JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Despite this history, a new decision out of the High Court is still shocking in its implications for further attacks on free speech. The court ruled that newspapers and television stations that post articles on social media sites like Facebook are liable for other third party comments on those posts. 47 U.S.C. § 230(e)(3).

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JULY 22, 2021

In some examples cited in the paper, a Virginia defendant in Virginia charged with transporting marijuana pleaded guilty to trafficking a different type of drug altogether; a New York defendant charged with animal cruelty pleaded guilty to trespassing even though no trespassing was involved.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 23, 2023

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether to revive two federal gun restrictions struck down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 16, 2023

That is the problem when your counsel tells the prosecutor in open court to “just rip up” the plea deal. A recent decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit could present an interesting twist in this ongoing saga. Some of those crimes were allowed to expire under the statute of limitations.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 12, 2024

Below is my column in the New York Post on the conviction of Hunter Biden in Delaware and how his nullification strategy may have backfired. Even before the deal was cut, Weiss allowed major crimes to expire under the statute of limitations (despite having an agreement to extend that period).

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2020

A government lawyer who argued at the Supreme Court more than anyone else in the 20th century. As the year comes to a close, SCOTUSblog looks back at some of the individuals who died in 2020 after living lives that brought them – at different times and for different reasons – to the Supreme Court of the United States.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Share Less than a week before the justices are scheduled to hear argument in a high-profile gun-rights case, the court added another dispute involving firearms to its docket for the 2023-24 term. The rule directed anyone who owned or possessed a bump stock to destroy them or drop them at a nearby ATF office to avoid facing criminal penalties.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 26, 2024

Below is my column in the New York Post on yesterday’s oral arguments on presidential immunity. As expected, with the exception of the three liberal justices, the Court appears to be struggling to find a more nuanced approach that would avoid the extreme positions of both parties. Fitzgerald. Yet in 1974’s United States v.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 15, 2022

There is a bizarre political controversy out of Colorado that may raise some interesting defamation and criminal law questions. If untrue, this businessman could face a major defamation action, but Frisch has not indicated whether he will contest the allegation in court. Here is the criminal extortion statute: 18-3-207.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Florida Southern District Court. The Duke of York is arguing that Giuffre was too old at the time of the alleged sexual acts to use the New York Child Victims Act (CVA) to “revive” her claims now. ” That does create a credible threshold defense and a tough question for the court.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The litigation over last year’s lettuce recall has only just started due to the statute of limitations. Now, a new slew of negligence and strict liability claims are expected across the country. _. A recent survey of New York doctors found that 60 percent saw an increase in ER visits for cooking wounds and turkey carving accidents.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 27, 2024

To achieve that extraordinary goal, he has alleged that the document violations (which expired long ago under the statute of limitations) were committed to hide some other crime. Originally, Bragg vaguely referenced four crimes and there have been months of confusion as to what he was specifically alleging as his criminal theories.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 7, 2023

The New York Times column is ideal for those willing to “suspend disbelief” to watch this Ed Woods quality horror production. Bragg undoubtedly knew that New Yorkers would likely suspend disbelief when the name on the indictment was “Donald Trump.” In 1878, in Reynolds v.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 28, 2024

Below is my column in the New York Post on the closing arguments scheduled for today in the trial of former President Donald Trump. Trump’s lawyers are defending a former president who is charged under a state misdemeanor which died years ago under the statute of limitations.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 25, 2021

The case is brought under statutes like 18 U.S.C. Supreme Court ruled against a provision of federal law that banned computer simulations and virtual pornography under the first amendment. In New York Times v. Civil and statutory claims can be curtailed by constitutional limitations. This is such a case in my view.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 18, 2024

It is becoming harder to deny the existence of a two-track system of justice in the country as commentators and even a few courts raise concerns over the role of politics in prosecutions. The problem is that courts have made it virtually impossible to use this claim to dismiss counts. District Court Judge Cormac J.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

Newsom cited the kidnapping statute but apparently failed to read it or the underlying cases. While there is a fair debate over the policy of relocation by states like Texas and Florida, the effort to use the criminal process as part of that political debate is … well, pathetic. They are then left to their own devices and destinations.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 24, 2024

Here is the column: In 1976, Saul Steinburg’s hilarious “View of the World from 9th Avenue” was published on the cover of the New Yorker. The map showed Manhattan occupying most of the known world with wilderness on the other side of the Hudson River between New York and San Francisco. In Gonzalez v.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 13, 2024

was in court this week for another superseding indictment brought by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York. He has told courts that even the few charges brought against him are evidence of selective prosecution. Here is the column: Sen. Bob Menendez , D-N.J.,

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Share More than 80 amicus briefs were filed in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen , the major Second Amendment challenge to a New York law that requires people to show “proper cause” for a license to carry a concealed handgun in public. Amicus briefs supporting New York.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 21, 2024

C-Span/YouTube Screenshot Below is my column in the New York Post on the meltdown of Michael Cohen on the stand in the Manhattan trial of former President Donald Trump. Even more notably, he admitted to the larceny on the stand — after the statute of limitations had passed. In fact, it was hard not to stare.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 22, 2023

Below is my column in the New York Post on the expanding scandal surrounding the Hunter Biden investigation. The reason for his change at Justice, according to the New York Times? Dan Goldman of New York). Then the wheels fell off in court and left everyone in a bit of a muddle.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Where former President Donald Trump was roundly condemned for such testimony in court, Willis was celebrated by many as showing that she is a “great lawyer” and righteous champion. Now, Hunter Biden also seems to have gone full Trump in court and no one appears to have noticed.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has handed down a significant ruling on the exception to the First Amendment for criminal threats. The court reversed the decision of District Court Judge Charles Breyer, who rejected the charges against Howard Weiss who threatened Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 22, 2023

Here is the column: If former President Donald Trump is indicted, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg would be prosecuting a case that has been widely criticized as long on politics and short on the law. Michael Cohen worked for Trump The star witness is one of the most repellent figures in New York. Department of Justice.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 15, 2024

Below is my column in the New York Post on the start of the Trump trial today in New York. I have long been critical of the case as a clear example of the weaponization of the criminal justice system. This week, New York judges and lawyers appear eager to prove that the same is true for cases against Donald Trump.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 9, 2023

In February of 2023, the testimonies of family members and friends of the victims killed by Sayfullo Saipov , a terrorist convicted of running over and killing eight people in New York City, helped decide if he deserved the death penalty or life behind bars.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

C-Span/YouTube Screenshot Below is my column on Fox.com on the new allegations of perjury by Michael Cohen after his testimony in the New York fraud trial of his former client Donald Trump. Even in jail, Cohen was accused of lying to a court in violation of an order for early release due to medical problems.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 24, 2024

Below is an expanded version of my column in the New York Post on the start of the Trump trial and much awaited explanation of District Attorney Alvin Bragg on the underlying alleged criminal conduct. The Trump cases have highlighted a couple of New York’s absurdly ambiguous laws. Ohio , 378 U.S.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 25, 2024

Below is my column in the New York Post on the vicious attacks being directed at Judge Aileen Cannon as she addresses pre-trial motions in the Florida prosecution of former president Donald Trump. Attorneys be appointed under statute or nominated by the president (and confirmed by the Senate). and Dianne Feinstein (D-Cal.).

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 21, 2023

Below is my column in the New York Post on the expected indictment against former President Donald Trump. There are serious challenges to this prosecution, including an argument that time has expired under the statute of limitations. Here is the column: “It’s moving. It’s alive. It’s alive. it’s moving. IT’S ALIVE!”

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 1, 2024

Below is a slightly expanded version of my column in the New York Post on the verdict in the Trump trial. The Manhattan case, in my view, was a raw political use of the criminal justice system. The charges were built on a dead misdemeanor barred with the passage of the statute of limitations.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 12, 2023

Below is my column in the New York Post on the Trump indictment and why so many citizens have little interest in its content or charges. After Trump was indicted in a raw political prosecution in New York, Comey also went public to declare it a “good day.” Which leaves the criminal court.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 3, 2024

So the attention will now shift to the appellate courts. While it may be tough going initially in the New York court system for the former president, this case could well end up in the federal system and the United States Supreme Court. The problem was not the jury, but the prosecutors and the judge.

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