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What Is A "Liberty Interest" And Why Does The Due Process Clause Protect It?

The Volokh Conspiracy

Can a convicted murderer sue the District Attorney under Section 1983 to force him to test potentially exonerating DNA evidence? This dispute turns, in part, on whether the District Attorney's refusal to test the DNA deprives the defendant of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. New York, 198 U.

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Legal Ethics Roundup: Dragon Lawyer Busted, 1000s Of Lawyers Protest, Perkins Defeats EO & More

Above The Law

note : Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. 2025 NYC Rule of Law Rally 2025 by David Lat is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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The Red Line: Democratic Officials Claim a Dangerous License for Illegality

JonathanTurley

Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba charged McIver with a felony under Title 18, United States Code, Section 111(a)(1). denounced it as a “political weaponization” of the legal system. This column appeared in the New York Post. Dan Goldman (D.,

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Will You Survive? How Trump’s Upheaval is Reshaping Your Legal Career”

The Estrin Report

How Trumps Upheaval is Reshaping Your Legal Career By Chere B. Initially, we envisioned a lighthearted discussion on emerging job trends in the legal field where opportunities were growing and how professionals could position themselves for success. Will You Survive? Today, I want to share that message with you.

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Tick, Tick, Tick: One Month Before the Release of “The Indispensable Right” and Early Reviews are In

JonathanTurley

Nadine Strossen , former president of the American Civil Liberties Union “Brilliant and intellectually honest, Jonathan Turley has few peers as a legal scholar today. Barr , former Attorney General and author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller One Damn Thing After Another. Mukasey , former Attorney General and U.S.

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The Three Myths of the Biden Impeachment Defense

JonathanTurley

Below is my (slightly updated) column in the New York Post on three myths being widely repeated in the Biden impeachment inquiry. These false narratives have been eagerly repeated in the media despite lacking legal or factual support. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.

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

JonathanTurley

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” Justice Department to investigate whether the flights are violations of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act — a ridiculous legal suggestion.

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