Constitutional Law Court Rules Felony Laws 
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.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
In covering the motions hearing last week in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, I noted a surprising comment from Judge Bruce Schroeder that he had “spent hours” with the Wisconsin gun law and could not state with certainty what it means in this case. Criminal laws are supposed to be interpreted narrowly.
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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.” That is not how the law is seen from 9th Avenue. It all comes down to the legal map. and Maurice C.
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.” The law at issue is 18 U.S.C. § 742, 786 (2010) (quoting Heller , 554 U.S. at 626–27). Sims, 377 U.S.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 17, 2022
In past columns, we have discussed how Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe seems intent upon running through the entire criminal code in declaring clear evidence of every federal crime by former President Donald Trump and/or his family. You don’t have to go to law school to know that there’s something seriously criminal about that.
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
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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