Attorney Constitutional Law Criminal Law Statute 
JonathanTurley
MAY 12, 2021
” The language of the statute in my view is unconstitutional due to its sweeping criminalization of any “curse or abuse” that could “provoke a breach of the peace.” ” However, the appellate panel corrected noted that such laws are narrowly construed in light of controlling precedent. .”
JonathanTurley
JUNE 30, 2021
Kevin Steele, the Montgomery County district attorney who convicted Cosby, issued a statement that was embarrassing in its evasion of responsibility. Roughly 30 states and the District of Columbia have statutes allowing for recovery for wrongful convictions and imprisonment. Pennsylvania is not one of them (which is quite surprising).
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JonathanTurley
MAY 19, 2021
One of the greatest threats to free speech is the chilling effect caused by ambiguous or vague standards like the one contained in this statute. Most concerning is the call for European style speech limits in this country. Free speech demands bright lines.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
The court clearly views this prosecution as brought in bad faith, as claimed by Netflix: Section 43.25 [under which Netflix is prosecuted] is a child pornography statute, but the Court is unconvinced that Cuties contains child pornography. 3d 874, 880 (5th Cir. 2018) (quoting Younger, 401 U.S. Here is the opinion: Netflix, Inc.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 26, 2024
Roberts read its statement that “a former president can be prosecuted for his official acts because the fact of the prosecution means that the former president has acted in defiance of the laws” and noted it sounds like “a former president can be prosecuted because he is being prosecuted.”
JonathanTurley
JUNE 9, 2023
to be charged criminally for transporting 36 people to Sacramento. California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, announced that she was taking a look, “long and hard,” at potential charges.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 15, 2021
He argues that the court is allowed to take “judicial notice” of the agreement in light of the fact that it has been used previously in court, including the voluntary dismissal of her battery claims against Epstein’s former attorney, Alan Dershowitz in a parallel case. See Giuffre v. Dershowitz , No. 19-cv-03377-LAP (S.D.N.Y.
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