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The Return of Anthony Comstock: The Abortion Pill Case Raises a Law With A Dark and Troubling Past

JonathanTurley

As the founder of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, Comstock set about his work of “saving the young from contamination” and “Devil traps.” The two women had committed the offenses of not only setting up their own brokerage house in New York, but also publishing a newspaper openly discussing sexual freedoms.

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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

JonathanTurley

Moreover, it is not clear how transporting migrants who entered the country illegally to another state is a violation of law. New York City recently sent migrants to other cities without their permission or prior notice; Democratic leaders in El Paso, Texas, have also arranged such transports.

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The Ghost of John Adams: How the Trump Trial Harkens Back to a Dark Period of American Law

JonathanTurley

Below is a slightly expanded version of my column in the New York Post on the verdict in the Trump trial. The charges were built on a dead misdemeanor barred with the passage of the statute of limitations. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.

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Ragefully Wrong: A Response to Professor Laurence Tribe

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the New York Post in response to the attack this week by Harvard Professor Laurence Tribe. Tribe often shows little patience for the niceties of constitutional law or tradition. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.