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Court to hear battle over animal welfare, the dormant commerce clause — and the price of bacon

SCOTUSBlog

Share In 2018, California voters approved Proposition 12, a ballot initiative that its supporters describe as the country’s strongest law to protect farm animals. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a challenge to the constitutionality of the law.

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Christian Group Scores Major Legal Victory Against University of Iowa

JonathanTurley

A Christian group at the University of Iowa scored a major win this week before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The University of Iowa registers student organizations under its “Registration of Student Organizations” (RSO) policy. The policy requires compliance with federal, state, and university rules.

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Georgetown Professor Denounces “Lawless” and “Actively Rogue” Justices, Lawyers, and Law Professors

JonathanTurley

In a series of tweets this week, Professor Heidi Li Feldman has denounced “lawless” and “actively rogue” Supreme Court justices and professors who disagree with her views on the Constitution. She has called for “genuine” law professors not to fall “into complicity with lawlessness” in teaching such subjects.

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No, Judicial Methodology is Not the Same as Judicial Philosophy

JonathanTurley

Iowa) again pressed Jackson on her refusal to answer this question. ” That is linguistically and legally wrong. There are widely different approaches to how to perform that task and how much importance to put on issues ranging from original intent to textual language to the more general purpose of a given law.

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Biden’s ‘Orwellian Ministry of Truth’: Court Finds a ‘Massive Attack’ on Free Speech in Government Censorship Efforts

JonathanTurley

criticized me for offering “legal opinions” without working at Twitter. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sen. When I pointed out that he was quoting from a case justifying the arrest of socialists due to their political views during the Red Scare, Goldman shot back that “we don’t need a law class here.” Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.)

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“Your Money’s in Joe’s House”: The Biden Family’s Version of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

JonathanTurley

Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released an unclassified FBI record which included allegations to the agency of Biden and his son, Hunter, being paid $5 million each by a Ukrainian energy executive when the senior Biden was vice president. It is important to note that, while influence-peddling can be done legally, it is uniformly viewed as corrupt.

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No, Democracy is Not on The Ballot in 2024

JonathanTurley

After the Supreme Court accepted review of his disqualification from the ballot in Colorado, he said at an Iowa rally , “I just hope we get fair treatment. 6 riot was a true insurrection, I immediately denounced it as a desecration of our constitutional system. Because if we don’t, our country’s in big, big trouble.