Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 27, 2022

The FCC announced that one of its Administrative Law Judges will hold a hearing to determine if a Tennessee AM station’s license should be revoked after the sole principal of the licensee, a former state senator, was convicted in 2016 of fraud for making false statements in his federal tax return.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in person on Monday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the court in March 2020. The justices did press hard on Frederick’s contention that equitable apportionment doctrine might apply to groundwater, which would be a new ruling from the court.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2024

The US Supreme Court announced Monday it will review the legality of state efforts to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors — a contentious issue in a nation deeply divided over transgender rights and the role of medical intervention in youth gender identity. In November, the plaintiffs appealed to the Supreme Court.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee are among states where “reckless provision” of a firearm to a minor can lead to criminal charges. Do we take this law from a misdemeanor charge to a felony charge? The definition of a “child” ranges among states from age 14 and 18. That’s much more than a slap on the wrist. Cassie Chew.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 27, 2023

US District Judge Liles Burke rejected a request from the US government to stay the case while appeals courts determine the appropriate standard of review for state bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, which is a central issue to the case before Burke.

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The Crime Report

MAY 20, 2021

In Tennessee, the governor convened the state’s Criminal Justice Investment Task Force to develop policies aimed at reducing recidivism and improving public safety. Kentucky has also taken major strides towards de-felonization , introducing two new laws to reduce the number of people convicted of felonies.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 31, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court cleared out quite a bit of its backlog of relisted cases at last week’s conference. A short explanation of relists is available here.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Below is my column in The Hill on what is shaping up to be a major Supreme Court term on the issues of parody and satire under the First Amendment. The Court could reframe the constitutional limits for criminal and civil liability in two cases currently on the docket, including one recently granted review. VIP Products LLC.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Image from Supreme Court Petition. Now the Court has accepted a different parody case involving Jack Daniels where the company is suing the maker of dog chew toys. He was charged (and later acquitted) of a felony under an Ohio law prohibiting the use of a computer to “disrupt” or “interrupt” police functions. 2d 341 (9th Cir.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2021

After a particularly busy and newsy couple of months for the Supreme Court and its shadow — er, emergency — docket and for some individual justices and their public appearances, the focus shifts back to the regular merits docket today. Also filing into that gallery are the justices’ law clerks and a few other court employees.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A new analysis by The Sentencing Project has found that Tennessee disenfranchises 21 percent of its Black residents and just over 8 percent of its Latino population, in both cases more than any other state, reports Bianca Fortis for ProPublica. Overall, about 470,000 residents of Tennessee are barred from voting.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 28, 2024

And over a dissent by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the justices declined to decide whether the Constitution guarantees the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony. As the case comes to the Supreme Court, Medrano contended that the use of his statements violated his rights under Miranda v.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

There is a troubling case in Tennessee this week where Pamela Moses has been given six years and one day in prison for illegally registering to vote last November. She has an extensive record of felony convictions. While she told the court that she received a letter saying that her voting rights were restored, Criminal Court Judge W.

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OilandGasLawyer

JULY 7, 2022

I ran across an article recently in the Journal of the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society about James V Allred, who succeeded the infamous Miriam “Ma” Ferguson as Governor of Texas in 1935. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, taking the bench at the age of forty. After his stint as Governor Allred served on the U.S.

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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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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 24, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. After going two conferences without any new relists, the Supreme Court ended the relist drought this week with a vengeance. The Biden administration intervened on the challengers’ side in the Tennessee case.

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