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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.” to be charged criminally for transporting 36 people to Sacramento. California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.”

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“Effective Altruism”: Could SBF’s Parents Be the Key to a Plea?

JonathanTurley

Joseph Bankman , a longtime Stanford Law School tax professor, was a paid employee of his son and helped promote the company. Other family members could also be subject to investigation, including Bankman’s sister, Barbara Miller, who works in Florida as a Democratic political consultant.

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2017 Annual Florida Bar Convention

LegalTalkNetwork

The 67th Annual Florida Bar Convention returned to Boca Raton, Florida. Like previous years, the beautiful Boca Raton Resort & Club was paired with The Florida Bar’s accoutrements de jure which include informative sessions, numerous networking opportunities, social media sharing, and plenty to talk about.

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ABA Midyear Meeting 2019

LegalTalkNetwork

He is only the second attorney from his state to head the ABA. New #podcast from Legal Talk Network: [link] “On the Road with Legal Talk Network : ABA Midyear Meeting 2019: Conversion Therapy: Laws, Policy, Advocacy and Awareness in the United States and Beyond” — Legal Talk Network (@LegalTalkNet) January 30, 2019.

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Can Biden Resurrect the Justice Department ‘Slush Fund’?

The Crime Report

In 2017, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions ended a controversial Bush- and Obama-era practice that allowed corporations to settle financial claims by making substantial “donations” to pre-selected non-profits. directs The Heritage Foundation’s project to counter abuse of the criminal law, particularly at the federal level.

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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). That’s been addressed in multiple courts.

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Fani Willis Fights for a Mass Trial As the Georgia Defendants Scatter

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Messenger on the early struggle of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to preserve her strategy of holding a mass 19-person trial over the 2020 election case involving former president Donald Trump. The hearing on the removal gave a glimpse into the case. In Washington, U.S.