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“A Half-in, Half-Out Regime”: Thomas Slams the Continued Criminalization of Marijuana in Little Noticed Opinion

JonathanTurley

As we wait for the final cases from the Supreme Court this week, Monday was confined to orders of the Court, including the granting and denial of review of cases. That is hardly news on a Court that rejects most petitions for a writ of certiorari. This week, the Mexican Supreme Court decriminalized recreational use of marijuana.

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The court is poised to set jurisprudence on race for generations — and not just in affirmative action

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Share Last term at the Supreme Court teemed with culture-war issues: guns , religion , climate change , COVID vaccines , and of course abortion. In 1978 , 2003 , and 2016 , the court affirmed that universities may consider applicants’ race as part of an effort to foster diversity on campus. Start with affirmative action. In Haaland v.

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Michigan Court Rejects Effort to Disqualify Donald Trump

JonathanTurley

While figures like Harvard Professor Laurence Tribe have assured the public that Trump is clearly disqualified under the theory, it is based on unsustainable historical and legal interpretations in my view. State Judge James Robert Redford rejected the challenge and found that the courts lack the claimed authority under the theory.

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MSNBC Analyst Calls for Liability for Boebert and Carlson … for the Colorado Shootings

JonathanTurley

Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Fox News host Tucker Carlson to face civil liability for their commentary on transgender policies or controversies after the recent tragic shooting in Colorado. With 382 saleswomen and models, the court found that the group was too large. The Court in cases like New York Times v. In Brandenburg v.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. The Supreme Court reversed an intermediate appellate court’s decision affirming a superior court determination that the defendant could not present a necessity defense.

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The Call of History: It is Time for the Court to Speak as One in Overturning the Colorado Opinion

JonathanTurley

I believe that the opinion will be set aside, but it is not finality but clarity that we need from the United States Supreme Court. That moment will now be presented to nine justices of the United States Supreme Court after a divided decision of the Colorado Supreme Court to disqualify Donald Trump in the 2024 election.

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The Dobbs Decision and the Resumption of the State-By-State Abortion Debate

JonathanTurley

When Dobbs was accepts, I wrote that for thirty years as a television and print legal analyst I have annually downplayed claims of commentators that a given case before the Court was a true threat to Roe. The issue of abortion will now return to the states where abortion is expected to remain legal for most women in the country.