JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The lawsuit strikes me as meritless under governing tort doctrines. Torts cases of defamation often turn common understanding of such expression as jokes or opinion. The lawsuit not only contradicts governing case law but threatens constitutional protections for free speech and the free press in seeking such tort relief.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. For Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. Congress recognized the threat that tort-based lawsuits pose to freedom of speech in the new and burgeoning Internet medium. Craigslist, Inc. ,

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 29, 2022

We discussed today another free speech controversy at University of Illinois (Urbana Champaign) over the student government seeking to bar former Attorney General Jeff Sessions from campus. Kilborn wrote a Civil Procedure exam based on an employment discrimination hypothetical.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 23, 2021

” What is most interesting about this lawsuit is how it is arguably meritless under both tort and constitutional law. This is a classic example where opinion is protected under tort and constitutional law. Trump could argue truth as a defense and fall back on opinion is needed in any litigation.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Here is the column: From academia to corporations to the government, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies have expanded exponentially in the last 10 years. Law schools are also facing controversial mandates. I also teach critical race theory, alongside other legal theories to my first-year torts students.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 10, 2024

Despite decades of controversial cabinet members accused of flaunting the law or abusing their positions, Congress has only crossed this Rubicon once. Indeed, even under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) which holds the government liable for civil damages, there is a discretionary function exception codified under 28 U.S.C.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 21, 2021

Even law professors have succumbed to this low-grade form of debate. Parliament can pass a resolution stating “That this House has no confidence in Her Majesty’s Government.” If the existing members of parliament can’t form a new government in 14 days, the entire legislative body is dissolved pending a general election.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 31, 2021

As someone who has taught defamation torts for thirty years, the Trump Administration has been a bonanza of such cases and controversies. I regularly criticized Donald Trump for his calls to change defamation laws. The Lincoln Project is the latest example. This includes work that was previously discussed as potentially defamatory.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 25, 2021

Here is the column: There are times when being a law professor ruins everything. Or you watch a football game with friends and try to explain that the cameraman wiped out by the running back would have a great torts case. It will be a fun bit of trivia for constitutional law geeks, but it was also telling.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 17, 2021

Harry and his American wife Meghan Markle have attacked media rights in England and succeeded under the laws of the United Kingdom. The British media are subject to harsh laws giving the government far greater powers to control or punish publications. However, it is actually far more serious than that. For example, in Sidis v.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 15, 2023

They then watched from a safe distance as extensive property damage occurred and violent crime spiked in the absence of any law enforcement. ” That block party is now the subject of this lawsuit and it could come down to what is considered discretionary decisions by government officials.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Here is the column: For those of us who teach torts, we are living in the golden age of defamation. The court believed that public officials have ample means to rebut false statements, but that it’s essential for democracy for voters and reporters to be able to challenge government officials. Why punish private citizens?

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 27, 2021

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. This is precisely the environment in which the opinion was written and he is precisely the type of plaintiff that the opinion was meant to deter.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Below is my column in the Hill on New York’s latest gun control measure — and the latest challenge to a New York law. The gun nuisance law is the latest in a long line of mistakes by New York. An example is the recent New York public nuisance law seeking to make gun manufacturers liable for gun crime.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 26, 2022

Parliament can pass a resolution stating “That this House has no confidence in Her Majesty’s Government.” If the existing members of parliament can’t form a new government in 14 days, the entire legislative body is dissolved pending a general election. Such discretionary judgments are protected for even low level federal officials.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Now, Harvard Law Professor and Bloomberg columnist has added a Trump-like call for the use of defamation lawsuit to combat “fake news.” Sullivan, sued for defamation and won under Alabama law. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The 41-page lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages for emotional distress and violation of state law for distribution of intimate personal material without Hill’s consent, against defendants Salem Media Group Inc., Sullivan have long limited tort law where it would undermine the first amendment. Mail Media, Inc.,

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 14, 2022

Depp earlier tried to sued a newspaper in England where the libel laws are far more favorable to those claiming defamation. Most of us recognize the value of a higher standard to protect citizens in criticizing government officials. He still lost and the judge declared that the Sun published was “substantially true.”

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 24, 2022

Your activities resulted in the unlawful destruction of government property, the death of a law enforcement officer, an assault on the certification of the presidential election. Baldwin, however, took the issue public and seemed to taunt Roice that he would make her infamous: “I don’t think so. I reposted your photo.

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