Criminal Law Tort Washington 
The Crime Report
JUNE 27, 2022
For the sake of civilian safety, police must intervene if they see misconduct by colleagues,, according to a forthcoming paper in the George Washington Law Review. Kaufman writes that Congress and state legislatures should enact criminal laws mandating a “duty to intervene” in their colleagues’ misuse of force.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Generally there is no duty to rescue or to call police under the common law. For example, Washington state allows for the charging of a misdemeanor. The law covers violent crimes, sexual assault, and assault of a child. In torts, there is no duty to rescue rule. Cf: Restatement, Torts, § 322. French, 104 Pa.
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SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Ferguson involves a First Amendment challenge to Washington state’s law prohibiting “conversion therapy,” the practice of seeking to change a gay or transgender person’s sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling. King sued them under the Federal Tort Claims Act and under Bivens v. ” (relisted after the Sept.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 21, 2021
Public nuisance was originally addressed in England by criminal laws against such offenses as obstructing “the King’s highways.” Yet the torts system has an elaborate and well-functioning system of product liability. Mr. Turley is a law professor at George Washington University.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 1, 2024
If true, this would seem a major story in using criminal laws to police parodies. While this may seem biased in favor of our common law system, the controversy over his meme shows why (in my view) such systems are better suited for resolving such controversies. Yet, there remains virtually no coverage.
JonathanTurley
MAY 3, 2021
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. If Seattle gets chopped in court, it will be due not to a failure of government but to a failure to govern. You can find his updates online @JonathanTurley.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). Indeed, the torts and crimes recorded this year seem painfully reminiscent of this loathsome year. For example, in Weirum v.
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