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Florida Woman Faces Criminal Charges Of Practicing Without A License After Allegedly Disfiguring Patient

JonathanTurley

What was striking however was the charge with practicing medicine without a license (which was later elevated to a second-degree felony because of the patient’s disfigurement). Thus, if you hold yourself out as a doctor, you are subject to the standard of a reasonable doctor. She was charged with “resisting arrest without violence.”

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“Enticing The Crowd With Music”: Miami Police Charge Rapper With Rioting Offenses

JonathanTurley

That creates a dangerously fluid and subjective basis for criminal charge, even a misdemeanor. The most serious charge is the third-degree felony which can lead to up to five years in prison. . — Whoever shall resist, obstruct, or oppose any officer as defined in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. . 775.082 or s. Enticing with music?

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‘Jailhouse Screening’ Puts Undocumented Immigrants at Greater Risk: Paper

The Crime Report

Moreover, immigration screening, although it takes place in jails, is not accompanied by the same procedural protections as criminal law that is meant to stop government overreach. Although he explained he is a legal U.S. citizen to employees at the jail, he had no way of legally contesting the detainer while in custody.

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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

JonathanTurley

It is a curious call for a governor to make after he ran ads in Florida calling on people to “join us in California.” California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” First, let’s look at the law. Gavin Newsom (D.,

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The Biden Family Tree: How Investigations are Exposing the Bidens’ Influence-Peddling Dynasty

JonathanTurley

The Bidens are suffering from legal exposure in actions concerning everything from withholding child support to peddling influence to federal felonies. Having had his driver’s license suspended in Florida , Frank nonetheless rented a Jaguar and had a younger man whom he had met at a Whole Foods driving him.

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Lawyers Under Investigation For Alleged Fraudulent Voting Schemes In Georgia

JonathanTurley

It did not seem to matter to either the newspaper or Friedman that he was encouraging the commission of a felony. On the Republican side, Florida attorney Bill Price is facing a more direct and serious investigation than Abrams (who has not been personally implicated in such actions). Yet, Friedman is not a lawyer. The date is notable.

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“Preferential Treatment”: IRS Whistleblower Claims Political Influence and Possible Perjury Related to the Hunter Biden Investigation

JonathanTurley

However, false statements to Congress are criminal acts and the allegations have to be taken seriously. That statement by President Joe Biden last year to a Florida mayor seems more than just a boast this week after a whistleblower at the Internal Revenue Service surfaced. Here is the column: “No one f**ks with a Biden.”

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