Constitutional Law Reporter

JUNE 29, 2021

Former Georgia police sergeant Nathan Van Buren used his patrol-car computer to access a law enforcement database to retrieve information about a particular license plate number in exchange for money. The post SCOTUS Adopts Narrow Interpretation of Computer Fraud Act appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

She subsequently reported Counterman to law enforcement. Law enforcement arrested Counterman on May 12, 2016, and charged him one count of stalking (credible threat), section 18-3-602(1)(b) ; one count of stalking (serious emotional distress), section 18-3-602(1)(c) ; and one count of harassment, section 18-9-111(1)(e), C.R.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 27, 2022

Saul Cornell is the Paul and Diane Guenther chair in American history at Fordham University and adjunct professor of law at Fordham Law School. It is particularly noteworthy that Justice Stephen Breyer called out his colleagues for engaging in the most rank form of law-office history in his dissent.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Realtor associations and rental property managers in Alabama and Georgia sued to enjoin the CDC’s moratorium. Nonetheless, the court concluded that its hands were tied by the law of the case, in light of the D.C. The post US Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Eviction Ban appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JANUARY 3, 2022

Patel checked a box on a Georgia driver’s license application erroneously identifying himself as a U.S. citizen for a benefit under state law. citizen for a benefit under state law. The post SCOTUS Ends December Sitting With Potential First Amendment Blockbuster appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

I remember spending weeks up in north Georgia in a warehouse with traffic lights so that the semis didn’t run you over if you were crossing INSIDE the warehouse. And I learned a lot about an area of law that I had never been exposed to, and never would have been exposed to, without that pro bono opportunity. Every few weeks.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 22, 2022

In the past 20 years, the court has announced substantive constitutional law, pleading requirements, and timeliness rules that make it harder to win such arguments. 1983 , the iconic civil rights statute permitting plaintiffs (including prisoners) to sue state officers for infringing constitutional rights.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Graham after Graham invoked the clause to decline to testify on the Georgia allegations of election interference. While he can try to raise other privileges, Smith can seek his testimony on the non-legislative matters. That distinction was drawn in Fulton County v.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 4, 2023

the University of North Carolina between Justice Amy Coney Barrett and David Hinojosa is the director of the Educational Opportunities Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: JUSTICE BARRETT: One question. from George Washington University, two degrees from Georgia State University, and her B.A. ”

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MAY 17, 2022

Ward : The case challenges Georgia’s sole statutorily authorized method of execution, lethal injection. 1983 bringing an as-applied challenge to Georgia’s sole statutorily authorized method of execution, lethal injection. In Bucklew v. Precythe , 139 S. ” Petitioner filed suit under 42 U.S.C.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 1, 2021

The suit was brough by former students at Georgia Gwinnett College who wished to exercise their religion by sharing their faith on campus while enrolled there. The post SCOTUS Rules Students Have Standing to Bring Free Speech Suit appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. Facts of the Case.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 25, 2021

We have been discussing the state laws requiring contractors and employees to swear that they do not support the the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (“BDS”) movement against Israel. I have long maintained that the law is unconstitutional as a limitation of free speech and associational rights. 50-5-85(b). ” O.C.G.A.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 30, 2023

It is a continuation of his prior declarations that members of Congress opposing his election reforms to block state laws are voting with “ Jefferson Davis ” and the Confederacy. The claim was again historically and legally ridiculous even if one opposed these state laws.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 19, 2024

Below is my column in The Messenger on the unfolding Fani Willis scandal in Georgia. Wade has no experience in racketeering law, yet he reportedly was paid more than an expert on Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) cases. The Georgia case has a number of credible criminal charges against various defendants.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JUNE 9, 2022

1255 , which would have made Patel and his wife lawful permanent residents. The Eleventh Circuit held that it lacked jurisdiction to consider his claim, citing that Federal law prohibits judicial review of “any judgment regarding the granting of relief” under §1255. The Board of Immigration Appeals dismissed Patel’s appeal.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2022

From legendary lawyers to lesser-known activists, journalists, and plaintiffs, the following individuals who died in 2022 all shaped the court and the law in their own ways. In 1973, Beckwith was a recent graduate of law school and was working as a political reporter for TIME magazine. Read past years’ remembrances: 2021 , 2020.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

In the War of 1812, Sapelo Island in Georgia was defended against a British attack by a group of 80 slaves, including their leader Bilali Muhammad, who were mostly Muslim. While everyone shall sit safely under his own vine and fig-tree and there shall be none to make him afraid.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Below is my column in Fox.com on the recent decision finding the Georgia election law constitutional. That was the law widely denounced by President Joe Biden and other Democratic leaders as unconstitutional as a “new Jim Crow” law. This week, Jones found the law to be entirely constitutional.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 8, 2021

district court in Georgia became the fourth court to enjoin a Biden Administration vaccine mandate this week. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia granted a preliminary injunction in favor of the Associated Builders and Contractors, a national trade group that represents the construction industry.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 2, 2023

No one is above the law and if a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute it.”. was found to have misrepresented his military service , and Georgia Republican senatorial candidate Herschel Walker was accused of misrepresenting law enforcement and educational credentials. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.),

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 8, 2022

We recently discussed a federal court upholding the Georgia election law as constitutional, rejecting challenges based on voter suppression by a group associated with Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. However, Article V, Section 4A of the Delaware Constitution is explicit on those categories.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 7, 2021

Yesterday, Biden not only did not correct his false claims about the Georgia election law but doubled down that the law is a “Jim Crow law.” Biden is now saying that Georgia is a Jim Crow state with laws worse than the segregationist laws following the Civil War.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 30, 2023

Not only are defendants scattering, but some are seeking to go to federal court where the trial would not likely be televised, as the Georgia prosecutors reportedly want. They involve challenging questions over the scope of not just laws like the Hatch Act but the duties of federal officials like Meadows. In Washington, U.S.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 4, 2022

Madison in 1803, when the court ruled that it must be the final arbiter of what the law means. Until Marbury, there was an argument that Congress, not the court, could be the final arbiter of what the law says. That may have been the assumption of many, given our prior English system which allowed Parliament to interpret laws.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 5, 2021

Here is the column: As the fight over election reform heats up in Congress, the White House is ramping up the rhetoric, declaring that President Biden and Vice President Harris are “incensed by the anti-voter laws that are trampling on our constitutional principles.” You cannot protect one by negating the other. In McPherson v.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 13, 2022

San Francisco Regional Director Jill Coffman declared that the company is violating the rights of workers in 10 different states (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, Washington, Indiana, and California). In her consolidated complaint against Whole Foods Market, Inc.,

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman and other Democrats have filed a federal lawsuit to strike down parts of Pennsylvania’s election law after the state Supreme Court ruled that mail-in ballots with incorrect dates or no dates should not be counted.Fetterman is challenging the state law on constitutional and federal statutes.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

They have also ruled for him in other cases when the law was on his side. Even law professors have joined in calls for radical change. In an August New York Times column, “The Constitution Is Broken and Should Not Be Reclaimed,” law professors Ryan D. The Georgia Supreme Court yesterday upheld his ruling.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 15, 2023

Below is my column in The Messenger on the Georgia indictment. Here is the column from yesterday before the release of the indictment: “ Oh Georgia, no peace I find (no peace I find).” If indictments were treated like frequent flyer miles, Donald Trump would get the Georgia indictment for free.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 5, 2021

From the prosecution of Bill Cosby to a federal lawsuit against Georgia, courts are dealing with cases where government lawyers repeat the same implausible claims with the same unconvincing results. DA Steele is unapologetic and insists he was trying to show that “no one is above the law — including those who are rich, famous and powerful.”

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Brandon Hasbrouck is an assistant professor at Washington and Lee University School of Law, has written an article in The Nation calling for a new form of reparations based on voting. the outcomes in Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania were worryingly close.”. ” McCulloch v.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 24, 2022

On CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront, ” Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe declared that Trump can now be charged with the attempted murder of former Vice President Mike Pence “without any doubt, beyond a reasonable doubt, beyond any doubt, and the crimes are obvious.” He has been criticized for treating the law as endlessly malleable.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 1, 2021

The latest involves Chris Malone who was fired as the offensive line coach for The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga after he posted an insulting tweet about Georgia politician Stacey Abrams. We have been discussing disciplinary actions taken against faculty and students for statements made outside of their respective schools.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 11, 2023

In a rally in Georgia, Trump declared : “They’ve launched one witch hunt after another to try and stop our movement, to thwart the will of the American people. Jonathan Turley, an attorney, constitutional law scholar and legal analyst, is the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Below is my column in the Hill on the Georgia runoff and how media stories have focused on the runoff as a racist invention. Indeed, with the mantra this election that “democracy is on the ballot,” one would think that both parties would support such runoffs not just in Georgia but throughout the country.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

(MSNBC/Screengrab via YouTube) Below is my column in the Hill on release of the final report of the Special Purpose Grand Jury in Georgia. According to Schiff, Graham calling Georgia officials about the counting or discarding of votes was enough to justify a criminal charge. However, Rep. Adam Schiff (D., insisted that Sen.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 28, 2023

Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld critical provisions in Florida election law reforms, including provisions that Democratic politicians and pundits spent years misrepresenting as “a return to Jim Crow.” The voting reforms were signed into law in 2021 by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis.

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