JURIST

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The decree stated that misdemeanors and violations will be pardoned. This amnesty included crimes of desertion and misdemeanors. However, many Syrians who fled during the 2011 war as well as draft dodgers may still face prosecution upon return if they don’t turn themselves in.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2023

Such “redundancies are common in statutory drafting,” Kavanaugh wrote. In her dissent, Sotomayor warned that the majority’s approach allows the government to argue that myriad low-level misdemeanors as aggravated felonies, including purchasing a fake ID or failing to report a crime.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 3, 2021

Individuals charged with a felony or class A misdemeanor can ask for this hearing, unless they are accused of attacking a police officer. Virginia, and Connecticut, a version of a proposal drafted by Cynthia Lee, a law professor at George Washington University, has been adopted. In Washington, D.C.,

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The Crime Report

JULY 7, 2021

Additionally, stalking and street harassment were considered misdemeanors. Just last week the cabinet passed a draft law to allow anyone over 14 to legally change their gender without a medical diagnosis or hormone therapy. ”

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 10, 2024

It raised the crime for a first offender from a misdemeanor to a felony. The law was drafted by legislators who were motivated by the continuing swatting threats made against Greene. ” Georgia’s new swatting law just came into effect on July 1st.

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2021

The House drafted the Article on January 11, five days after the riots at the US Capitol building occurred. Nine managers of the House made a liturgical walk through the Capitol from the House to the Senate to deliver the article, thereby setting into motion the former president’s second impeachment trial.

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JURIST

AUGUST 19, 2024

An impeachment inquiry must be initiated by the House when it is “confronted with evidence that the President of the United States may have engaged in ‘Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.'”

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

” This year, there was a raging debate whether Eagles coach Doug Pederson was actually trying to win or just losing convincingly to secure a better draft pick. Trump will then be acquitted and Democrats will look to picking up new talent in the 2022 draft. In the NFL, it is called “tanking.” However, after Jan.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Since there is not even a requirement that a high crime and misdemeanor be an actual crime, few argue that there is a categorical bar on the use of speech for the basis of impeachment under the First Amendment. Constitutional rights and values are always relevant to an impeachment.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Calling the president’s actions “a grievous betrayal of his Oath of Office,” the memo, drafted by impeachment managers led by Maryland Rep. These actions, the memo asserts, are enough to show that Trump committed the high crimes and misdemeanors necessary to satisfy a Senate conviction.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 26, 2022

Instead, the House of Representatives would have to impeach and the Senate convict (by two-thirds vote) based on “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes or Misdemeanors.”. However, those judgments have not been deemed high crimes and misdemeanors. There would be no impulse-buy removals under the Constitution.

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