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. The Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. The court acknowledged that “[s]ocial media magnify the potential for a speaker’s innocent words to be misunderstood.”
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 3, 2021
There is a controversy developing in North and South Dakota where The Standing Rock Sioux tribe is prioritizing speakers of its native languages for its COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Mayes (1896) where the Court declined to apply individual rights protections to a tribal proceeding. Conversely, in Morton v.
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JonathanTurley
JULY 18, 2022
Here is the column: Throughout its history, the Supreme Court has overturned long-standing precedents, as it did recently in Dobbs v. As intended by the court , much of the debate over abortion will now fall on citizens to decide in the democratic process. For example, South Dakota Gov.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 11, 2022
However, these Democrats insist that a unilateral decision from Ferriero declaring it ratified would mean it is ratified … at least until some courts say otherwise. Democratic members and advocacy groups have pushed to pack the Supreme Court with an instant liberal majority. But it fell short of that constitutional threshold.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 27, 2022
Jackson Women’s Health Organization, six Supreme Court justices noted that the nation was grappling with this deeply divisive issue in 1973 but that “Roe abruptly ended that political process.” The court has now declared that the future of abortion will rest with 330 million Americans rather than nine justices. How much has changed.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
A federal court found a non-racial purpose in the law to require a majority-supported election as a “bedrock ingredient of democratic political philosophy.” That part of the opinion was upheld by the appellate court , though the court was reversed on other grounds.
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