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MAY 24, 2024

Finally, there is a lengthy list of particular models that fall within the scope of the statute, notably all “AK” weapons (modeled after the Russian AK-47) and all “AR” weapons (those modeled after the AR-15). Heller and [ New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. 22 caliber rimfire ammunition).

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APRIL 24, 2024

Below is an expanded version of my column in the New York Post on the start of the Trump trial and much awaited explanation of District Attorney Alvin Bragg on the underlying alleged criminal conduct. The Trump cases have highlighted a couple of New York’s absurdly ambiguous laws.

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MARCH 22, 2023

C-Span/YouTube Screenshot Below is my column in USA Today on the expected indictment of former President Donald Trump and the prospect of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg putting Michael Cohen on the stand as his star witness. Michael Cohen worked for Trump The star witness is one of the most repellent figures in New York.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Felony drug distribution carried a maximum sentence of 30 years and a fine up to $500,000 when I practiced as a prosecutor in DC. If local and federal prosecutors don’t apply the law’s statutes precisely — within the spirit of the law — I believe that’s exactly what we will see. Let’s look at the federal “felon in possession” statute.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 11, 2022

Starr County, Texas district attorney Gocha Allen Ramirez, has dismissed the murder charge levied against Lizelle Herrera for having a “self-induced abortion,” saying that it was clear that she did not commit a criminal act under state law, reports the New York Times.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 2, 2023

Below is my column in the New York Post on the level of joy being expressed by many over the indictment of former president Donald Trump, including former FBI Director James Comey. Yet now Comey is heralding the effort of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg , who campaigned on a pledge of bagging Trump for some unspecified crime.

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The Crime Report

MAY 16, 2022

In 2019, New York passed a bill eliminating both cash bail for most misdemeanors and non-violent felony offenses and judges’ discretion in setting bail amounts in those cases. In the last 17 months, 20 people have died in New York’s notorious jail facility on Rikers Island, the majority of whom were pre-trial detainees.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 27, 2024

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg appears to be launching his own school of abstract legal work in the Trump indictment. For many of us, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has created a new school of abstract law where there is no need for objective meaning. The key is to avoid any objective meaning.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 28, 2024

Below is my column in the New York Post on the closing arguments scheduled for today in the trial of former President Donald Trump. There is still debate among legal experts as to the specific crime that District Attorney Alvin Bragg is alleging. However, that was the failure of Cohen, who was later disbarred as an attorney.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

C-Span/YouTube Screenshot Below is my column on Fox.com on the new allegations of perjury by Michael Cohen after his testimony in the New York fraud trial of his former client Donald Trump. ” When read that answer in New York by defense counsel, Cohen admitted that he was not being “honest” with Congress.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 24, 2022

A Supreme Court decision Thursday upending a century-old New York State gun licensing restriction has been called a major blow to state gun control interventions across the country. The Court released its opinion in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (NYSRPA) v. New York Gov. It’s reprehensible.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 8, 2024

Below is my column in the New York Post on the recent rebuke of the Justice Department by a federal judge in a hearing on the refusal to comply with House subpoenas in the Biden corruption investigation. I imagine that there are hundreds, if not thousands of defense attorneys. Menendez despite the underlying similarities.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 20, 2023

I have been critical of the indictment, which is reportedly based on a highly dubious use of a New York misdemeanor charge to revise a long dormant federal election law charge. But the New York case would be easily dismissed outside of a jurisdiction like New York, where Bragg can count on highly motivated judges and jurors.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 21, 2023

Below is my column in the New York Post on the expected indictment against former President Donald Trump. The scene from the 1931 movie “Frankenstein” came to mind this week as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg prepared an indictment of former President Donald Trump. Here is the column: “It’s moving. It’s alive.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 7, 2023

Given Bragg’s failure to even state the key offense allowing him to bring these 34 felonies, Merchan should have scheduled a hearing on the threshold legal questions in two weeks — not schedule all motions to be heard in December. It is not simply that the district attorney ran on a pledge to indict this defendant.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 12, 2023

Below is my column in the New York Post on the Trump indictment and why so many citizens have little interest in its content or charges. In April, Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg related to hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels prior to the 2016 election.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

New York Times columnist (and my former classmate at The University of Chicago) David Brooks said this week that the corruption scandal “merits an inquiry. For years, many of us argued that Attorney General Merrick Garland’s refusal to appoint a special counsel in the Biden corruption scandal was baffling.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Below is my column in the New York Post on the confirmation that Hunter Biden will finally appear before Congress on December 13th. If he is found to have lied, he can be charged with a criminal felony. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 8, 2022

The remaining 97 percent have been decided by plea bargain: an arrangement made between a prosecutor, defense attorney, judge, and the defendant under which an individual enters a guilty or no contest plea in exchange for a reduction in the level of a charge, a reduced number of charges, or the recommendation of a lighter sentence.

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JUNE 9, 2023

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, announced that she was taking a look, “long and hard,” at potential charges. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.)

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

The court said the statutory language authorized courts to grant stays and that EPA’s reading of the statute “would have the perverse result of empowering this court to act when the agency denies a stay but not when it chooses to grant one.” Allco Finance Ltd. Klee , Nos. 16-2946 & 16-2949 (2d Cir. June 28, 2017). 47641-0-II (Wash.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The federal district court for the District of South Dakota temporarily enjoined enforcement of provisions of a riot boosting statute enacted in South Dakota in 2019 in response to anticipated protests of the Keystone XL pipeline. New York Court Dismissed Challenge to Local Zoning Law that Restricted Development of Solar Facilities.

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MARCH 6, 2018

He had been convicted of misdemeanor trespass and felony criminal mischief and conspiracy to commit criminal mischief in October 2017. A second activist who filmed the action was convicted of felony conspiracy to commit criminal mischief and conspiracy trespass, a misdemeanor. City of New York v. 17-2445 (7th Cir.

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