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

JonathanTurley

Since the Court first recognized the Second Amendment as an individual right in District of Columbia v. The Court found the federal statutes imposing a reasonable temporary limitation on this right. Special Counsel David Weiss seemed to work hard to avoid any felony charges against the president’s son.

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“Without any Doubt, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Beyond any Doubt”: Tribe Declares Trump Committed Attempted Murder

JonathanTurley

After the riot, District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine announced that he was considering arresting Trump, Donald Trump Jr., ” ) In other words, the natural and probable consequences doctrine may apply to felony murder, but it is not properly applied to attempted murder. Those are plenty to start with.”.

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Profile of a potential nominee: Leondra Kruger

SCOTUSBlog

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2002 to 2003. The other cases Kruger argued touched on a wide range of issues, from the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause and right to counsel to federal “career criminal” laws and federal benefits laws. Kruger went from the D.C. Following the U.S.

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