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Rahimi and the Second Amendment: How The Supreme Court Intercepts Hunter Biden’s Hail Mary Pass

JonathanTurley

The hope for a final pass to the Court ended with an 8-1 decision against the challenge to the federal gun law. ” For Hunter, the pass to the Supreme Court roughly 50 years later just missed in equally spectacular fashion. .” Below is my column on Fox.com on the ruling in United States v. for that period.

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Did the Defense Make Prison More Likely for Hunter Under the Sentencing Guidelines?

JonathanTurley

It is also important to note that, after the Supreme Court’s ruling in United States v. By pursuing the nullification strategy, Hunter lost that benefit and now would have to belatedly accept responsibility just before sentencing after putting the court and public through a trial. Booker , sentencing guidelines are discretionary.

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“Patently False”: Special Counsel Files Blistering Reply to Hunter Biden Motion to Dismiss

JonathanTurley

.” The filing (below) shows how Hunter’s claims (repeated by many in the media) collapse under even cursory review in court. It is the difference between making a case in the court of public opinion and making a case in an actual court of law. ” The rest of the filing is equally devastating.

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DOJ to Devon Archer: Go Ahead and Testify. and Then We Can Jail You

JonathanTurley

The Department of Justice caused an outcry this weekend when it filed a notice to a federal court on a Saturday that it should move ahead and order the jailing of Hunter Biden’s former business associate and fried, Devon Archer. The letters seem to be speaking to Congress, the public, and, of course, Archer rather than the court itself.

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“Shoeless Joe” and the Fixing of the Biden Scandal

JonathanTurley

The appointment of Delaware U.S. It is the same Weiss who did not indict on major tax felonies and cut a plea deal that brushed aside a felony gun charge. No court could seriously question the right and duty of Congress to get to the bottom of corruption allegations against the president without delay.

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“Hunter is Resolved”: Washington Celebrates the End to the Biden Corruption Scandal

JonathanTurley

They even threw in a phantom felony allegation that will evaporate once Hunter completes a diversion program. No one but a Biden could have avoided any meaningful consequences for the litany of corrupt and criminal allegations against Hunter. After all, the 4-year-old just got her clock cleaned in court. Not a Navy, of course.

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Hunter Biden’s New Sobriety Defense Lifts the Blackout Dates on Addiction

JonathanTurley

Here is the column: Hunter Biden returned to court today on the felony indictment for his possession of a handgun, including allegations that he lied on an Oct.12, Notably, House Republicans say, he received two wire transfers totaling $260,000 that listed President Biden’s Delaware home as the beneficiary address for the funds.