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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

JonathanTurley

While there is a fair debate over the policy of relocation by states like Texas and Florida, the effort to use the criminal process as part of that political debate is … well, pathetic. First, let’s look at the law. The reason is that these claims are made for cable news, not courts of law.

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“The Framers Weren’t Perfect, but They Weren’t Fools”: Biden Administration Loses Another Gun Rights Case

JonathanTurley

District Judge David Counts in Midland, Texas also struck down a firearms law that banned individuals under felony indictment from buying guns. Notably, this court also relies on Barrett’s dissent in Kanter v. Barr , 919 F.3d 3d 437, 451–53 (7th Cir. 2019) (Barrett, J., dissenting). In September, U.S.

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