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The Rise of Gotcha Legislation: Newsom and DeSantis are Legislating Soundbites and Voters are Loving it.

JonathanTurley

The bills are the latest examples of “gotcha legislation,” though the Florida bill could raise some interesting legal questions if Gov. Both proposals face serious legal challenges and likely could not survive as codified soundbites. Newsom’s gun ‘heartbeat’ law. Here is the column: California Gov.

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Project Veritas Wins Victory Against New York Times In Defamation Action

JonathanTurley

Sullivan, sued for defamation and won under Alabama law. Sullivan’s lawsuit was one of a number of civil actions brought under state laws that targeted Northern media covering the violence against freedom marchers. seven times. The Montgomery Public Safety commissioner, L. He was awarded $500,000 — a huge judgment for the time.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 148. FEATURED CASE. Biden , No. 3:21-cv-00065 (S.D. July 12, 2021). BP p.l.c. ,

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Justices decline to reinstate GOP-backed congressional voting maps in North Carolina, Pennsylvania

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Gore , the 2000 case that halted the recount in Florida in the presidential election, then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote a concurring opinion (joined by Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas) in which he explained that, in his view, the state court’s recount conflicted with the deadlines set by the state legislature for the election.

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Trumpunity: Sunstein Calls For Broader Use Of Defamation Lawsuit To Curtail “Fake News”

JonathanTurley

Sullivan, sued for defamation and won under Alabama law. Sullivan’s lawsuit was one of a number of civil actions brought under state laws that targeted Northern media covering the violence against freedom marchers. However, there are many such controversies with a mixed of legal, political, and technical elements.

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Our Crisis of Faith on Constitution Day

JonathanTurley

The Administration lost a number of unilateral moves by Biden on the basis of the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), a law requiring the government to consider objections and countervailing facts before making final decisions. In its 5-4 decision in Alabama Association of Realtors v. It should sound familiar.

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Trump’s Liability Or Opportunity? Two Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump Over Capitol Riot

JonathanTurley

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. Mike Lee instead of Alabama Sen.