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Democratic Governor Calls For Criminalizing “Lying” About Election Results

JonathanTurley

.” He would make such comments a gross misdemeanor subject to incarceration. Such a criminal law would be ripe for abuse and would create a chilling effect that would be positively glacial. This country has a long history of election fraud from Tammany Hall in New York to the Daley machine in Chicago.

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No, The Bowman Controversy Does Not Warrant Expulsion

JonathanTurley

The New York Democrat was in front of the door without staffers and allegedly confused by the signs on it… So, he pulled a clearly marked fire alarm because he thought that that is how you open a door. this would more likely constitute a criminal misdemeanor. It could be a crime. Various Republicans want to see Rep.

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

JonathanTurley

Moreover, it is not clear how transporting migrants who entered the country illegally to another state is a violation of law. New York City recently sent migrants to other cities without their permission or prior notice; Democratic leaders in El Paso, Texas, have also arranged such transports.

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Causing Physical Harm Always Involves “Use of Force”

Constitutional Law Reporter

Delligattis indictment charged him with attempted murder under the violent-crimes-in-aid-of-racketeering (VICAR) statute, 1959(a)(5), which required proof that Delligatti had attempted second-degree murder under New York law. Supreme Courts Decision The Supreme Court affirmed by a vote of 7-2. Castleman , 572 U.S.

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Police Suggest Possible Charges for Those Who Filmed Rape on Train

JonathanTurley

Generally there is no duty to rescue or to call police under the common law. For example, Washington state allows for the charging of a misdemeanor. The law covers violent crimes, sexual assault, and assault of a child. I am unaware of such a law in Pennsylvania, but these laws are rarely enforced.

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Bowling Green State Student Charged with Defacing Pro-Life Center

JonathanTurley

Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio charged Durant with a “federal misdemeanor charge under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.” We saw a similar confrontation by Hunter College professor Shellyne Rodríguez when she trashed a pro-life student display in New York.

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The Return of Anthony Comstock: The Abortion Pill Case Raises a Law With A Dark and Troubling Past

JonathanTurley

As the founder of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, Comstock set about his work of “saving the young from contamination” and “Devil traps.” The two women had committed the offenses of not only setting up their own brokerage house in New York, but also publishing a newspaper openly discussing sexual freedoms.

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