if we win, we can pack the Court. Liberals are again stating that the Supreme Court is not fundamentally “broken” because a majority of justices do not share their views on legal questions.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 11, 2023

It will be difficult to get through a trial before the 2024 presidential election. Regarding Mar-a-Lago, the reported inclusion of a charge under the Espionage Act is a bit surprising, given the novel legal issues surrounding the handling of such documents. The 2024 election could become a referendum on this case.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 27, 2024

I have previously written that the Biden Administration has chilling analogies to the Adams Administration in the weaponization of the legal system and the crackdown on free speech. The 2024 election is looking strikingly similar to the election of 1800 and, if so, it does not bode well for Biden. Free speech is again on the ballot.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

.” With gun control one of the top issues for Democrats going into this election, the polls show a growing gap with a majority of voters on the issue, particularly as crime continues to rise among the top issues for 2024. That could present an interesting dynamic going into the election in 2024.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 16, 2021

finally buried her former persona as a law professor. In a transition that began in 2011, Warren has struggled with the demands of politics that often pit her against core legal principles. However, the Warren op-ed was her Rubicon where she crossed over from being a law professor to being a politician. This week, Sen.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 17, 2023

Legal analysts often are asked to give the percentages on a case’s outcome or conviction. However, the odds of Trump going to prison could depend more on the court of public opinion than on the court of law. While there are some legal and political analysts who believe self-pardons are impermissible, I have long disagreed.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 3, 2024

However, it wasn’t a reference to the Colorado Supreme Court’s recent 4-3 decision to disqualify Donald Trump from running in the 2024 election. justices as being, in the words of law professor Cass Sunstein, “ illegitimate, undemocratic, and unprincipled.” Wade while upholding more stringent state abortion laws.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 8, 2024

Below is my column in The Hill on the Valley Forge speech of President Joe Biden kicking off his 2024 campaign. That line, from the speech of President Joe Biden at Valley Forge this week, may have been the most accurate observation in the entire address kicking off Biden’s 2024 campaign. Jonathan Turley is the J.B. and Maurice C.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 15, 2023

Here is the column: With the arraignment of Donald Trump in Miami, Department of Justice (DOJ) special counsel Jack Smith is pushing forward with a historic criminal prosecution that could result in a terminal prison sentence for the 76-year-old former president and, at least for now, the leading Republican candidate in the 2024 election.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 28, 2023

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. With the appeal filed, Donald Trump will be included as a candidate on Colorado’s 2024 Presidential Primary Ballot when certification occurs on Jan. 5, 2024, unless the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 3, 2023

It is another disheartening example of intentional leaks in violation of federal law and DOJ policies. Here is the column: The 2024 presidential campaign technically began months ago with the first announced candidates. The New York indictment of Trump has been widely criticized as politically motivated and legally flawed.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

Eric Swalwell against former President Donald Trump as a serious miscalculation that could result in a legal vindication for Trump either on the trial or appellate levels. In my view, the lawsuit contravenes free speech as well as controlling case law from the Supreme Court. In Brandenburg v. Then nothing happened.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 8, 2021

After all, an array of legal experts has insisted for months that this was clear criminal incitement, not an exercise of free speech. Second, Swalwell must show that Trump was the factual and legal cause of his claimed injuries. One might think this would be a lead-pipe cinch of a case. Trump ended his speech at 1:10 p.m.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Below is my column in The Messenger of the Colorado Supreme Court decision disqualifying former President Donald Trump from the 2024 election. Eleni Kounalakis publicly called upon the Secretary of State to “explore every legal option” to follow the same path as Colorado. In California, Lieutenant Gov.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 5, 2024

Here is the column: As the decisions disqualifying former President Donald Trump from the 2024 election work their way through the courts, a new filing in Pennsylvania seeks the same “ballot cleansing” by barring Republican Rep. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School. Scott Perry.

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