JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 12, 2021

See Jonathan Turley, Too Clever By Half: The Partial Representation of the District of Columbia in the House of Representatives , 76 George Washington University Law Review 305 -374 (2008). One of the briefs written in support of the district in the recent litigation was from constitutional scholars, including my colleague Alan B.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The government presented no such evidence at Jones’s trial – under the law at the time, it didn’t have to in order to sustain a conviction – and although he had 11 prior felony convictions, Jones testified that he believed his record had been expunged. There is no provision for new rules of statutory interpretation.

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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

JANUARY 3, 2022

After Dobbs was accepted, advocates sought to enjoin a Texas law that banned abortion after just six weeks. The court ruled 5-4 to allow the Texas law to be enforced. The Biden administration and other litigants then forced a reconsideration of that decision. Bruen is a virtual heart attack for gun control advocates.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 13, 2023

That may now occur in West Virginia where Attorney General Patrick Morrisey wants a federal court to throw out a lawsuit attempting to remove Donald Trump from the ballot in the state. In addition to some exaggerated claims of precedent , I view the theory as one of the most dangerous in my lifetime. 20, 2023, 2:17 PM), [link].

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The former law professor saw little problem with a president giving away hundreds of billions of dollars. As was the case under President Obama when he circumvented Congress, Warren and others are celebrating their own constitutional obsolescence. In West Virginia v. Even House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 27, 2022

That world is already taking shape with states crafting their laws reflecting the values of their citizens from Colorado passing a law protecting the right to abortion up to the moment of birth to Louisiana banning all abortions except in limited circumstances. In Virginia, Gov. Thus, we remain deeply divided.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 22, 2022

We have already seen successful litigation challenging mandatory pronoun usage, including the recent litigation involving a teacher in Loudoun County , Virginia. The use of such a guide by a state school would raise serious First Amendment issues.

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LexForti

JULY 26, 2021

In another more recent case, a complaint was launched against actor Amitabh Bachchan for singing the national anthem for 1 min 22 sec instead of the 52 seconds as prescribed by our law. But they are not laws. Asian countries including Singapore and Malaysia have their own specific national anthem law.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 148.

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