JonathanTurley

JANUARY 3, 2024

justices as being, in the words of law professor Cass Sunstein, “ illegitimate, undemocratic, and unprincipled.” A Wisconsin challenge has been denied twice.) At the time, another rising star in Republican legal circles was getting her start as a young law firm associate. Then, it was the left condemning the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

In covering the motions hearing last week in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, I noted a surprising comment from Judge Bruce Schroeder that he had “spent hours” with the Wisconsin gun law and could not state with certainty what it means in this case. I have a legal education.”

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

One issue to watch is how Judge Bruce Schroeder handles the gun count, which is based on what I believe is a flawed legal interpretation by the prosecution. Here is the column: The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse increasingly seems like a legal version of the parable of the blind men and the elephant. Biased media viewers.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 22, 2021

.” Despite the obvious attack on free speech and associational rights, there has been little concern raised in the media or by legal experts. Police officers (and paramedics) should be able to make donations to legal funds without being harassed by the media or fired by their departments.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Most concerning is the litigation of legal claims that most legal experts viewed as unsustainable given recent Supreme Court precedent. However, Vilsack then proceeded to add the provision to the law while critics were denounced as effective racists. They lost as many of us predicted.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 21, 2021

What is notable is that such losses in the early days of the Trump Administration led to coverage declaring a war on the “rule of law” and even indications of authoritarianism. Yet, many previously outspoken legal experts have either blamed conservative judges or simply ignored the losses all together. Sound familiar?

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Penal Law § 400.00(2)(f) Lower courts have upheld the New York law, but there are ample constitutional concerns over its vague standard, such as showing that you are “of good moral character.” City of Chicago , the court ruled that this right applied against the states. 2)(f) that require a showing of “proper cause.”

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2022

Biden admitted that his White House counsel and their preferred legal experts told him that the move was likely unconstitutional. Despite the pledge to return to a respect for the “rule of law,” Biden openly suggested that they could use the litigation to get as much money out the door as possible before being barred by the courts.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 13, 2021

Milwaukee District Judge William Griesbach issued a temporary restraining order in Wisconsin halting Biden’s controversial $4 billion race-based federal relief program for farmers. While legislative counsel and some legal experts raised concerns over the constitutionality of the law, a trial court rejected the challenge.

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