JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The letter was sent by the new lawyer for Holden and his parents Shannon and Raul Armenta. There are 33 states with retraction statutes. What constitutes racist imagery is a matter of public debate and Phillips can argue that this is obviously just his opinion. It also turns out that he is Native American. In Wilkow v.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 20, 2021

Being a lawyer requires a certain level of decorum and professionalism within the institutional setting. For example, in reviewing a criminal law (which is admittedly raises a more heightened concern), the Court in C onnally v. However, this same candidate has made concerning comments about my intention to join the“white boys club.”

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 9, 2023

Written by Zuzanna Nowicka , lawyer at the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and lecturer at Department of Logic and Legal Argumentation at University of Warsaw In the aftermath of the judgment of the ICJ of 2012 in the case of the Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The statute defines “information content provider” as “any person or entity that is responsible, in whole or in part, for the creation or development of information provided through the Internet or any other interactive computer service.” For Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. 47 U.S.C. § Craigslist, Inc. , 3d 666, 670 (7th Cir.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 21, 2022

Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled that the district court was not wrong when it rejected their request to do so, because the state’s Democratic attorney general, Josh Stein, and the board of elections were already defending the law. The legislators then came to the Supreme Court, which agreed last fall to weigh in.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The perfect antidote is Painting Constitutional Law: Xavier Cortada’s Images of Constitutional Rights , edited by Professors M.C. Artist and lawyer Xavier Cortada has created 10 striking paintings, each depicting a significant Supreme Court case originating in Florida. This time, represented by a lawyer, he was acquitted.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JANUARY 31, 2022

During oral arguments held on January 7, two of the lawyers were forced to participate by phone due to testing positive for COVID-19. The post Justices Hear Oral Arguments in Four Cases appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a diabetic, also elected to participate remotely.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Williams , a 2008 case involving a statute that made it a crime to “advertise[], promote[], present[], distribute[], or solicit[]” child pornography (or material purported to be child pornography). Such lawyers often gravitate to the most cautious interpretative approach to avoid any risk for clients or employees.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Sanctions can deter lawyers from seeking to change existing judicial doctrines and standards. It was not any real endorsement of the underlying theory to say that it was not sanctionable conduct to raise it in a court of law. The court was merely saying that this was within the broad scope of arguments that could be made in a court.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 7, 2023

For over a year, I have been writing and commenting on California’s unconstitutional Covid gag law for physicians and other medial professionals. The law allowing the revocation of licenses for “false or misleading information” on Covid-19 was a frontal attack on free speech. Gavin Newsom signed it. in McDonald v.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Now the family is lawyering up. Even though Peanut was a pet, he was still considered a wild animal in New York, both by statute and common law. 30 and seized both Peanut and a raccoon pet named Fred. They proceeded to euthanize both animals. Wild animals are subject to a strict liability standard for any bites or injuries.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

OCTOBER 18, 2021

According to the Court’s Guide for Counsel , each justice will be given the opportunity to ask questions of each lawyer after his or her time has ended. While this matter was pending before the Sixth Circuit, the Secretary retained lawyers from the Kentucky Attorney General’s office to represent him.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 25, 2025

The stakes are high, not only because of the programs size but also because the theory at the center of the challengers case, known as the nondelegation doctrine, is one that conservative lawyers and business groups have been urging the justices in recent years to revive. Congress did the same thing here, the FCC says.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 11, 2024

District Judge James Peterson ruled against the lawsuit brought by the Elias Law Group, arguing that the witness requirement violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Civil Rights Act of 1964. The state statute under § 6.87(2) The statute first sets forth in two sentences what the voter must certify on the ballot envelope.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2022

From legendary lawyers to lesser-known activists, journalists, and plaintiffs, the following individuals who died in 2022 all shaped the court and the law in their own ways. 18, 1983, a 31-year-old lawyer with a ponytail stood at the Supreme Court lectern. It was there that she met the civil-rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall.

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Paralegal-Edu.Org

MARCH 4, 2025

It isnt just reserved for lawyers wearing fancy suits and charging hundreds of dollars per hour. Courses often delve into in-depth case analysis, advanced legal writing, and specialized fields like constitutional law. You know whats fascinating about the legal field?

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JonathanTurley

JULY 16, 2024

It was not just that she reached a conclusion long supported by some conservative lawyers and a Supreme Court justice. The 93-page order methodically goes through the governing cases and statutes for the appointment of prosecutors. That is the view of many lawyers and judges.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 12, 2022

Indeed, last week my study on the decline of free speech was published with other example of this rising orthodoxy among faculty members (“ Harm and Hegemony: The Decline of Free Speech in the United States ”). It is not enough for Professor Feldman to passionately disagree with the constitutional interpretation of the Court or other faculty.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

We have been discussing the campaign of The Lincoln Project and others to harass and abuse lawyers who represent the Trump campaign or other parties bringing election challenges. Eliason recently defended the attacks on fellow lawyers who are represented those challenging election results or practices). McNally, 483 U.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The Christian Legal Society and Robertson Center for Constitutional Law , Concerned Women for America , and Judicial Watch, Inc. The brief was filed by Jonathan Mitchell, the anti-abortion lawyer who designed Texas’ six-week abortion ban and argued before the court on Nov. 1 in support of that law.

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Above The Law

MARCH 7, 2025

She challenges assumptions, pressing lawyers to grapple with broader systemic consequences and the lived experiences behind the law. Her inquiries aim to clarify the laws structure, urging a closer examination of its effects on different groups.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 25, 2024

Most recently, the left expressed nothing short of horror that Judge Cannon allowed the Trump team to argue a point of constitutional law in a hearing. This is a novel and intriguing constitutional objection that is based on the text of the Constitution, which requires that high-ranking executive officers like U.S.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

We previously discussed Fetterman’s recent effort to enlist the firm of controversial Clinton lawyer Marc Elias to get a federal court to strike down a Pennsylvania election provision. There are already dozens of lawsuits from both parties filed across the country. Now Florida Gov.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

attorney Patrick Malone, who previously filed ethics complaints against lawyers representing the Trump campaign or the Republican party. Trump lawyers many view this lawsuit as a greater opportunity than a liability for their client. COUNT FOUR (Violation of a Public Safety Statute: D.C. Code § 22-1322 – Incitement to Riot).

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

That is when Klain again confidently rushed in where wiser government lawyers fear to tread. He announced that the White House had found a way to evade the constitutional limitations: “OSHA doing this vaxx mandate as an emergency workplace safety rule is the ultimate work-around for the Federal govt to require vaccinations.”.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Some of us expressed doubts over those reports since Durham asked for this investigation to be upgraded to a criminal matter , secured the criminal plea of former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith , and asked recently for over a thousand pages of classified intelligence material.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The inclusion of private parties in the lawsuit magnifies the constitutional concerns over free speech. Vindman does not sue former President Trump while detailing how these individuals were clearly acting with his knowledge (citing Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and now Trump’s vehement enemy).

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 11, 2021

While I disagree with the treatment of any such statements as part of a president’s official duties, I stated at the time that there was support for the position in the governing federal statute and case law. However, some media outlets featured an array of experts who denounced Barr’s legal move. Carroll’s case.”.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

During the Red Scare, lawyers were also attacked for taking civil liberties cases on behalf of unpopular clients. In 2006, I was representing the “Sister Wives” family—first in a criminal investigation into polygamy and then in an action challenging the underlying statute. It was not exactly a return to the Red Scare.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 15, 2023

Lying to investigators is itself a federal crime — removing any questions over statutes of limitation. Smith was all over the place in pressuring Trump World figures, from low-level aides to Trump’s own lawyers — even compelling Trump counsel to testify against their client.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

The Supreme Court called the appellate court’s conclusion that there are always reasonable legal alternatives to disobeying constitutional laws “untenable,” and held that “reasonable legal alternatives” must be effective. New Zealand Lawyers Challenged Climate Change Commission’s Recommendations. BP p.l.c. ,

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 27, 2025

In this case, federal employees were acting under a claim of executive authority and a little-used federal statute. He would likely have to appoint a private lawyer to prosecute such a case, raising serious constitutional questions in the usurping of Article II authority. Under 18 U.S.C.

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