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

JonathanTurley

Newsom cited the kidnapping statute but apparently failed to read it or the underlying cases. While there is a fair debate over the policy of relocation by states like Texas and Florida, the effort to use the criminal process as part of that political debate is … well, pathetic.

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‘Outrageous Outcomes’: Plea Bargaining and the Justice System

The Crime Report

However, after the industrial revolution [and the rise of] the English working classes, there just weren’t enough police to keep whacking people over the head with the criminal law. Today, one out of every three adults in this country has a criminal or arrest history of some kind.

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Hunter Comes Up A Donut Short of a Defense in Delaware

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the New York Post on the conviction of Hunter Biden in Delaware and how his nullification strategy may have backfired. Even before the deal was cut, Weiss allowed major crimes to expire under the statute of limitations (despite having an agreement to extend that period).

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Garland’s Theater of The Absurd: Why the Hunter Biden Scandal is No Longer a Laughing Matter

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the New York Post on the expanding scandal surrounding the Hunter Biden investigation. The reason for his change at Justice, according to the New York Times? Dan Goldman of New York). Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

SCOTUSBlog

Cohen – who first met the Lovings when he was just 29 – filed a lawsuit on their behalf, challenging the Virginia law and similar state statutes as violating the 14th Amendment. Virginia , the court did find the statute unconstitutional. James Buckley of New York. Valeo ,” Bolton told The New York Times.

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Cannon Fodder: The Media Piles on Federal Judge After Lionizing Manhattan Judge

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the New York Post on the vicious attacks being directed at Judge Aileen Cannon as she addresses pre-trial motions in the Florida prosecution of former president Donald Trump. Attorneys be appointed under statute or nominated by the president (and confirmed by the Senate). and Dianne Feinstein (D-Cal.).

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The Ghost of John Adams: How the Trump Trial Harkens Back to a Dark Period of American Law

JonathanTurley

Below is a slightly expanded version of my column in the New York Post on the verdict in the Trump trial. The Manhattan case, in my view, was a raw political use of the criminal justice system. The charges were built on a dead misdemeanor barred with the passage of the statute of limitations. We are better than this.

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