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SCOTUS to Clarify Standard for Determining Whether True Threat Exception Applies

Constitutional Law Reporter

When meeting with an attorney to determine what she could take to protect herself from Counterman, C.W. She subsequently reported Counterman to law enforcement. .” The post SCOTUS to Clarify Standard for Determining Whether True Threat Exception Applies appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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“The Spirit of Aloha”: The Hawaii Supreme Court Challenges the U.S. Supreme Court Over Gun Rights

JonathanTurley

It has been 65 years since Hawaii became a state, but the Hawaiian Supreme Court appears to be having second thoughts. Hawaii apparently is controlled not by the precedent of the Supreme Court but the “spirit of Aloha.” We hold that in Hawaii there is no state constitutional right to carry a firearm in public.”

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Are You in an Anti-Free Speech State? We Now Have The Definitive List

JonathanTurley

However, 23 Democrat-led states joined this ignoble effort in signing on to the brief of California Attorney General Rob Bonta. California has long sought to impose speech limits on doctors , businesses , and citizens to silence opposing viewpoints.

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Greater than Holmes? The life and legacy of John Marshall Harlan

SCOTUSBlog

James Harlan served in Congress and as Kentucky’s attorney general, and was a devoted follower of Henry Clay, to the point that Clay’s politics and James’ were almost interchangeable. Instead, Lincoln put Kentucky under martial law. Harlan’s dissent proved influential in changing the constitutional law of the nation.

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Biden’s ‘Orwellian Ministry of Truth’: Court Finds a ‘Massive Attack’ on Free Speech in Government Censorship Efforts

JonathanTurley

Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) as “Putin apologists.” Jonathan Turley, an attorney, constitutional law scholar and legal analyst, is the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and former Rep.