Constitutional Law Court Rules Florida Legal 
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 14, 2024
In Florida, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle has ruled that the federal law prohibiting people from possessing firearms inside post offices is unconstitutional. The ruling is based on 2022 Supreme Court ruling New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 17, 2021
Below is my column in The Hill on the recent bills proposed in Florida and California on immigration and guns. The bills are the latest examples of “gotcha legislation,” though the Florida bill could raise some interesting legal questions if Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Florida Gov. Newsom’s gun ‘heartbeat’ law.
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JonathanTurley
AUGUST 27, 2021
While most Administrations tend to minimize such test cases to avoid creating bad precedent, the Biden Administration has litigated with an utter abandon — elevating political over legal considerations in litigation. In the prior decision, the Court ruled 5-4 decision in Alabama Association of Realtors v. Now it has.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 31, 2022
In court papers, she was identified only as “L.C.”. Four years later, her case reached the Supreme Court. In a 6-3 opinion by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the court ruled in Olmstead v. In 1948, Cecilia “Cissy” Suyat took a job as a legal secretary at the NAACP in New York City. Board of Education. Circuit in 1989.
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 7, 2022
In their appeal to the justices, the legislators relied on the independent-state-legislature theory, which rests on the idea that two clauses in the Constitution give state legislatures the power to regulate federal elections in their states. The Supreme Court is no stranger to the theory.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 9, 2022
Biden admitted that his White House counsel and their preferred legal experts told him that the move was likely unconstitutional. Despite the pledge to return to a respect for the “rule of law,” Biden openly suggested that they could use the litigation to get as much money out the door as possible before being barred by the courts.
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 19, 2021
Now this lack of any limits has allowed a president to pledge that he will pay the salaries of any teachers who knowingly violate their contracts and state law. Before we get to the legal and constitutional issues, Biden failed to put any practical limits on his pledge. In Florida, Gov.
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