JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Six states in the US allow for trials before six or eight-person juries in felony cases: Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts and Utah. This deviation from the standard 12-person jury was permitted by the 1970 US Supreme Court ruling in Williams v.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 16, 2021

There is an interesting lawsuit out of Indiana where Indianapolis Metro Police Department Officer De’Joure Mercer is suing the National Football League (NFL) for defamation after the NFL claimed that his shooting of an African American man was due to “systemic racism.” Screenshot from federal complaint.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Such proclamations do better with MSNBC than the DDC (United States District Court for the District of Columbia). The public statements of Trump alone would not make for a credible case for criminal incitement under the controlling case law. The reason is that while the crime is not clear, the case law is. In Hess v.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

In my view, the lawsuit contravenes free speech as well as controlling case law from the Supreme Court. That claim runs directly counter to the controlling case law. The Supreme Court still overturned the conviction. The court has consistently rejected these types of arguments as a threat to free speech in our society.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 6, 2022

They knew that a court would throw out such an indictment and, even if they could find a willing judge, any conviction would be thrown out on appeal. The Supreme Court nevertheless overturned his conviction. This is not some form of nonfeasance in failing to take an action required by law. In Brandenburg v. Likewise, in Hess v.

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