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Circuit Scoop — February 2025

Above The Law

In a series of recent decisions, federal courts across the United States have addressed a range of significant legal issues, from civil rights and constitutional law to administrative authority and criminal justice. Area of Law: Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Federal Authority: 25 points. Griffith v.

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Negating Democratic Consent

The Volokh Conspiracy

Colorado's 1876 Constitution is replete with provisions to prohibit corporate welfare, special privileges for government-favored big business, and government debt without voter consent. The protections have been fortified and extended by constitutional amendment, most notably in the 1992 Taxpayer's Bill of Rights.

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Was Overturning Roe a “Blessing”? Only if Democrats Can Avoid the Details of the Right to Abortion

JonathanTurley

Laura Kelly (D) has been accused by her opponent, Attorney General Derek Schmidt (R), of opposing any restrictions on the right. But they also involve the very legal questions addressed in past Supreme Court cases, including Gonzales v. Kansas Gov. Carhart, upholding Congress’ right to ban late-term abortion techniques.

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“A Sad Day”: How the Colorado Disqualification Case is Bringing Back Some Bad Memories for the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Messenger on the challenge facing the Supreme Court in the coming week over the electoral disqualification of former president Donald Trump in Colorado and Maine. Colorado is expected to file with the Court this week. 4th, Colorado could seek to moot any appeal and avoid review. The ruling in Bush v.

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Ballot Cleansing: Democrats are Moving to Bar Republicans from Ballots Nationwide

JonathanTurley

Of course, he ignores Democratic members who sought to block certification of Republican presidents under the very same law with no factual or legal basis. With the support of elected officials across the country, they can then join Stilp in moving from burning flags to torching the Constitution in a fit of exhilarating rage.

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Yielding to Temptation: Colorado’s Supreme Court Blocks Democracy to Bar Trump on the 2024 Ballot

JonathanTurley

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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Colorado Judge Rejects 14th Amendment Disqualification Effort to Bar Trump from Ballot

JonathanTurley

Colorado Judge Sarah Wallace has become the latest jurist to reject the effort to bar former president Donald Trump from the ballot under the novel 14th Amendment theory. I have long been a vocal critic of the theory, which I view as historically and legally unfounded. That includes the D.C. I hope that she does. Griswald

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