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Supreme Court Hears Major Parental Rights Case Over LGBT Readings

JonathanTurley

Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on a major parental rights case in Mahmoud v. Parents objected in Maryland in 2022 when the county approved books featuring LGBTQ+ characters for inclusion in its language-arts curriculum. There is an irony in the position before the Supreme Court by public educators.

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The Supreme Court Marshal Calls on States To Crackdown on Protesters

JonathanTurley

In a rare move, Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley has sent letters to Maryland Gov. The letter seeks to use state laws to achieve what the Justice Department has clearly rejected under federal law. The letter seeks to use state laws to achieve what the Justice Department has clearly rejected under federal law.

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Word of the Month for August 2019: Stare Decisis

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Thing is, these days law and the decisions courts hand down are very much like that. People go to one court, don't get what they want so they go to another court asking for, basically, the same thing. According to Black's Law Dictionary, STARE DECISIS means: Latin: To stand by things decided. Schempp , 374 U.S.

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Turley Publication on the Compulsion of Free Speech is Now Available

JonathanTurley

I am happy to announce the publication of my latest law review article, The Unfinished Masterpiece: Compulsion and the Evolving Jurisprudence Over Free Speec h. The work not only discusses the recent 303 Creative ruling of the Supreme Court, but an important case now pending before the Court for possible review, Porter v.

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The Seventh Circuit Rules for Illinois AR-15 Assault Ban

JonathanTurley

Yesterday, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit voted 2-1 to overturn an injunction against Illinois’ “assault weapons” ban. The case could set up a major test for gun rights for the United States Supreme Court. Raoul by U.S. District Judge Stephen P. Conservative judge Michael P.

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Morrison: Time to Give DC Residents A Vote in Congress

JonathanTurley

I recently discussed the Supreme Court’s affirmance of a decision rejecting constitutional arguments that the District of Columbia is entitled to a vote in Congress. I have repeatedly testified and written on the constitutional barriers to such a vote absent statehood. As a lawyer who worked with counsel for D.C.

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The “great chief” and the “super chief”: A final showdown in Supreme Court March Madness

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Ask any constitutional law student to name the most iconic Supreme Court decision, and they’ll probably answer Marbury v. Those two landmark rulings stand as the most celebrated decisions the court has ever issued. Maryland : “[W]e must never forget that it is a constitution we are expounding.”

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