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Fourth Circuit Overturns Conviction Of Retired Air Force Colonel For Using Racial Slur

JonathanTurley

MAY 12, 2021

In a major but likely controversial victory for free speech, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned the conviction of a retired Air Force Colonel for using a racial epithet at the shoe store on the Marine base at Quantico in Virginia. Bartow was charged under Virginia Code § 18.2-416,

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AUGUST 9, 2024

As it has in the past, the court adopted a three-tiered approach to presidential powers based on the source of a presidential action. Sawyer , in which the court ruled against President Harry Truman’s takeover of steel mills. His overloaded criminal complaints created this disaster for his team.

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Fourth Circuit Overturns Conviction Of Retired Air Force Colonel For Using Racial Slur

Smith is No Longer in a Hurry: Special Counsel Moves To Slow Down District Court Judge

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