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The Red Line: Democratic Officials Claim a Dangerous License for Illegality

JonathanTurley

The ACLU called the charged “authoritarianism” and insisted that these state and federal politicians “have every right to exercise their legally authorized oversight responsibilities for expanded immigration detention in New Jersey.” denounced it as a “political weaponization” of the legal system.

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Was Rittenhouse’s Possession of the AR-15 Unlawful?

JonathanTurley

In covering the motions hearing last week in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, I noted a surprising comment from Judge Bruce Schroeder that he had “spent hours” with the Wisconsin gun law and could not state with certainty what it means in this case. I have a legal education.”

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Rittenhouse Goes To Jury After Case Collapses in Court

JonathanTurley

One issue to watch is how Judge Bruce Schroeder handles the gun count, which is based on what I believe is a flawed legal interpretation by the prosecution. Here is the column: The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse increasingly seems like a legal version of the parable of the blind men and the elephant. Biased media viewers.

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Who’ll Shoot First? How Relaxed Gun Rules Fuel a ‘Small Arms Race’

The Crime Report

The law professors detail that the small arms race arises from three main “troubling” legal implications, and it’s looking at the examples of Wisconsin and Georgia’s laws that “exemplify this perilous confluence.”. Legal Solutions.

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Raskin: Trump Officials Can Be Arrested En Masse for “Kidnapping” Undocumented Persons

JonathanTurley

Just take Rep.Jamie Raskin (D-MD), who went on the show on Friday to explain that Trump officials can now be arrested for interfering with a legal proceeding or kidnapping. Gavin Newsom invited them to come to the state), Newsom and Attorney General Ron Bonta claimed that the trip constituted State-sanctioned kidnapping.

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