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SCOTUS to Clarify Standard for Determining Whether True Threat Exception Applies

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in Counterman v. 723 (2015), but ultimately decided the case before reaching the constitutional issue. She subsequently reported Counterman to law enforcement. The Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. The justices previously agreed to address the issue in Elonis v.

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Sioux Tribe Imposes Language Criterion For Priority Vaccinations

JonathanTurley

There is a controversy developing in North and South Dakota where The Standing Rock Sioux tribe is prioritizing speakers of its native languages for its COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Federal and state laws do apply on Indian reservations despite their status as self-regulating states. In Lyng v. Conversely, in Morton v.

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“Be Aggressive and Go All the Way”: Abortion Could be Headed Back to the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

Here is the column: Throughout its history, the Supreme Court has overturned long-standing precedents, as it did recently in Dobbs v. In the law, the adjustment can take years, as collateral doctrines and applications shake out along new fault lines. Wade as federal law.” Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

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Amendments by Acclamation: Democrats Move to Simply Declare the Equal Rights Amendment as Ratified

JonathanTurley

However, these Democrats insist that a unilateral decision from Ferriero declaring it ratified would mean it is ratified … at least until some courts say otherwise. Democratic members and advocacy groups have pushed to pack the Supreme Court with an instant liberal majority. But it fell short of that constitutional threshold.

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What to Expect in a Post-Roe World

JonathanTurley

That world is already taking shape with states crafting their laws reflecting the values of their citizens from Colorado passing a law protecting the right to abortion up to the moment of birth to Louisiana banning all abortions except in limited circumstances. Below is my Hill column on what to expect in a post-Roe world.

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Are Runoffs Racist? The Media Coverage Ignores the Democratic Purpose of Runoffs

JonathanTurley

President Joe Biden amplified that view earlier by wrongly and repeatedly claiming Georgia’s election laws are “Jim Crow on steroids.” So a law originally aimed at disenfranchising Black voters is the reason this runoff rule even exists.” However, congressional races are subject to state laws like Georgia’s.

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