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Ohio Supreme Court Overturns Sentence Adding Six Years After Defendant Called Judge “Racist as F**k”

JonathanTurley

There is an interesting case out of Ohio where the state Supreme Court has ruled that Lake County Common Pleas Court Judge Eugene Lucci erred when he gave Manson Bryant, 35, an added six years after Bryant called him “racist as f**k.” That sentence was upheld by an appellate court but the Ohio Supreme Court reversed in a 4-3 opinion.

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Bowling Green State Student Charged with Defacing Pro-Life Center

JonathanTurley

Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio charged Durant with a “federal misdemeanor charge under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.”

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The 10-year-old Rape Victim’s Abortion Leaves a Number of Glaring Questions

JonathanTurley

Below is my column on the case of the ten-year-old rape victim who allegedly was taken to Indiana because an abortion was barred in Ohio. (A There remain, however, questions as to why the child had to leave Ohio, which has exceptions that would apply to the case. Yost, however, was equally curious about the absence of a criminal case.

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Turley Testifies in the Senate on Domestic Terrorism

JonathanTurley

Northern District of Ohio. Shapiro Professor Of Public Interest Law. The George Washington University Law School. Fellow, Liberty And National Security Program, Brennan Center For Justice. Former Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Washington, D.C. Garnell Whitfield, Jr. Buffalo, NY. Former U.S. Cleveland, OH.

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Chico State University Employee Pleads Guilty of Hate Crime in Potential Violent Speech Case

JonathanTurley

Ohio , the Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that even calling for violence is protected under the First Amendment unless there is a threat of “ imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action.”. Come on my Chinese folks, white graduating is open season for y’all.”. That is legitimately concerning and chilling language.

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Trump’s Surprise Witness: Rep. Waters Becomes A Possible Witness Against Her Own Lawsuit

JonathanTurley

Moreover, they would fail under a lower standard of proof than the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard in criminal law. Such a result would eviscerate the claim that Trump was guilty of criminal incitement in his speech. Trump’s Jan. 6 speech would not satisfy the test in Brandenburg v.

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Democratic Governor Calls For Criminalizing “Lying” About Election Results

JonathanTurley

Such a criminal law would be ripe for abuse and would create a chilling effect that would be positively glacial. We have seen other Democratic leaders use the criminal process in similarly reckless fashions. Indeed, this seems like an effort to evade the constitutional limits placed on incitement crimes by the courts.