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Imagining a World Without Corporate Criminal Law (Symposium 10/22-10/23, Zoom)

InHouseBlog

“Imagining a World Without Corporate Criminal Law” is a symposium that will generate new ideas about the value of applying criminal sanctions to collective entities.

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Blockbuster watch: Affirmative action, same-sex weddings, and other big relists

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Oklahoma that Congress had not clearly disestablished a Creek Nation reservation covering much of eastern Oklahoma, and thus the area remained Native American territory for the purposes of a federal criminal law, eliminating the state’s ability to prosecute crimes there. relisted after the Jan. 7 conference).

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“MyPillow Guy” Becomes a Nightmare for a Jan. 6 Rioter — and for Free Speech

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Hill on the re-arrest of an Iowa man who took part in the January 6th riot. The case raises a growing concern over the way courts are weighing the political views of defendants a matter for bail and sentencing.

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Why the Case Against Donald Trump Remains Incomplete

JonathanTurley

Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on the Clinton investigation that, although the statute allows for gross negligence charges, prosecutors have long balked at the “constitutional implications of criminalizing such conduct without requiring the government to prove that the person knew he or she was doing something wrong.”

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“A Criminal Like Trump”: Federal Judge Tosses Aside Judicial Restraint In Public Interview

JonathanTurley

District Judge Robert Pratt of the Southern District of Iowa any less troubling. I was one of those who immediately criticized those pardons as manifestly unjustified and inimical to our legal system. However, none of that makes the comments of senior U.S.

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Jackson’s confirmation expected by end of week after committee deadlocks along partisan lines

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Ted Cruz of Texas, who overlapped at Harvard Law School with Jackson, characterizing her as “charming” and “talented” and noting that he had “always liked her personally.” But they assailed what Sen.