JonathanTurley

MARCH 24, 2022

While past nominees have been found to have similarly limited records on constitutional interpretation, a senior editor at Above the Law declared asking such questions as akin to declaring her a “lesser Black woman.” ” Indeed, the expectations for the hearing were made clear by Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C.,

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Among the slew of challenges to state abortion laws after the decision in Dobbs v. The complaint by three Jewish women from Louisville seeks to block the state trigger law on the basis that it violates their religious rights since they do not believe that life begins at fertilization under Jewish law, or Halakha.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 2, 2021

As expected, those rules have been upheld, including a recent favorable ruling for Indiana University. Recently, a shocking poll found that almost 50 percent of Republicans believe “patriotic Americans [might] have to take the law into their own hands.” You can find his updates on Twitter @JonathanTurley.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Trustees of Indiana Univ. , Massachusetts …there can’t be a constitutional problem with vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 [aka COVID-19]”). Massachusetts (1905), where the Supreme Court upheld a state smallpox vaccination mandate. See Klaassen v. 21-2326, 2021 WL 3281209 (7th Cir. 2, 2021) (“Given Jacobson v.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

College newspapers have called on students to confront their racist relatives, and Abigail Adams of Indiana University of Pennsylvania gave students instructions for how to “decolonize” Thanksgiving. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

In my view, the lawsuit contravenes free speech as well as controlling case law from the Supreme Court. That claim runs directly counter to the controlling case law. In rejecting a suit against the church on constitutional grounds, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote: “Speech is powerful. .” In Brandenburg v.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 6, 2022

Indiana , the court rejected the prosecution of a protester declaring an intention to take over the streets, holding that “at worst, (the words) amounted to nothing more than advocacy of illegal action at some indefinite future time.” This is not some form of nonfeasance in failing to take an action required by law.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Indiana , the court rejected the prosecution of a protester declaring an intention to take over the streets, holding that “at worst, (the words) amounted to nothing more than advocacy of illegal action at some indefinite future time.” The Supreme Court nevertheless overturned his conviction. Likewise, in Hess v.

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