JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The courts, including the state supreme court , ruled for Cross, noting that he could keep his job, adhere to his faith and satisfy the policy by avoiding pronouns altogether. Religious families have said such a rule would require them to leave the public school system as a threshold exclusionary condition for public education.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 23, 2024

In a 2002 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a provision of federal law that banned computer simulations and virtual pornography under the first amendment. The bill is presumptively unconstitutional in my view, but the Court made an unholy mess of this area in its rulings on obscenity.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 8, 2022

Indeed, this seems like an effort to evade the constitutional limits placed on incitement crimes by the courts. The Inslee law would create a new and vague category for violent speech. In Brandenburg v.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Previously, MSNBC legal analyst and Michigan Law Professor Barbara McQuade told MSNBC viewers that Trump could be charged with manslaughter for his role in the January 6 Capitol riot. I was, therefore, gladdened by the Supreme Court ruling 8-1 in favor of free speech in the case, even if it meant a victory for odious Westboro Church.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 20, 2022

Ohio , the Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that even calling for violence is protected under the First Amendment unless there is a threat of “ imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action.”. That is legitimately concerning and chilling language. In Brandenburg v.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 17, 2022

Indeed, such a claim would contradict controlling Supreme Court precedent. Ohio , the Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that even calling for violence is protected under the First Amendment unless there is a threat of “ imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action.”. In Brandenburg v.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 19, 2021

Ohio , where the Supreme Court stressed that even “advocacy of the use of force or of law violation” is protected unless it is imminent. These civil lawsuits actually raise claims like the infliction of emotional distress that were directly and unequivocally rejected by the Supreme Court. Trump’s Jan.

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