SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 15, 2021

District of Columbia v. Raymond Holloway cannot possess firearms because of a misdemeanor conviction for driving under the influence. Issue : Whether a lifetime firearms prohibition based on a nonviolent misdemeanor conviction violates the Second Amendment. In Facebook v. Rosen and Folajtar v. Holloway v. Rolls-Royce PLC.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 25, 2022

Fourteen years earlier, the court’s modern jurisprudence on guns began with the decision in District of Columbia v. District of Columbia Concealed Pistol Licensing Review Board , Whitaker asks the justices to review two aspects of the appeals court’s dismissal. District of Columbia Concealed Pistol Licensing Review Board.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 25, 2022

One of the high points of last year is the fact that lawmakers in 40 states, the District of Columbia, and the federal government all collectively enacted 151 legislative bills that took action to restore rights and opportunities to people with an arrest or conviction record. Key Reforms from 2021.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 2, 2023

this would more likely constitute a criminal misdemeanor. In Bowman’s case, the criminal act is captured on videotape, but it is also likely a misdemeanor. It could be a crime. If it were intended to disrupt the congressional proceedings, it could be treated as a felony. Various Republicans want to see Rep.

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The Crime Report

JULY 12, 2023

The Council of the District of Columbia has approved an emergency public safety bill aimed at addressing the increase in violent crime and homicides in Washington, D.C., Martin Austermuhle reports for DCIst.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 27, 2022

In district court, Georgia corrections admitted that its policy substantially burdened Smith’s religious exercise, but it argued that various safety and security concerns justified its refusal to allow beards of any greater length.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Some states and tribes also restrict firearm possession by adjudicated domestic abusers, and many have more expansive laws , covering a larger category of relationships, including conduct such as intimate partner stalking misdemeanor convictions, or restricting firearms access for respondents to ex parte protective orders.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. One of the things I’m very proud of is the work that we did [at John Jay College] through the Misdemeanor Justice Project. Throughout his career, Travis has worked closely with a broad range of luminaries, including New York City Mayor Edward Koch, Sen.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

While CAP laws have been enacted in 29 states and the District of Columbia, the trigger for liability varies from state to state. In most states, violating the CAP law is a misdemeanor. A misdemeanor is a slap on the wrist. Do we take this law from a misdemeanor charge to a felony charge?

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Above The Law

APRIL 28, 2025

“As a nonprofit corporation, which is incorporated in the District of Columbia, the Wikimedia Foundation is subject to specific legal obligations and fiduciary duties consistent with its tax-exempt status,” he announced. Or swearing fealty to DOGE.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 11, 2024

That included the case of Daniel Goodwyn , who pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count of entering and remaining in a restricted building. Walton of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia decided that he would use the case to regulate what Goodwyn was reading and communicating with a chilling probation order.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 28, 2024

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied Bannon’s motion for release pending appeal. The statute under which he was convicted makes it a misdemeanor to “willfully” fail to respond to a subpoena. “It On June 20 a divided three-judge panel of the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

After the riot, District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine was widely praised when he announced that he was considering arresting Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Threatening or intimidating pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 1 or 2 is a class 1 misdemeanor, except that it is a class 6 felony if: 1. Rudy Giuliani, and U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Miller was charged with assaulting Capitol police, a felony, and disorderly conduct inside the Capitol building, a misdemeanor. A federal district court in Washington agreed and dismissed the obstruction charges. Garrett Miller was one of thousands of Trump supporters arrested in the aftermath of Jan. But the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

The federal district court for the District of Columbia concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider an action challenging President Trump’s Executive Order on “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs” because the plaintiffs had failed to establish that they had standing to sue.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in federal district court in the District of Columbia requesting that the court order the U.S. May 5, 2021). Lawsuit Sought Protection for 10 Species Under Endangered Species Act. Fish and Wildlife Service to publish proposed rules to list 10 species as endangered or threatened.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 13, 2025

New Jersey , filed in Massachusetts by a group of 18 states, the District of Columbia, and San Francisco. But in this case, Alito wrote, the district judges order functions as a universal injunction defying these foundational limits on equitable jurisdiction. Washington , filed in Seattle by a group of four states; and Trump v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

On July 8, 2021, a jury in Minnesota state court found four activists guilty of aiding and abetting fourth degree criminal damage to property, a misdemeanor offense. “Valve Turner” Defendants Convicted of Aiding and Abetting Criminal Damage to Property. On July 30, 2021, the U.S.

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