Depositions Felony Legal 
Broadcast Law Blog
MAY 16, 2019
While many states claim to have legalized marijuana, either for medical or recreational purposes, the Federal government still considers its possession a felony , and has specific laws that criminalize the use of radio frequencies, the Internet, and publications to promote its use. The slides from my presentation are available here.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Below is my Fox.com column on the upcoming deposition of Hunter Biden and the speculation on which Hunter will appear: the business genius, the blacked-out junkie, or the hunted son. Most recently, the “ Dark Biden ” emerged as his legal team pledged to attack witnesses and critics against him. Hunter the Hunted.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JULY 6, 2017
The majority responded to this latter point by saying that “[t]he dissent’s view is akin to saying that incurring a debt has legal consequences, but forgiving one does not. What is disputed is whether it is just or legal to convict Ward of felony crimes for acting peacefully and responsibly to prevent greater harm to the climate.”
The Crime Report
JUNE 22, 2022
Crane , a 7-2 ruling announced in 2002 that denied requiring a set legal standard for determining “behavioral abnormality” in civil commitment proceedings, the High Court in effect created a purgatory for persons who have served their sentences but are subject to indefinite detention based on fears that they are a danger to the public.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 18, 2023
It was an act of legal self-immolation as the president’s son engaged in flagrant contempt of Congress, a federal crime. All Hunter had to do was walk into the building behind him to appear in the deposition and plead the 5th Amendment to refuse to testify, as others have done. The only option he did not have was to refuse to appear.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 17, 2023
Yet, there he was, with counsel Abbe Lowell by his side, holding forth with a public press conference while refusing to appear in the closed-door deposition being held in the building behind him. In holding this spectacle, Biden and his legal team committed another unforced error. Hunter can now be held in contempt of Congress.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 11, 2024
That alone will be an historic moment for Congress to declare that the son of a sitting president may have committed a federal felony. They are expected to unanimously oppose holding Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress despite his flagrant violation of a subpoena to appear for a standard closed deposition. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
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