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Constitutional Law Reporter
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Supreme Court recently agreed to consider a case that is expected to define the scope of federal identity theft law. The appeals court found that the “plain meaning” of the word “use” is “to employ for the accomplishment of some purpose” or “ ‘to avail oneself of,” (quoting Black’s Law Dictionary 1776 (10th ed. Facts of the Case.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 7, 2023
At issue was the federal “felon-in-possession” law—18 U.S.C. § The federal law makes it “unlawful for any person. When his wife recently bought him a deer-hunting rifle, he learned that he was barred under federal law. It also is an appeal that would be made by the United States over the invalidation of a federal statute.
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Constitutional Law Reporter
JUNE 29, 2021
Former Georgia police sergeant Nathan Van Buren used his patrol-car computer to access a law enforcement database to retrieve information about a particular license plate number in exchange for money. The post SCOTUS Adopts Narrow Interpretation of Computer Fraud Act appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
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. It is also hard to instruct a jury on an ambiguous statute.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 9, 2023
Newsom cited the kidnapping statute but apparently failed to read it or the underlying cases. First, let’s look at the law. Moreover, it is not clear how transporting migrants who entered the country illegally to another state is a violation of law. They are then left to their own devices and destinations.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 29, 2022
Nessel then restarted the prosecutions anew but ignored statutes that clearly do not allow the use of a single judge to issue indictments. It is not clear if future prosecutions might run afoul of the six year statute of limitations for most crimes. juror) to charge them.”
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Hendrix , a case that exemplifies the Gordian knot that is the federal habeas corpus statute. Under Section 2255(h), a prisoner can bring a second or successive petition based only on facts that clearly demonstrate actual innocence or a new rule of constitutional law that the Supreme Court has made retroactive.
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