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What Will The New Bar Exam Look Like? Say Hello To The NextGen Bar Exam Blueprint

Above The Law

We are pleased to be able to share this new resource to help legal educators support their students as they prepare for the first administrations of the NextGen UBE, said Kara McWilliams, NCBEs chief product officer. In addition to the blueprint, the NCBE has published a sample NextGen legal research performance task, which is available here.

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Texas Democratics Sue Over Effort To Force Them Back To Austin To Vote

JonathanTurley

After fleeing to Washington, the legislators claim that the criticism and threats made by the governor and other infringed on their constitutional rights to free speech and to petition the government for redress of grievances. It was an ironic moment as Democrats in Washington celebrated their act while they denounced filibusters.

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The Three Myths of the Biden Impeachment Defense

JonathanTurley

These false narratives have been eagerly repeated in the media despite lacking legal or factual support. Here is the column: With the formal approval of the impeachment inquiry into the conduct of President Joe Biden, the alarm and denial in Washington has reached an almost hysterical level.

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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. Will , Pulitzer Prize winner and Washington Post columnist. Mukasey , former Attorney General and U.S.

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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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“No Further Action Will Be Taken”: Officer Who Fatally Shot Ashli Babbitt Cleared of Any Wrongdoing By Capitol Police

JonathanTurley

It stressed that this element requires a showing of “a bad purpose to disregard the law” and that “evidence that an officer acted out of fear, mistake, panic, misperception, negligence, or even poor judgment cannot establish the high level of intent.”. Will the Babbitt standard now apply. Reasonable people could disagree on the shooting.

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Rittenhouse Goes To Jury After Case Collapses in Court

JonathanTurley

One issue to watch is how Judge Bruce Schroeder handles the gun count, which is based on what I believe is a flawed legal interpretation by the prosecution. Here is the column: The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse increasingly seems like a legal version of the parable of the blind men and the elephant. The narrative can overwhelm the facts.

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