JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Here is the column: From academia to corporations to the government, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies have expanded exponentially in the last 10 years. I also teach critical race theory, alongside other legal theories to my first-year torts students. I have long incorporated race issues in my classes.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 29, 2022

We discussed today another free speech controversy at University of Illinois (Urbana Champaign) over the student government seeking to bar former Attorney General Jeff Sessions from campus. Kilborn wrote a Civil Procedure exam based on an employment discrimination hypothetical.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Peanut even appeared in my torts class this term, posthumously, of course. The family is expressing doubts over that account and accusing the government of the “fabrication of evidence.” My clients have suffered greatly and continue to suffer, from what appears to be egregious government conduct.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 1, 2024

It appears that, while the liberal Scholz government may be near collapse, irony is still thriving in Germany. The country fined YouTube in an effort to force the company to remove views that the government considers disinformation on COVID-19. ” However, in Germany’s anti-free speech politics, it makes perfect sense.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JANUARY 31, 2022

The justices have agreed to decide the following question: “Whether the federal Medicaid Act provides for a state Medicaid program to recover reimbursement for Medicaid’s payment of a beneficiary’s past medical expenses by taking funds from the portion of the beneficiary’s tort recovery that compensates for future medical expenses.”.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 15, 2022

Share Under established constitutional law, states may generally not tax or regulate property or operations of the federal government. A 1936 federal law waives federal immunity from state workers’ compensation laws on federal land and projects. This principle is known as intergovernmental immunity. Washington.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 14, 2022

Most of us recognize the value of a higher standard to protect citizens in criticizing government officials. In this case, two such celebrities are suing each other but can claim this protection in being sued by a celebrity. Such a standard advances democratic values when citizens speak about about character and actions of those in power.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 15, 2023

” That block party is now the subject of this lawsuit and it could come down to what is considered discretionary decisions by government officials. It was just politically too difficult to confront these groups so leaders like Durkan joked about it and the media portrayed the zone like a “block party.” City of Seattle

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 27, 2021

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. This is precisely the environment in which the opinion was written and he is precisely the type of plaintiff that the opinion was meant to deter.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 31, 2021

As someone who has taught defamation torts for thirty years, the Trump Administration has been a bonanza of such cases and controversies. I regularly criticized Donald Trump for his calls to change defamation laws. The Court in cases like New York Times v. It is not clear who will be suing as individuals or the group or both.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Not only is the law likely to be a large miss, it will likely deliver another blow to gun control efforts by adding precedent protecting Second Amendment rights. City of Chicago , in which the Court declared that that right is incorporated against state and local government. In 2010, Chicago brought us McDonald v.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 17, 2021

The British media are subject to harsh laws giving the government far greater powers to control or punish publications. Fortunately, the government has been largely benign in the use of such laws but there are far greater restrictions placed on British media than their American cousins. For example, in Sidis v.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 24, 2022

Your activities resulted in the unlawful destruction of government property, the death of a law enforcement officer, an assault on the certification of the presidential election. Baldwin, however, took the issue public and seemed to taunt Roice that he would make her infamous: “I don’t think so. I reposted your photo.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 23, 2023

Your activities resulted in the unlawful destruction of government property, the death of a law enforcement officer, an assault on the certification of the presidential election. Baldwin, however, took the issue public and seemed to taunt Roice that he would make her infamous: “I don’t think so. I reposted your photo.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The lawsuit strikes me as meritless under governing tort doctrines. Torts cases of defamation often turn common understanding of such expression as jokes or opinion. The lawsuit not only contradicts governing case law but threatens constitutional protections for free speech and the free press in seeking such tort relief.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Sullivan’s lawsuit was one of a number of civil actions brought under state laws that targeted Northern media covering the violence against freedom marchers. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 23, 2021

” What is most interesting about this lawsuit is how it is arguably meritless under both tort and constitutional law. This is a classic example where opinion is protected under tort and constitutional law. Trump could argue truth as a defense and fall back on opinion is needed in any litigation.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Here is the column: For those of us who teach torts, we are living in the golden age of defamation. The court believed that public officials have ample means to rebut false statements, but that it’s essential for democracy for voters and reporters to be able to challenge government officials. Why punish private citizens?

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 10, 2024

The courts have long recognized that presidents are allowed to establish priorities in the enforcement of federal laws, even when those priorities tend to lower enforcement for certain groups or areas. It is a matter of discretion. 2680(a) for policy-based judgments. Immigration has long been an area of intense policy disagreements.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Sullivan have long limited tort law where it would undermine the first amendment. If there is a bedrock principle underly- ing the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable.” Johnson, 491 U. 397, 414 (1989).

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 21, 2021

Parliament can pass a resolution stating “That this House has no confidence in Her Majesty’s Government.” If the existing members of parliament can’t form a new government in 14 days, the entire legislative body is dissolved pending a general election. They sought to insulate our government from the transient impulses of politics.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 26, 2022

Parliament can pass a resolution stating “That this House has no confidence in Her Majesty’s Government.” If the existing members of parliament can’t form a new government in 14 days, the entire legislative body is dissolved pending a general election. Such discretionary judgments are protected for even low level federal officials.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 25, 2021

Or you watch a football game with friends and try to explain that the cameraman wiped out by the running back would have a great torts case. It will be a fun bit of trivia for constitutional law geeks, but it was also telling. Yet, many on the left do not want to wait for a broader mandate to implement sweeping changes.

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