JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

This morning, I have the honor of addressing the 2022 California Lawyers Conference in San Diego. ” It is a particular privilege to address the conference on Constitution Day. We are experiencing a crisis of faith in our Constitution, including attacks on the Court and individual justices. West Virginia v.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The bizarre story of Susanna Gibson and her running as a candidate for the House of Delegates has occupied much of the conversations around Virginia, where I live. Virginia State Sen. It would be illegal for Gibson to offer sex for money on the street under our prostitution laws. Glenn Youngkin and the Republicans.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 9, 2021

The other 34 members of the commission include lawyers, think-tank scholars, law professors and retired judges. A full list of commission members is below: Michelle Adams, professor of law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Kate Andrias, professor of law at the University of Michigan. and Virginia K.

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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.

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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).

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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. Virginia , where race-based classifications were challenged despite similar legislative justifications. Check out more of his writing at Legalytics and Empirical SCOTUS.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 3, 2024

(Appeals of ballot decisions are pending in Arizona; ballot challenges are in process in Alaska, Maine , New York, New Jersey, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming. He teaches a course on the Supreme Court and the Constitution. Supreme Court challenge.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 4, 2023

This indictment is reminiscent of the case against former Virginia Gov. ” The problem is that Trump had lawyers and others telling him that the claims were true. Smith is indicting Trump for believing his lawyers over his other advisers. ” That precedent did not deter Smith. Bob McDonnell.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 13, 2023

That may now occur in West Virginia where Attorney General Patrick Morrisey wants a federal court to throw out a lawsuit attempting to remove Donald Trump from the ballot in the state. Katherine Fung, Donald Trump’s Lawyers Get Stretched Even Thinner, NEWSWEEK (Sept. Henderson, No. 2:23-cv-00617 (D. 27, 2023), ECF No.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

When Berkeley Law School Dean and constitutional scholar Erwin Chemerinsky taught Criminal Procedure in the Fall of 2019, he became frustrated when he realized many of the cases that were the subject of his lectures ended with the police winning and the rights of suspects losing. Look at what happened this month in Virginia.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 18, 2022

has joined the call for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign due to the communications of his wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, with lawyer John Eastman supporting the certification challenge. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.)

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JonathanTurley

JULY 20, 2023

Smith has a reputation in conservative circles for stretching the criminal code in high-profile cases, including the prosecution of then-Virginia Gov. Those hearings showed that the White House’s lawyers rejected the theories put forward by figures like Trump associate John Eastman.

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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. Wild Virginia v. New Zealand Lawyers Challenged Climate Change Commission’s Recommendations.

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