JonathanTurley

JUNE 16, 2022

Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge James Plowman removed Biberaj and her office from the case. After Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares wrote the court offering to prosecute the case, Biberaj (who described herself as a “progressive prosecutor”) lashed out at Miyares and told him to “stay in your lane.”

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 27, 2022

In district court, Georgia corrections admitted that its policy substantially burdened Smith’s religious exercise, but it argued that various safety and security concerns justified its refusal to allow beards of any greater length. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit reversed , re-instating the half-inch limit.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 25, 2022

Arizona also repealed a law authorizing suspension of driver’s licenses for failure to pay and authorized its courts to redesignate some felonies as misdemeanors, the report details. . As we make our way through 2022, the CCRC researchers are optimistic about the changes to come. .

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LawTechnologyToday

APRIL 30, 2021

e) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor. (f) The states of Texas, Virginia and Minnesota allow the use of a GPS tracker on a vehicle as long as the vehicle’s owner provides consent.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 12, 2021

In a major but likely controversial victory for free speech, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned the conviction of a retired Air Force Colonel for using a racial epithet at the shoe store on the Marine base at Quantico in Virginia. Bartow was charged under Virginia Code § 18.2-416,

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Livesay&Myers

APRIL 8, 2020

Members of the Virginia legislature have concluded their work for the 2020 session. Included in their passed bills was a major change to Virginia Code § 8.01-223.1 The new law, which goes into effect on July 1, 2020, will make proving adultery easier in divorce and other family law cases in Virginia.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 3, 2021

The new law allows those accused of a crime to ask for an extra court hearing if they believe they acted in self-defense. Individuals charged with a felony or class A misdemeanor can ask for this hearing, unless they are accused of attacking a police officer. In Washington, D.C.,

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 6, 2023

With the decriminalization of jaywalking in Nevada , Virginia and now California — the “ Freedom to Walk ” Act will take effect in Los Angeles in the new year — it appears that people understand this when it comes to jaywalking, but not when it comes to immigration. . In 1969, the Supreme Court held in Shapiro v. Before 1969, poor U.S.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 24, 2021

On April 13, 2018, in the Circuit Court of Arlington County, Virginia, Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos staked her position on sentencing for a man convicted of a misdemeanor and a low-level felony. She locked into a debate with the man’s public defender about the concept of mass incarceration, which she does not believe in.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The bizarre story of Susanna Gibson and her running as a candidate for the House of Delegates has occupied much of the conversations around Virginia, where I live. Virginia State Sen. Commonwealth of Virginia as the basis for Gibson’s claim that she is the victim of a sex crime. Glenn Youngkin and the Republicans.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 4, 2024

Now, the Biden administration has arrested Baker on four misdemeanor charges linked to his entry into the Capitol on that day. He also pointed out his image in footage while emphasizing that his red hat was not a MAGA hat but a Yorktown, Virginia hat. He did not hide his support for their cause as he reported on what became a riot.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

faces a misdemeanor simple assault charge for allegedly intentionally blowing on people. Oh yea, he was reportedly not wearing a mask outside of Trump’s Virginia gold course but he was wearing an inflatable Trump inner tube. Some things are happily left out of the courts. It was not Buzz that was the culprit however.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Federal Court Denied Oakland and San Francisco Motions to Return Climate Change Nuisance Cases to State Court; Found Federal Common Law of Nuisance Could Apply, Despite AEP v. The court dispensed with the cities’ three primary arguments for remanding the cases. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 107.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

In Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies, Supreme Court Held that Appellate Review of Remand Order Extends to All Grounds for Removal. The Court declined to review the companies’ other grounds for removal, finding that the “wiser course” was to allow the Fourth Circuit to address them in the first instance.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

If this investigation produces the basis for an obstruction charge or misdemeanors, Garland might have been inclined to use his discretion to forgo prosecution and avoid political disruption or questions of bias. The Supreme Court unanimously overturned that conviction as having stretched the law beyond its breaking point.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. The Supreme Court reversed an intermediate appellate court’s decision affirming a superior court determination that the defendant could not present a necessity defense.

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