Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 15, 2024

The book is particularly notable for its observation—citing Professor Robert McCorquodale—that FDL claims intersect with various fields of law, such as domestic criminal law, tort law, contract law, human rights and constitutional law, comparative law, public international law, and private international law.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 16, 2023

If hate speech is constitutionally protected, pronoun use or misuse is also protected as a criminal matter. There is ongoing litigation of the protection in an employment setting for civil liability or disciplinary action). It reflects the erosion of free speech principles with younger generations.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

New York Democrats have passed a series of laws that led to catastrophic losses in federal court, including the recent major ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. This includes openly gaming litigation to the irritation of individual justices. New York Democratic Gov.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

.” Much of the media is reporting the pledge for a criminal investigation without noting the same allegations were made in the Martha’s Vineyard case and the glaring absence of criminal charges over that previous transport. The reason is that these claims are made for cable news, not courts of law.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 7, 2024

Moreover, we now have a judge who feels the same license to make such criticisms in the media despite the ongoing litigation of these matters. That alleged transgression, however, pales in comparison to a failure to protect the rights of this defendant from the abusive or unsupported surveillance of the government.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

” The Justice Department could elect to take the win and let Dearie proceed with his review (while litigating control or possession before the lower court). We cannot (and do not) decide the merits of this case.”

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Above The Law

MARCH 7, 2025

” She also pressed counsel to distinguish between different types of harms and resources diverted by organizations in a way that might affect their standing in litigation. As the Court weighs these decisions, their approaches could shape not only the outcomes of these cases but the broader trajectory of constitutional law.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 24, 2025

Yet, it is not a matter likely to be litigated. (Notably, individuals are routinely compelled to testify with the grant of immunity). I remain skeptical of the private act model in such cases. It is unlikely to arise without a fight over the privilege against self-incrimination.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 31, 2022

For those of us who have litigated cases against the Justice Department, it was an all-too-familiar claim by a department notorious for over-classification and over-redaction arguments. ” That is because this issue has not been fully litigated. It has been a long debate over the ability of former presidents to claim privilege.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

In litigation the rule is the same as in hunting: “aim small, miss small.” The first such move in this litigation by the Justice Department. That is a change from the prior litigation. While legal experts pushed the department to challenge the entire order, the Department is seeking a smaller target.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

AUGUST 22, 2024

137 (1803), and its progeny, necessarily permits the Judiciary to oversee the federal criminal prosecution of a former President for his official acts because the fact of the prosecution means that the former President has allegedly acted in defiance of the Congress’s laws.” Madison , 5 U.S. With fear for our democracy, I dissent.”

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 14, 2022

It is really the first charge that has drawn the most attention and is likely to draw the most litigation. However, as discussed above, keep in mind that a conspiracy requires only two people to conspire to hinder the executive of any law. Most of the charges are similar to those in other cases in that respect and seem well-based.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 19, 2021

Waters’ most recent words could well be cited in the ongoing litigation over the January 6 th riot on Capitol Hill. Moreover, they would fail under a lower standard of proof than the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard in criminal law. It is one of a number of lawsuits, including a lawsuit filed by Rep.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Thus, Smith continues to litigate with a sense of utter abandon, showing his signature lack of concern for the implications of his legal arguments. Jonathan Turley, an attorney, constitutional law scholar and legal analyst, is the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

However, such crimes are notoriously difficult to litigate , as shown by the failed 2012 prosecution of former presidential candidate John Edwards. Many of these alleged criminal acts were presented as reassuringly simple and straightforward.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 24, 2022

Trump has long used litigation as a business and political cudgel , often advancing weak legal claims. He has been criticized for treating the law as endlessly malleable. Not probably meritless but entirely, knowingly meritless. (A A Georgia grand jury is looking into the separate possibility of state election fraud violations.).

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 7, 2024

It purports in Section 2 to “clarify that a President or Vice President is not entitled to any form of immunity from criminal prosecution for violations of the criminal laws of the United States unless specified by Congress.” Yet, it crafts the jurisdictional changes to mirror the decision and future immunity claims.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Moreover, Hunter has tried a wide array of approaches to these allegations of influence peddling, from a plea for sympathy to threats of litigation. Jonathan Turley, an attorney, constitutional law scholar and legal analyst, is the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 7, 2020

One of the longest standing debates in constitutional law is dismissed as ill-informed by some of the same experts. After host Lawrence O’Donnell said he believed a president could give himself a pardon, Tribe proclaimed such a view is “incoherent and incompatible” as a constitutional matter. That is the point of a pardon.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 5, 2021

Below is my column in the Hill on a series of cases that appear propelled by political rather than legal considerations. The costs to the legal system, the public, or victims in such cases are often overlooked but they are considerable. Here is the column: “It’s not about politics.”

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JonathanTurley

JULY 22, 2021

California in which it overturned the conviction of Paul Robert Cohen for the crime of disturbing the peace by wearing a jacket declaring “F**k the Draft” in a California courthouse.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The Travis County district court rejected the motion to dismiss, but the Seventh Court of Appeals correctly reversed by holding that “a reasonable person of ordinary learning would deem [the] accusation about Lilith being a criminal entity engaged in criminal acts as opinion.” That was not the case with the Dallas County case.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 26, 2020

Biden is well aware of the perils from such civil litigation. The case for a special counsel. Clear conflicts are present in this investigation for Joe Biden. One of the reasons Biden has not called Bobulinski a liar is that it likely would trigger a defamation lawsuit with sworn depositions and discovery.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

On the existing evidence, they will likely fail on appeal, even if they survive the trial level litigation. However, these lawsuits are inherently flawed and represent serious threats to free speech. The absence of commentary on the threat to free speech in these lawsuits is itself chilling.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 25, 2023

And selective prosecution complaints are notoriously difficult to litigate. Jonathan Turley, an attorney, constitutional law scholar and legal analyst, is the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School. Episodes like the Rollins case will only complicate that decision.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 4, 2020

He must also find the appointment in the public interest.

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