JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The House now has credible, compelling evidence that the president may have committed high crimes and misdemeanors. This is a constitutional process, not just some trash-talking cable show (although, admittedly, it was hard to tell at moments in the hearing). That is how an impeachment inquiry should begin. Because we do not know.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Rittenhouse is facing six charges that range from first-degree homicide to a misdemeanor of being a minor in possession of a dangerous weapon. At this stage, the prosecution may celebrate even a misdemeanor conviction. It is either the product of systemic errors or systemic racism. Prosecution’s bumpy start, and finish.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 2, 2022

Aladin was charged with robbery, which is a second degree felony, and Whettstone and Lawrence were charged with first degree misdemeanor assault. million payment in attorney fees. The jury in June 2019 awarded the Gibsons $44 million in compensatory and punitive damages. A judge later reduced the award to $25 million.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 27, 2022

.” In modern American politics, it often seems like the only tool is impeachment and every controversy instantly becomes a high crime and misdemeanor. Others demanded the impeachment of Attorney General Bill Barr and cabinet members. Donald Trump was impeached not once but twice. Kamala Harris and Sen.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 7, 2020

One of the longest standing debates in constitutional law is dismissed as ill-informed by some of the same experts. After host Lawrence O’Donnell said he believed a president could give himself a pardon, Tribe proclaimed such a view is “incoherent and incompatible” as a constitutional matter.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 19, 2021

Here is what the provision states: “Any person who, by his advertisement, ridicules or holds up to contempt any person or class of persons, on account of the creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality or race of such person or class of persons, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.”

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JonathanTurley

MAY 12, 2021

” However, the appellate panel corrected noted that such laws are narrowly construed in light of controlling precedent. Bartow was charged under Virginia Code § 18.2-416, It is never popular to fight for the free speech rights of individuals like Bartow.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Since there is not even a requirement that a high crime and misdemeanor be an actual crime, few argue that there is a categorical bar on the use of speech for the basis of impeachment under the First Amendment. That is not determinative on the question but it is obviously relevant in weighing the culpability of using these words.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

The Supreme Court called the appellate court’s conclusion that there are always reasonable legal alternatives to disobeying constitutional laws “untenable,” and held that “reasonable legal alternatives” must be effective. Conservation Law Foundation v. filed July 7, 2021); Conservation Law Foundation v. BP p.l.c. ,

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