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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

JonathanTurley

Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, announced that she was taking a look, “long and hard,” at potential charges. While civil litigation is ongoing, the supposedly clear criminal charges have not been brought by Democratic prosecutors clearly motivated to do so. To great acclaim, Rachael Rollins, then the U.S.

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Showdown at TJ: How a Virginia High School Became The Latest Battleground Over Racial Discrimination

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the Hill on the litigation over the new admissions policy at the elite Thomas Jefferson High School in Fairfax, Virginia. Even the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) seemed to yield to this movement during the pandemic by dropping the use of standardized testing requirements.

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Three Martha Vineyard Migrants File Lawsuit Against DeSantis

JonathanTurley

The undocumented migrants who were transferred to Martha’s Vineyard have quickly adopted one common American practice: litigation. The brochure reads “Massachusetts Refugee Benefits” with instructions for how to change an address with U.S. YouTube screengrab. It had other sections that described “targeted services for.

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Biden’s “Come on, Man” Defense Will Not Fly on Religious Freedom

JonathanTurley

Massachusetts, upholding a state small pox vaccine mandate. That, however, is precisely what these litigants are seeking to raise. He cited the Supreme Court’s 1905 ruling in Jacobson v. However, there was one major difference in Klaassen v.

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Is The “Workaround” Working? Fourth Court Enjoins Biden Vaccine Mandate

JonathanTurley

While the Administration could certainly prevail on appeal, the confidence remains an exercise of hope over experience in such litigation. In the OSHA case , the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled based on its own “serious constitutional concerns.”. Other courts have enjoined mandates under OSHA and medicare.

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Circuit Scoop — February 2025

Above The Law

In a series of recent decisions, federal courts across the United States have addressed a range of significant legal issues, from civil rights and constitutional law to administrative authority and criminal justice. Area of Law: Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Federal Authority: 25 points. Other Areas: 15 points.

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A League of Their Own: The Rollins Decision Follows a Troubling Pattern at the DOJ

JonathanTurley

Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, despite a referral from the DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), which found evidence that she lied to investigators and may have improperly sought to influence an election. The decision follows a pattern of DOJ refusing to charge its own.