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SCOTUS to Clarify Standard for Determining Whether True Threat Exception Applies

Constitutional Law Reporter

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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Sioux Tribe Imposes Language Criterion For Priority Vaccinations

JonathanTurley

There is a controversy developing in North and South Dakota where The Standing Rock Sioux tribe is prioritizing speakers of its native languages for its COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Federal and state laws do apply on Indian reservations despite their status as self-regulating states. In Lyng v.

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“Be Aggressive and Go All the Way”: Abortion Could be Headed Back to the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

In the law, the adjustment can take years, as collateral doctrines and applications shake out along new fault lines. Wade as federal law.” That last line may give Texas and other states the strongest claims for legal standing to challenge the law. For example, South Dakota Gov. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

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Amendments by Acclamation: Democrats Move to Simply Declare the Equal Rights Amendment as Ratified

JonathanTurley

They have sought to negate state election laws and impose their own federal election standards on states. Before and after the ERA was passed by Congress in 1972, a variety of state and federal laws have been passed to enforce prohibitions on discrimination on the basis for gender and enforce equality rules in pay, promotions and programs.

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Are Runoffs Racist? The Media Coverage Ignores the Democratic Purpose of Runoffs

JonathanTurley

President Joe Biden amplified that view earlier by wrongly and repeatedly claiming Georgia’s election laws are “Jim Crow on steroids.” So a law originally aimed at disenfranchising Black voters is the reason this runoff rule even exists.” However, congressional races are subject to state laws like Georgia’s.

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What to Expect in a Post-Roe World

JonathanTurley

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. Below is my Hill column on what to expect in a post-Roe world.

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