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The art of justice: Re-examining landmark Supreme Court cases through expressionist paintings

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Share Tired of reading jargon-filled law review articles with hundreds of footnotes? The perfect antidote is Painting Constitutional Law: Xavier Cortada’s Images of Constitutional Rights , edited by Professors M.C. And what should happen when a criminal defense attorney performs poorly? Mirow and Howard Wasserman.

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“This is How Republics Collapse”: Another Adverse Decision Sends the Press and Pundits into a Hair-Pulling Meltdown

JonathanTurley

Indeed, law professors and legal experts are demanding the removal of Cannon for having the temerity to adopt an opposing view of the underlying constitutional claim. Those ominous words captured the hand-wringing, hair-pulling reaction to the dismissal of the Florida case against Donald Trump by Judge Aileen Cannon.

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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

JonathanTurley

It is a curious call for a governor to make after he ran ads in Florida calling on people to “join us in California.” California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” First, let’s look at the law. Gavin Newsom (D.,

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

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During an illustrious career as a constitutional law scholar and a top Supreme Court advocate, Walter Dellinger argued 24 times before the court, including in some of the biggest cases of the past 30 years. As assistant attorney general for New York from 1967 to 1978, Marcus argued — and won — six cases before the justices.

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Aged Out at 17? Prince Andrew Raises Surprising Defense to Giuffre Lawsuit

JonathanTurley

Florida Southern District Court. He argues that the court is allowed to take “judicial notice” of the agreement in light of the fact that it has been used previously in court, including the voluntary dismissal of her battery claims against Epstein’s former attorney, Alan Dershowitz in a parallel case. See Giuffre v.

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“[You] are not Included on the List”: Florida Warns the Justice Department on Positioning Federal Monitors Inside Florida Polling Places

JonathanTurley

Now Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has told the Department of Justice that federal Election Day poll monitors are “not permitted” inside polling places under Florida law. The list included Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties in Florida.

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Cannon Fodder: The Media Piles on Federal Judge After Lionizing Manhattan Judge

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the New York Post on the vicious attacks being directed at Judge Aileen Cannon as she addresses pre-trial motions in the Florida prosecution of former president Donald Trump. Attorneys be appointed under statute or nominated by the president (and confirmed by the Senate). It is a baffling lecture.