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California Sued Over New “Deepfake” Law

JonathanTurley

The Kohls complaint argues that the law flips the burden to creators to establish a defense. One of the more interesting legal issues is how the law defines “malice.” ” The legislators lifted the definition from New York Times v. In 1967, the Supreme Court handed down Time, Inc.

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Police Suggest Possible Charges for Those Who Filmed Rape on Train

JonathanTurley

I am unaware of such a law in Pennsylvania, but these laws are rarely enforced. Conversely, New York charged a woman for calling police in a racially charged incident in Central Park. In 2009, the New York courts ruled that Metro workers were not legally required to assist a woman being raped at a station.

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Rutgers Professor and Law Student Under Fire for Reading Racial Slur From Judicial Opinion

JonathanTurley

The New York Times is reporting that a Rutgers Law Professor and law student are under fire after the student reluctantly read the n-word in a 1993 legal opinion. It is the latest such controversy in high education. I am assuming that the professor and students were discussing State v.

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Project Veritas Wins Victory Against New York Times In Defamation Action

JonathanTurley

While it has received little coverage in the mainstream media, the conservative group Project Veritas won a major victory against the New York Times this week in a defamation case with potentially wide reach. Notably, this follows another significant loss by the New York Times to Sarah Palin last year. seven times.

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The Supreme Court Fails To End The Feres Doctrine. Now It Is Up To Congress

JonathanTurley

I have been a vocal critic of Feres for decades and wrote a three-part study of the military legal system 20 years ago that detailed how this doctrine began in 1950 with a clearly erroneous reading of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). The West Point case shows the legal lunacy and lethality of this doctrine.

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New York’s Circular Firing Squad: Gun Groups Sue Over Latest Legislative Misfire on Gun Control

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the Hill on New York’s latest gun control measure — and the latest challenge to a New York law. What is most striking in reviewing the line of gun cases coming out of New York is that the Empire State has done more for gun rights than any “pro-gun” state.

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Fox Reportedly Agrees to $787 Million Settlement in Dominion Defamation Lawsuit

JonathanTurley

As a legal analyst on Fox News, I have largely refrained from writing about the case. Many of us who teach in the areas of tort and constitutional law were uneasy over the impact of a verdict in light of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in New York Times v. That was roughly half of the $1.6

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