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Locked and Loaded: Supreme Court is Ready for a Showdown on the Second Amendment

JonathanTurley

Indeed, just this week, the court turned down a challenge of a Wisconsin law imposing a lifetime ban on gun ownership for former felons, including cases involving nonviolent crimes. The high court has been carefully waiting for just the right case to address states and cities that have sought to limit gun rights.

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President Biden and Others Renew Calls for Gun Control After Wisconsin Shooting

JonathanTurley

The shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, immediately prompted renewed calls for gun control from President Joe Biden and others. More importantly, the Wisconsin case only highlighted why these standard demands for gun control would not have impacted that case.

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“It Simply Does Not Make Any Sense”: Judge Trashes Election Lawsuit by the Elias Law Firm

JonathanTurley

The Chief Judge of the Western Direct of Wisconsin, James Peterson (an Obama appointee), did not just reject but ridiculed the Elias Law Group challenge to a witness requirement for absentee voting. Elias has been sanctioned in past litigation. million paid to Perkins Coie.

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Lessons Learned In Law School

LawTechnologyToday

Our Panelist: Karina Perez Ilić (KPI) [link] Silvia Amador Brett (SAB) [link] Annabelle Bichler (AB) [link] Jenna Sutter (JS) [link] Brian Mickelsen (BM) is a founding partner of Mickelsen Dalton and a dynamic trial lawyer who has litigated in 12 states. You can learn more on The Entrekin Law Firm’s personal injury page.

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“A Sad Day”: How the Colorado Disqualification Case is Bringing Back Some Bad Memories for the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

It would then depend on the Maine litigation to bring the matter back to the Court. Here is the column: It is “a sad day for America and the Constitution when a court decides the outcome of an election.” A Wisconsin challenge has been denied twice.) Gore and went to Florida briefly during the recount litigation.

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Legal Ethics Roundup: Dragon Lawyer Busted, 1000s Of Lawyers Protest, Perkins Defeats EO & More

Above The Law

note : Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. 2025 NYC Rule of Law Rally 2025 by David Lat is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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Did The Biden Administration Commit to a Knowingly Unconstitutional Act? New Evidence Surfaces on the Presumed Invalidity of the Farm Debt Relief Provision

JonathanTurley

Most concerning is the litigation of legal claims that most legal experts viewed as unsustainable given recent Supreme Court precedent. A federal judge in Wisconsin found on the required compelling interest that the Administration failed to state a case: Here, Defendants lack a compelling interest for the racial classifications.