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Democratic Governor Calls For Criminalizing “Lying” About Election Results

JonathanTurley

The same concerns were raised this week after Washington Gov. 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.

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Turley Testifies in the Senate on Domestic Terrorism

JonathanTurley

Washington, D.C. Shapiro Professor Of Public Interest Law. The George Washington University Law School. Washington, D.C. Former Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Garnell Whitfield, Jr. Buffalo, NY. Former U.S. Northern District of Ohio. Cleveland, OH. Professor Jonathan Turley.

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“No Further Action Will Be Taken”: Officer Who Fatally Shot Ashli Babbitt Cleared of Any Wrongdoing By Capitol Police

JonathanTurley

It stressed that this element requires a showing of “a bad purpose to disregard the law” and that “evidence that an officer acted out of fear, mistake, panic, misperception, negligence, or even poor judgment cannot establish the high level of intent.”.

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Texas Supreme Court Lifts Restraining Order Protecting Democratic Legislators from Arrest

JonathanTurley

The lack of case law was at the heart of the “fact check” of the PolitiFact. Such fact checks are often challenged as biased, including the well-known fact checking at the Washington Post ( here and here ). Such objections should be distinguished from complaints over distorting backgrounds , history history , or the law.

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Turley Testifies on the Foreign Agents Registration Act

JonathanTurley

Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law; Director, Environmental Law Advocacy Center, The George Washington University Law School. Specialist on the Congress, Congressional Research Service. Mr. Jonathan Turley. and Maurice C. Turley.Testimony.FARA.Final.

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Kentucky Moves To Criminalize Taunting Police Officers

JonathanTurley

Thus, in 2015, the Washington Supreme Court ruled that police could not arrest a 17-year-old who called them “pigs.” Officers are trained to resist impulses that have “a direct tendency to provoke violent response” among citizens. Courts have upheld the right of citizens to insult police, which is an unfortunate aspect of policing.

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Rittenhouse Goes To Jury After Case Collapses in Court

JonathanTurley

Jonathan Turley, a member of USA TODAY’s Board of Contributors, is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. Those actions are increasingly favoring acquittal on the most serious charges. He is also a legal analyst for Fox News.

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