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Gain Experience with Paralegal Pro Bono Work

Paralegal Bootcamp

I remember spending weeks up in north Georgia in a warehouse with traffic lights so that the semis didn’t run you over if you were crossing INSIDE the warehouse. Lucky for me, this first visit had one of the legal aid attorneys with me because she had some experience with this kind of stuff, and she prepped me a little on what to expect.

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Sinner or Saint, George Santos Must be Seated

JonathanTurley

For example, Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly, a Republican, announced an investigation into “the numerous fabrications and inconsistencies associated with Congressman-elect Santos.” No one is above the law and if a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute it.”. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.),

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

SCOTUSBlog

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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“Jim Eagle” Has Landed: A Federal Court Declares Georgia Election Law Entirely Constitutional

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in Fox.com on the recent decision finding the Georgia election law constitutional. That was the law widely denounced by President Joe Biden and other Democratic leaders as unconstitutional as a “new Jim Crow” law. This week, Jones found the law to be entirely constitutional.

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SCOTUS Ends December Sitting With Potential First Amendment Blockbuster

Constitutional Law Reporter

Patel checked a box on a Georgia driver’s license application erroneously identifying himself as a U.S. citizen for a benefit under state law. citizen for a benefit under state law. The post SCOTUS Ends December Sitting With Potential First Amendment Blockbuster appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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SCOTUS to Clarify Standard for Determining Whether True Threat Exception Applies

Constitutional Law Reporter

When meeting with an attorney to determine what she could take to protect herself from Counterman, C.W. She subsequently reported Counterman to law enforcement. Georgia requires knowledge that the statement will be viewed as a threat, and Illinois and Pennsylvania require recklessness as to the statement’s threatening nature.

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Divided Supreme Court Limits Review of Factual Issues in Immigration Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

1255 , which would have made Patel and his wife lawful permanent residents. The Eleventh Circuit held that it lacked jurisdiction to consider his claim, citing that Federal law prohibits judicial review of “any judgment regarding the granting of relief” under §1255. The Board of Immigration Appeals dismissed Patel’s appeal.