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Calling New Patent Law Professors

Patently O

Every year, law schools advertise open faculty positions via a Faculty Appointments Register sponsored by the American Association of Law Schools (AALS). Note that top ranked law schools rarely advertise for particular subject matter areas. The new hire then starts work the following summer. by Dennis Crouch.

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Second Circuit Strikes Down Critical Provisions in New York’s Most Recent Gun Control Law

JonathanTurley

I have previously written how New York has been the gift that keeps on giving for the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups. The latest is a ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit striking down key provisions of the law passed after the Bruen decision. New York Democratic Gov.

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Federal Court Strikes Down Another Provision of New York’s New Gun Control Law

JonathanTurley

I have previously written about how New York has proven time and time again as the gift that keeps on giving for the National Rifle Association (NRA) and gun-rights groups. New York Democrats continue to pass laws that are virtually guaranteed to be struck down and further reinforce Second Amendment rights.

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“Kidnapping is a Thing”: MSNBC Continues False Claim that DeSantis is Kidnapping Migrants

JonathanTurley

This weekend, MSNBC’s Tiffany Cross and MSNBC regular (and past writer for Above the Law and the Nation) repeated the false claim that the trips constitute kidnapping. Mystal responded to Cross’ claim that the trip constitute “kidnapping” with a diatribe against “Republican fascists.”

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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

JonathanTurley

First, let’s look at the law. The California provision states that kidnapping involves someone who “abducts or takes by force or fraud any person contrary to the law of the place where that act is committed, and brings, sends, or conveys that person within the limits of this state.”

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Democratic Governor Calls For Criminalizing “Lying” About Election Results

JonathanTurley

Jay Inslee called for the criminalization of “lies” about election results. Such a law would threaten political speech and create a chilling effect for those who want to raise such concerns in contested elections. We have seen other Democratic leaders use the criminal process in similarly reckless fashions.

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Democratic Member Accuses Colleagues Of Conducting “Surveillance” For Capitol Rioters

JonathanTurley

The standard for defamation for public figures and officials in the United States is the product of a decision decades ago in New York Times v. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. Such an action would be highly unlikely to succeed.

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