Constitutional Law Laws Maryland 
JonathanTurley
APRIL 22, 2025
Parents objected in Maryland in 2022 when the county approved books featuring LGBTQ+ characters for inclusion in its language-arts curriculum. They also argue that the Maryland policy is neither neutral nor generally applicable as required under Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. The parents have the stronger argument in my view.
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AUGUST 5, 2019
Thing is, these days law and the decisions courts hand down are very much like that. The kicker is that unlike parents (who, hopefully, are on the same page and the kid realizes that it's unlikely dad will overrule mom), it is critical that courts make the same rulings over and over so that people know how law will be applied.
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JonathanTurley
JULY 3, 2022
In a rare move, Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley has sent letters to Maryland Gov. The letter seeks to use state laws to achieve what the Justice Department has clearly rejected under federal law. The timing of the letter, however, is particularly interesting and may reflect a recognition of the limits of the federal law.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
I am happy to announce the publication of my latest law review article, The Unfinished Masterpiece: Compulsion and the Evolving Jurisprudence Over Free Speec h. The article is the outgrowth of remarks that I gave a Maryland Law School at a Supreme Court symposium. Board of Trustees of North Carolina State University.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 15, 2022
University of Maryland. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law. The George Washington University Law School. Professor of the Practice, College of Information Studies. Anne Weismann. Outside Counsel for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. and the Project on Government Oversight. Jonathan Turley.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 4, 2023
In a decision addressing a ban on bump stocks enacted by the Maryland legislature, another federal court found that bump-stock devices enable “rates of fire between 400 to 800 rounds per minute.” Here is the decision: Seventh Circuit Opinion
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 12, 2021
I have repeatedly testified and written on the constitutional barriers to such a vote absent statehood. See Jonathan Turley, Too Clever By Half: The Partial Representation of the District of Columbia in the House of Representatives , 76 George Washington University Law Review 305 -374 (2008). I was delighted when he accepted.
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