2024 Constitutional Law Court Rules Legal 
Constitutional Law Reporter
APRIL 10, 2024
Freed , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that public officials may be held liable for their social media activity in certain circumstances. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed. The Sixth Circuit Court ruled that Freed was not liable because he maintained his Facebook page in his personal capacity.
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Yesterday, the Supreme Court granted review of the presidential immunity question, but set an expedited schedule for the review of the question with oral argument scheduled for April. ” As I mentioned last night in the coverage, legal scholars are hardly doing a conga line in celebration. Monday, April 15, 2024.
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JonathanTurley
APRIL 26, 2024
It has been almost 50 years since the high court ruled presidents have absolute immunity from civil lawsuits in Nixon v. The court held ex-President Richard Nixon had such immunity for acts taken “within the ‘outer perimeter’ of his official responsibility.” Fitzgerald. Yet in 1974’s United States v.
JonathanTurley
JULY 15, 2022
.” Ironically, it was the only part of the president’s remarks that is consistent with what the court actually said in its decision in Dobbs v. Wade, the court ruled that millions of citizens, not nine justices, must now decide the question of abortion. It would also unleash potential legal challenges.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 28, 2023
Supreme Court declines to take the case or otherwise affirms the Colorado Supreme Court ruling.” It could avoid a review by the Supreme Court by effectively mooting the case if the Supreme Court simply lets the clock run past January 5, 2024. Supreme Court. 5, 2024, unless the U.S.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 31, 2021
Eric Swalwell against former President Donald Trump as a serious miscalculation that could result in a legal vindication for Trump either on the trial or appellate levels. In my view, the lawsuit contravenes free speech as well as controlling case law from the Supreme Court. I recently wrote about the lawsuit by Rep.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 8, 2021
After all, an array of legal experts has insisted for months that this was clear criminal incitement, not an exercise of free speech. First, his lawsuit will force a court to determine if the defendants’ speeches were protected political speech. One might think this would be a lead-pipe cinch of a case.
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