JURIST

MAY 14, 2024

In January 2024, Batten pleaded guilty to “one felony count of possessing an unregistered destructive device” and “one misdemeanor count of intentionally damaging a reproductive health services facility, in violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.”

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At the Lectern

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

” The statute makes it a misdemeanor or an infraction to violate a city ordinance and says a violation “may be prosecuted by city authorities in the name of the people of the State of California, or redressed by civil action.” 2024) 16 Cal.5th Hardin (2024) 15 Cal.5th 5th 1003 (see here ). In People v.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Mark McCloskey later pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors to end the case, but was then granted a pardon. Here, McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and voluntarily forfeited his firearms in exchange for the State dismissing a felony charge punishable by imprisonment. He then sough the return of two firearms.

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JURIST

JANUARY 2, 2025

Legislation enacted during 2024 in South Carolina and Louisiana that legalized open carry without a permit further paints a picture of a country moving in two different directions. Colorado also increased training requirements for concealed carry permits while prohibiting particular misdemeanor offenders from obtaining the permits.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 11, 2025

Merchan allowed a dead misdemeanor to be resuscitated by allowing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to effectively prosecute declined federal offenses. He is the author of The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage (Simon & Schuster, June 18, 2024).

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Miller was charged with assaulting Capitol police, a felony, and disorderly conduct inside the Capitol building, a misdemeanor. Garrett Miller was one of thousands of Trump supporters arrested in the aftermath of Jan. Seeking a higher sentence, prosecutors also charged Miller with violating Section 1512(c).

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 11, 2023

” Washington is in full spin control with pundits who previously said that even a misdemeanor conviction of Trump should bar him from ever running again for federal office. ” Biden seem to struggle to find words to express his revulsion : “How that could possibly happen, how one anyone could be that irresponsible.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 1, 2023

New leaks from the Justice Department investigation have indicated that prosecutors are considering four charges : two misdemeanor counts for failure to file taxes, a single felony count of tax evasion related to a business expense for one year of taxes and a potential felony count on falsifying a form linked to a gun permit.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Four Washington Post journalists analyzed Donald Trump’s polling numbers for the 2024 presidential election among all voters as well as personal interviews with Republicans from multiple states.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 4, 2023

Turns out the payments of hush money to at least two women—misdemeanor offenses—were not really what these indictments were all about. Ergo, there were no misdemeanor charges, only first-degree felonies. I believe that all these cases if prosecuted pose serious threats to the viability of Trump’s presumed GOP candidacy for 2024.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 15, 2024

No one seriously believes that Alvin Bragg would have spent this time and money to prosecute what is ordinarily a state misdemeanor if the defendant was anyone other than Trump. Lawyers have been scouring the civil and criminal codes for any basis to sue or prosecute Trump before the upcoming 2024 election.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 23, 2023

Below is my column in the Hill on how the two criminal investigations over classified documents could create an unprecedented constitutional conflict in 2024. Yet enough similarities exist that Justice could weigh charges in both cases, even if only misdemeanors. One or both could be indicted.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 11, 2022

Berger was allowed to plead to a misdemeanor , given two years’ probation and a three-year suspension — not a permanent revocation — of his security clearance. Former CIA director and retired four-star Army general David Petraeus was accused of giving access to classified information to his alleged lover.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 6, 2025

Since Trumps conviction in May 2024, Merchan has contemplated his sentencing options. Acting Justice Juan Merchan will finally decide whether to be or not to be the judge to sentence Trump to jail. Spoiler alert: He appears set to avoid a jail sentence and likely reversal.) They will likely be disappointed.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 12, 2023

After the raid on Mar-a-Lago, experts and pundits went into a frenzy about Trump being given an “orange jumpsuit,” and some insisted that even a misdemeanor conviction should bar him from office. There indeed are obvious differences in the two cases, but the underlying danger of a misdemeanor charge still remains in both.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

His announced intention to run for the presidency in 2024 may have expedited the appointment of a special counsel. If this investigation produces the basis for an obstruction charge or misdemeanors, Garland might have been inclined to use his discretion to forgo prosecution and avoid political disruption or questions of bias.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 17, 2021

Each senator must decide whether such a trial is constitutional before deciding whether an accused can be retroactively removed for a high crime and misdemeanor. If an effort to bar his candidacy in 2024 were to fail in the courts, it could resuscitate his standing, which is currently at an all-time low.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 24, 2024

Through various contortions, Bragg converted a dead misdemeanor case into 34 felonies in an unprecedented prosecution. The only way to get beyond the passage of the statute of limitations on the dead misdemeanor for falsifying business records had been to allege that the bookkeeping violation in question occurred to conceal another crime.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 10, 2025

Bragg took a long-dead misdemeanor and zapped it back into life with a novel and unfounded theory. By using federal violations that were never charged, let alone tried, Bragg turned a misdemeanor into dozens of felonies and essentially tried Trump for federal offenses. million New York votes, or 42.7%, in the 2024 election.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 24, 2024

This law states “Any two or more persons who conspire to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office by unlawful means and which conspiracy is acted upon by one or more of the parties thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.”

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 9, 2022

Yet, Berger was allowed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor and did not have to serve any jail time. However, critics were not particularly interested in whether Trump might have some suspended misdemeanor sentence. Elias was not alone citing the possible use of a Section 2071 charge to block Trump’s expected presidential run in 2024.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

All fifty Senate Democrats and seven Republican Senators voted to convict Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors due to his alleged incitement of insurrection. The acquittal allows Trump, the only president in American history to be impeached twice, to potentially run for office again in 2024.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 13, 2025

In late December 2024, Elizabeth Prelogar the solicitor general during the Biden administration suggested that the Supreme Court might want to weigh in on the broader question of the propriety of universal injunctions. They have been used to stymie policy initiatives on issues like immigration, student-loan debt relief, and the environment.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Even though a federal court and even Democrats admitted that Clinton committed the crime of perjury, Tribe assured Democrats that it fell entirely outside of the constitutional standard of a high crime and misdemeanor. However, Tribe would later say that Trump’s call to Ukraine was clearly and undeniably impeachable.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 21, 2023

He is reportedly going to convert a misdemeanor for falsifying financial records into a prosecution of a federal crime. The limit is two years for a misdemeanor and, even if he can convert this into a felony, it is not clear if he can meet the longer five-year limitation. Bragg is combining parts from both state and federal codes.

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