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Could The Arrest of FBI Agent Undermine The Whitmer Kidnapping Case?

JonathanTurley

While the government can encourage criminal conspirators, the courts ask whether the offense was induced by a government agent and whether “the defendant was disposed to commit the criminal act prior to first being approached by Government agents.” Writing for the 5-4 majority, Justice Bryon White ruled that. In Jacobson v.

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Amendments by Acclamation: Democrats Move to Simply Declare the Equal Rights Amendment as Ratified

JonathanTurley

Democratic members and advocacy groups have pushed to pack the Supreme Court with an instant liberal majority. They have sought to negate state election laws and impose their own federal election standards on states. But it fell short of that constitutional threshold. In 1981, a federal district court ruled in Idaho v.

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