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Q&A With Elena Kohn: Balancing the Fundamentals

Attorney at Work

Attorney at Work’s “Women in Law” series focuses on successful women lawyers who have carved a path for themselves in the legal industry and beyond. Associate Regional Chief Legal Officer. Tampa, Florida. Stetson University College of Law, J.D. How did you get started in the legal profession? Elena Kohn.

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“A Sad Day”: How the Colorado Disqualification Case is Bringing Back Some Bad Memories for the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

Bush, criticizing the Florida Supreme Court’s decision during the 2000 election. Supreme Court, when it stopped the recount ordered by the four Florida justices and effectively called the election for Bush. justices as being, in the words of law professor Cass Sunstein, “ illegitimate, undemocratic, and unprincipled.”

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

JonathanTurley

It is a curious call for a governor to make after he ran ads in Florida calling on people to “join us in California.” California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” First, let’s look at the law. Gavin Newsom (D.,

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The Guardians of Democracy: Democrats Move to Protect Democracy from Itself

JonathanTurley

This week, the Executive Committee of the Florida Democratic Democracy told voters that they would not be allowed to vote against Biden. Under Florida law, if the party approves only one name, there will be no primary ballots at all. I have long criticized this theory as legally and historically unfounded.

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The Rise of Gotcha Legislation: Newsom and DeSantis are Legislating Soundbites and Voters are Loving it.

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Hill on the recent bills proposed in Florida and California on immigration and guns. The bills are the latest examples of “gotcha legislation,” though the Florida bill could raise some interesting legal questions if Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Florida Gov. Newsom’s gun ‘heartbeat’ law.

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Child 3930: The Implausible and Wonderful Life of Tom Buergenthal

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Messenger on the passing of one of the greatest figures in human rights law, my former colleague Tom Buergenthal. Tom will be laid to rest this afternoon in Florida. Tom would make it with his mother to the United States and ultimately studied law, with a J.D. What followed next was even less plausible.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

SCOTUSBlog

In 1973, Beckwith was a recent graduate of law school and was working as a political reporter for TIME magazine. During an illustrious career as a constitutional law scholar and a top Supreme Court advocate, Walter Dellinger argued 24 times before the court, including in some of the biggest cases of the past 30 years.

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