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US Supreme Court refuses to reinstate a Florida law targeting drag shows

JURIST

.” Anyone found to be in violation fo the law would be charged with a misdemeanor. Hamburger Mary also claimed that the law violated of the US Constitution’s First Amendment and that the statute was too vague to be properly enforced.

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Missouri Court: Mark McCloskey Pardoned But Still Guilty

JonathanTurley

Mark McCloskey later pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors to end the case, but was then granted a pardon. The department denied Guastello’s application for another liquor license based on the statute’s mandate that no person convicted of a liquor law violation could receive a liquor license. Stephenson (Mo.

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“The Whole Enchilada”: Pundits Wrongly Claim the Mar-a-Lago Raid Could Disqualify Trump from Future Office

JonathanTurley

Yet, Berger was allowed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor and did not have to serve any jail time. However, critics were not particularly interested in whether Trump might have some suspended misdemeanor sentence. Elias was not alone citing the possible use of a Section 2071 charge to block Trump’s expected presidential run in 2024.

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A Criminal Case Fifty Years In The Making

The Crime Report

Turns out the payments of hush money to at least two women—misdemeanor offenses—were not really what these indictments were all about. Ergo, there were no misdemeanor charges, only first-degree felonies. I believe that all these cases if prosecuted pose serious threats to the viability of Trump’s presumed GOP candidacy for 2024.

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The Trump Trial in Manhattan is an Indictment of the New York Legal System

JonathanTurley

No one seriously believes that Alvin Bragg would have spent this time and money to prosecute what is ordinarily a state misdemeanor if the defendant was anyone other than Trump. Lawyers have been scouring the civil and criminal codes for any basis to sue or prosecute Trump before the upcoming 2024 election. Dunne and Mark F.

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Alvin Bragg has his Trump trial, All he Needs Now is a Crime

JonathanTurley

This law states “Any two or more persons who conspire to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office by unlawful means and which conspiracy is acted upon by one or more of the parties thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.”

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It’s Moving, It’s Alive! Alvin Bragg Prepares the Ultimate Frankenstein Indictment

JonathanTurley

He is reportedly going to convert a misdemeanor for falsifying financial records into a prosecution of a federal crime. There are serious challenges to this prosecution, including an argument that time has expired under the statute of limitations. Bragg is combining parts from both state and federal codes.