JonathanTurley

JANUARY 14, 2024

In Florida, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle has ruled that the federal law prohibiting people from possessing firearms inside post offices is unconstitutional. The ruling is based on 2022 Supreme Court ruling New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 24, 2022

We previously discussed about the effort to fire University of Central Florida Professor Charles Negy after he tweeted about “black privilege.” UCF President Alexander Cartwright abandoned any pretense of academic freedom or principle in falling to protect a colleague from an anti-free speech campaign.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 31, 2022

On December 30, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit handed down a major opinion in in Adams v. Johns County, Florida. The court ruled 7-4 against a statutory and constitutional challenge of a transgender student to a district policy requiring students to use bathrooms corresponding to their biological sex.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Below is my column in The Hill on the recent bills proposed in Florida and California on immigration and guns. The bills are the latest examples of “gotcha legislation,” though the Florida bill could raise some interesting legal questions if Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Florida Gov. Here is the column: California Gov.

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JURIST

JULY 1, 2024

The US Supreme Court on Monday vacated and remanded lower court rulings regarding the constitutionality of statutes enacted by Florida and Texas to regulate large social media companies’ content moderation practices. Key to the court’s ruling in Moody v. Neither court performed that necessary inquiry.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

There is an interesting constitutional fight brewing in Florida. Marvin Peavy is part of that movement and hanged a banner with the chant (with a pro Trump banner) from his home in Seagrove Beach, Florida. The law is notably neutral on content. Roof signs; 12. Signs containing moving parts.

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JonathanTurley

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. Chief Justice John Roberts cited Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.

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