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Kentucky Moves To Criminalize Taunting Police Officers

JonathanTurley

Courts have upheld the right of citizens to insult police, which is an unfortunate aspect of policing. Thus, in 2015, the Washington Supreme Court ruled that police could not arrest a 17-year-old who called them “pigs.” In Kentucky, the sponsor, Republican state Sen.

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Justices asked to strengthen the right to earn a living

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Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Under longstanding constitutional law, most laws survive constitutional challenges so long as the government has a “rational basis” for enacting them. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit affirmed.

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Justice Breyer and Parents Involved

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He is the author of six books about the law, including American Justice 2016: The Political Supreme Court and The Tenth Justice: The Solicitor General and the Rule of Law. Professors at the event reflected on opinions about administrative law, free speech, patents, and other topics. Seattle School District No.

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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

JonathanTurley

Free speech has always held a precarious position in Australia which does not have an equivalent to the First Amendment in guaranteeing free speech as a constitutional right. Despite this history, a new decision out of the High Court is still shocking in its implications for further attacks on free speech. punitive damages.

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Greater than Holmes? The life and legacy of John Marshall Harlan

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During his time as an associate justice from 1877 to 1911, he broke with his colleagues in some of the most consequential – and infamous – rulings that the court has ever issued. Later, Robert sent John a series of letters offering political advice and sharing his efforts to promote John for a Supreme Court appointment.

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Kentucky Attorney Files Challenge To Kentucky Governor’s Closure OF Religious Schools

JonathanTurley

There is an interesting fight brewing in Kentucky between Attorney General Daniel Cameron and Gov. Beshear has correctly cited a major victory recently before the Kentucky Supreme Court — an unanimous decision in favor of his authority to issue pandemic orders. Andy Beshear. In Beshear v.

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Capital defendant whose lawyer conceded guilt despite his objection seeks relief from Supreme Court

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Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, a capital defendant’s request for habeas relief on the ground that his lawyer conceded guilt over his objection, as in 2018’s McCoy v. After McCoy , Tyler unsuccessfully sought relief in Louisiana state courts. In Tyler v.

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