Constitutional Law Court Rules Felony 
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
It is called the “rule of lenity” and has been around in the English system for centuries. For example, in 1547, the court was faced with a law making it a felony of steal “Horses, Geldings or Mares.” The problem with the Wisconsin statute is not a problem of pluralization but definition.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 28, 2022
The federal government – which prosecuted Jones – says the 8th Circuit got the reasoning wrong but the outcome right: It urges the Supreme Court to correct the lower court’s error but deny Jones relief. 922(g) prohibits people with felony convictions from possessing a firearm. In 2019, the court ruled in Rehaif v.
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JonathanTurley
JUNE 29, 2022
In an unanimous 6-0 ruling, the Michigan Supreme Court held that her office committed a fatal and inexplicable error in prosecuting nine officials for the Flint water crisis, including former Gov. It can go up to 10 yeas for felonies like manslaughter, which were the charges brought against two defendants. Rick Snyder.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
The Supreme Court recognized that this is not an “unlimited” right under the Constitution while affirming the right of “law-abiding, responsible citizens to use arms in defense of hearth and home.” Unvirtuousness” based on the felony label is a mushy standard that sets no limit. McDonald v. at 626–27).
JonathanTurley
JUNE 24, 2024
Through various contortions, Bragg converted a dead misdemeanor case into 34 felonies in an unprecedented prosecution. New Yorkers and the media insisted that such selective prosecution was in defense of the “rule of law.”
JonathanTurley
JUNE 17, 2022
” ) In other words, the natural and probable consequences doctrine may apply to felony murder, but it is not properly applied to attempted murder. Indeed, such a claim would contradict controlling Supreme Court precedent. It must be proved, and it cannot be inferred merely from the commission of another dangerous crime.”
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Experts like Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe have previously declared Trump’s felonies were shown “without any doubt, beyond a reasonable doubt, beyond any doubt, and the crimes are obvious.” That speech appears protected by the First Amendment and existing Supreme Court precedent. At 4:17 p.m., In Brandenburg v.
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