Constitutional Law Court Misdemeanor New York 
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 2, 2023
The New York Democrat was in front of the door without staffers and allegedly confused by the signs on it… So, he pulled a clearly marked fire alarm because he thought that that is how you open a door. this would more likely constitute a criminal misdemeanor. It could be a crime. Various Republicans want to see Rep.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 10, 2024
The hearings this week may reveal conduct that reaches the level of a high crime and misdemeanor. It is also true, in my opinion, that none of those things amount to high crimes and misdemeanors warranting his impeachment. If Mayorkas is violating federal law, he can be brought to court to enjoin his actions.
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JonathanTurley
JANUARY 8, 2022
.” He would make such comments a gross misdemeanor subject to incarceration. Such a criminal law would be ripe for abuse and would create a chilling effect that would be positively glacial. This country has a long history of election fraud from Tammany Hall in New York to the Daley machine in Chicago. In Lamont v.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Below is my column in the New York Post in response to the attack this week by Harvard Professor Laurence Tribe. Now even law deans have called Supreme Court justices “hacks” to the delight of their followers. Tribe often shows little patience for the niceties of constitutional law or tradition.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Generally there is no duty to rescue or to call police under the common law. For example, Washington state allows for the charging of a misdemeanor. The law covers violent crimes, sexual assault, and assault of a child. I am unaware of such a law in Pennsylvania, but these laws are rarely enforced. French, 104 Pa.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 1, 2024
The controversial law came up in oral arguments over the access to the abortion pill in the Supreme Court. The relevance of the Comstock Act to the issue of the availability of mifepristone is highly contested and unlikely to draw a majority on the Court. The repeal of the Comstock Act is long overdue.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 9, 2023
Many migrants are released soon after capture, including some without a hearing date or court dates that are years in the future. Moreover, it is not clear how transporting migrants who entered the country illegally to another state is a violation of law. The reason is that these claims are made for cable news, not courts of law.
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