Constitutional Law Reporter
OCTOBER 18, 2021
New York: A litigant’s argumentation or introduction of evidence at trial is often deemed to “open the door” to the admission of responsive evidence that would otherwise be barred by the rules of evidence. Over a dissent, the Sixth Circuit refused to allow the Attorney General to defend Kentucky law.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 29, 2022
Share This article is part of a symposium on the court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Esther Sanchez-Gomez is the senior litigation attorney with Giffords Law Center. Thomas speaks passively — very much in the abstract — about the need for a handgun in case of “confrontation.”
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JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 19, 2021
The law covers violent crimes, sexual assault, and assault of a child. The law requires that individuals “shall as soon as reasonably possible notify the prosecuting attorney, law enforcement, medical assistance, or other public officials.” I am unaware of such a law in Pennsylvania, but these laws are rarely enforced.
Constitutional Law Reporter
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. Bruen, the Court considered the constitutionality of a New York gun law. Based on oral arguments, it appeared that a majority of the Court could be persuaded that the law runs afoul of the Second Amendment. The issues in United States v.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 31, 2021
There is a troubling report in The New York Times of another free speech fight on one of our campuses. Three University of Florida political science professors have told a federal court that the university barred them from assisting plaintiffs in a challenge to the state’s new voting laws. ’s interests.”
Constitutional Law Reporter
APRIL 22, 2024
Vullo, the former Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), used her regulatory power to threaten NRA business partners and coerce them into disassociating with the NRA, in violation of its rights to free speech and equal protection. National Rifle Association of America v. Missouri In Murthy v. .”
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
There is a major victory for free speech in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York where Judge Andrew Carter Jr. has enjoined a New York Hate Speech law regulating social media. Like many attacks on free speech, the New York law came in response to a tragedy.
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