JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Three University of Florida political science professors have told a federal court that the university barred them from assisting plaintiffs in a challenge to the state’s new voting laws. As state employees, they were told that litigating against a state law would be “adverse to U.F.’s ’s interests.”

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

.” The filing is a Jackson Pollock of legal claims with twelve claims thrown against Florida from false imprisonment to intentional infliction of emotional distress to misuse of the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund. The filing of a lawsuit upon entry to the United States is not unprecedented, of course.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Florida Gov. I have previously written how Hamas is morally and legally a terrorist organization. Nevertheless, Rodrigues declared “it is a felony under Florida law to ‘knowingly provide material support … to a designated foreign terrorist organization.’” Students for Justice in Palestine has been on U.S.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 27, 2022

An appellate panel ruled that the discriminatory-harassment and bias response team policies at the University of Central Florida (UCF) likely violate the First Amendment. He also ruled the group did not have legal standing to challenge the bias-related incidents policy. The decision in Speech First v.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 14, 2024

In Florida, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle has ruled that the federal law prohibiting people from possessing firearms inside post offices is unconstitutional. The ruling is based on 2022 Supreme Court ruling New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v.

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LegalTalkNetwork

OCTOBER 7, 2020

18 death of legal trailblazer Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the topic of conversation in two of this week’s top podcast picks. Craig Williams interviews constitutional law Prof. District Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a Notre Dame law professor and former clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia, to fill the vacancy. . by Molly McDonough.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Below is my column in USA Today on the “deactivation order” issued to a controversial pro-Palestinian group at the University of Florida. The issuance of a deactivation order last month in Florida sounded like it involved a routine decision by the utility to cut off service because of an overdue bill. Here is the column.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 12, 2022

A novel lawsuit in Florida has been filed by the parents of Gabby Petito against the parents of Brian Laundrie, Chris and Roberta Laundrie. Brian Laundrie reportedly returned to his parents’ home in Florida on Sept. The complaint does not clearly establish the legal duty that was breached in failing to come forward.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Conversely, the top performers this year are, notably, all public universities — Michigan Technological University, Auburn University, the University of New Hampshire, Oregon State University, and Florida State University.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 31, 2023

Below is my column in The Messenger on the passing of one of the greatest figures in human rights law, my former colleague Tom Buergenthal. Tom will be laid to rest this afternoon in Florida. This life was one of the most inspiring stories of human perseverance; an example of sheer will to overcome unspeakable horrors.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 11, 2022

” Two similar lawsuits are pending in Florida and Indiana on the grounds that it violates the religious freedom for Jewish people. I do not share the view that the law, despite its poor drafting, makes “IVF … legally dangerous if not impossible.”

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Below is my column in The Hill on the recent bills proposed in Florida and California on immigration and guns. The bills are the latest examples of “gotcha legislation,” though the Florida bill could raise some interesting legal questions if Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Florida Gov. Newsom’s gun ‘heartbeat’ law.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 2, 2021

But this stage could face legal challenges in coming weeks, as citizens and some states push back on mandates. Unwilling to face the legal or political challenges of mandating a vaccination program, the Biden administration has actively encouraged companies to bar unvaccinated people from planes, restaurants and other venues.

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DECEMBER 31, 2022

During an illustrious career as a constitutional law scholar and a top Supreme Court advocate, Walter Dellinger argued 24 times before the court, including in some of the biggest cases of the past 30 years. In 1948, Cecilia “Cissy” Suyat took a job as a legal secretary at the NAACP in New York City. Board of Education.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 16, 2024

Indeed, law professors and legal experts are demanding the removal of Cannon for having the temerity to adopt an opposing view of the underlying constitutional claim. Those ominous words captured the hand-wringing, hair-pulling reaction to the dismissal of the Florida case against Donald Trump by Judge Aileen Cannon.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 14, 2021

The impeachment of Senator William Blount of Tennessee may have been the most interesting both factually and legally. Factually, Blount stood accused of a conspiracy with Great Britain to take over territory in Florida and Louisiana (where Blount owned considerable property). William Blount (1798-99).

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

I will be doing the coverage tonight on the election for Fox News and election day has already gotten off to a lively start in terms of legal conflicts. Now Florida Gov. The list included Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties in Florida. Here is the letter from McVay: Florida/DOJ letter.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 7, 2023

Even assuming that you can conclusively show that Trump did not believe he won the election, it is still possible that he believed that he had a legal basis to prevail. Bush may have recognized that Gore won Florida but still litigated whether some of his votes could be counted or challenged. Elections are about counting votes.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 25, 2024

Below is my column in the New York Post on the vicious attacks being directed at Judge Aileen Cannon as she addresses pre-trial motions in the Florida prosecution of former president Donald Trump. So, yes, not only has the issue of whether the special counsel comports with the structures of constitutional law, that’s been settled.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 3, 2024

Bush, criticizing the Florida Supreme Court’s decision during the 2000 election. Supreme Court, when it stopped the recount ordered by the four Florida justices and effectively called the election for Bush. justices as being, in the words of law professor Cass Sunstein, “ illegitimate, undemocratic, and unprincipled.”

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Notably, neither Murphy nor the media are alleging that Biden is “kidnapping” or “trafficking” in immigrants as has been the case with flights and buses sent by the governors of Texas and Florida. There is a key legal distinction at play in these moves. We can’t afford it. We’re a poor county.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 8, 2024

Florida called its Democratic primary for Biden and blocked opposing candidates, despite two-thirds of Democrats wanting an alternative to Biden. For example, the Biden administration was found to have violated the Constitution in its imposition of a nationwide eviction moratorium through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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JonathanTurley

MAY 4, 2021

Florida , 421 U.S. 794, 799 (1975)(“constitutional standard of fairness requires that the criminally accused have ‘a panel of impartial, indifferent jurors.’”). Dowd , 366 U.S. 717, 722 (1961), the Supreme Court stated “the minimal standards of due process” demand a fair hearing before competent and impartial jurors. Tegzes , 715 F.2d

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 30, 2023

Trump potentially faces four major prosecutions in the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia and New York before the 2024 election. 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

JANUARY 12, 2024

The pitch would be more compelling if Democratic activists were not trying to remove Trump from 2024 ballots and Democratic leaders in Florida, North Carolina and other states are refusing to allow other candidates to run against Biden in the primary. In those states, the primary ballots themselves might not be very democratic.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 11, 2023

Regarding Mar-a-Lago, the reported inclusion of a charge under the Espionage Act is a bit surprising, given the novel legal issues surrounding the handling of such documents. One of the early issues for the court in Florida will be whether to gag the former president from campaigning on this matter.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 6, 2021

Here is the column: It is a touchstone of American constitutional law that nothing protects your right to shout “fire!” So it is not true that such votes are being submitted without legal support of their validity. To make that Luke Skywalker shot, he needed a perfect alignment of elements. in a crowded theater.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 20, 2021

45-caliber handgun while flying to Florida on a private jet in 2019 as well as an array of drugs. While I have long maintained that the Constitution does not bar self-pardons, I also view it is as an abuse use of that power. He also pardoned rapper Kodak Black , who was sentenced on federal weapons charges. For example, the D.C.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 4, 2023

This week, the Executive Committee of the Florida Democratic Democracy told voters that they would not be allowed to vote against Biden. Under Florida law, if the party approves only one name, there will be no primary ballots at all. I have long criticized this theory as legally and historically unfounded.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 27, 2021

While most Administrations tend to minimize such test cases to avoid creating bad precedent, the Biden Administration has litigated with an utter abandon — elevating political over legal considerations in litigation. Biden’s disregard for such legal authority has become manifest in other areas. Now it has.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 21, 2021

Yet, many previously outspoken legal experts have either blamed conservative judges or simply ignored the losses all together. This week, a federal judge in Florida ruled against the administration and held that the CDC cannot dictate rules for cruise ships. However, the media has given light coverage to Biden’s legal losses.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 19, 2021

Now this lack of any limits has allowed a president to pledge that he will pay the salaries of any teachers who knowingly violate their contracts and state law. Before we get to the legal and constitutional issues, Biden failed to put any practical limits on his pledge. In Florida, Gov.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 20, 2023

Today’s legal-political sequel, however, may prove to be a bit more controversial. Many people were surprised by the news, since Smith already is pursuing criminal charges in Florida on the mishandling of classified documents and the likely Jan. 6 allegations are far more tenuous legally. is obvious.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 18, 2023

As I myself covered the indictment as a legal analyst for Fox, I once again felt a certain longing for the abandon shown by some of my counterparts who dismissed any concern over what are now roughly 100 criminal charges against former President Donald Trump in four different indictments.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

With the adverse ruling in Pennsylvania, the Trump legal team is still pledging new evidence of massive fraud as certifications are completed. The options for the team seem more and more reduced to the ultimate constitutional trick shot in engineering a fight on the floor of Congress.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 27, 2025

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. After Florida Gov. Other Democratic leaders and legal experts r epeated the earlier claim. It was due to the utter lack of legal and factual foundation.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 25, 2021

Yet the true president at that moment was in Florida: Donald Trump legally would remain in office for ten more minutes, under the 20th Amendment. It will be a fun bit of trivia for constitutional law geeks, but it was also telling.

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