JonathanTurley

JULY 12, 2021

After a slew of lawsuits against the gun industry on a variety of different claims, Congress passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act of 2005, giving gun sellers and manufacturers immunity from liability arising out of the criminal misuse of firearms. It failed on both grounds in 2013 before the U.S. In City of New York v.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 15, 2022

Share Under established constitutional law, states may generally not tax or regulate property or operations of the federal government. Washington. A 1936 federal law waives federal immunity from state workers’ compensation laws on federal land and projects. Washington implicitly contemplates such situations.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Not only is the law likely to be a large miss, it will likely deliver another blow to gun control efforts by adding precedent protecting Second Amendment rights. It is political merit — rather than legal merit — that has often propelled New York anti-gun laws. After all, who needs Texas when gun rights advocates have New York?

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Here is the column: For those of us who teach torts, we are living in the golden age of defamation. Moreover, publications are protected in most states by retraction statutes limiting or blocking damages for corrected stories. It is a tough question with good arguments on both sides, but it is a debate that is long overdue.

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