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JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
It has been 65 years since Hawaii became a state, but the Hawaiian Supreme Court appears to be having second thoughts. In an extraordinary ruling, the unanimous Supreme Court rejected the holdings of the United States Supreme Court on the Second Amendment as inapplicable to the 50th state. On Wednesday, in State v.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 29, 2023
Now, a filing in the Supreme Court supporting censorship efforts by the Biden Administration has supplied a handy list of the anti-free speech states for citizens. Not surprisingly, the state of California is leading the effort to get the Supreme Court to reverse a decision enjoining the government from censorship efforts.
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JonathanTurley
JULY 6, 2023
Others are only focusing on the injunctive relief rather than the court’s finding that these states are substantially likely to prevail on the merits in showing that the government use social media companies as surrogates for censorship. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) as “Putin apologists.” ” Those words by Chief U.S.
Constitutional Law Reporter
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in Counterman v. 723 (2015), but ultimately decided the case before reaching the constitutional issue. She subsequently reported Counterman to law enforcement. The Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. The justices previously agreed to address the issue in Elonis v.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 31, 2022
Below is my column the the Hill on the early controversies over President Joe Biden’s first nomination for the Supreme Court. Hawaii) has made controversial comments over her desire to have the next nominee rely not just on the law but the nominee’s life experiences to reach the right result in court cases.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 25, 2022
captured the historic confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson , the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) agreed. Other questions, however, were related to the Court or her own approach to the law. Both controversies concern the Court’s internal functioning.
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Below is my column in the Hill on the expected fight over the Supreme Court seat to be vacated by Justice Stephen Breyer. The Democrats are calling for a confirmation process strikingly different from their own approach in the last three Supreme Court nominations. Yet one favorite is South Carolina District Court Judge J.
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