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Ohio Supreme Court Overturns Sentence Adding Six Years After Defendant Called Judge “Racist as F**k”

JonathanTurley

There is an interesting case out of Ohio where the state Supreme Court has ruled that Lake County Common Pleas Court Judge Eugene Lucci erred when he gave Manson Bryant, 35, an added six years after Bryant called him “racist as f**k.” That sentence was upheld by an appellate court but the Ohio Supreme Court reversed in a 4-3 opinion.

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SCOTUS Kicks Off February Session With Four Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

In the most high-profile case of the week, the Court addressed the scope of the attorney-client privilege when an attorney provides both legal and non-legal advice. The Ohio Adjutant General’s Department v. The post SCOTUS Kicks Off February Session With Four Cases appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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The 10-year-old Rape Victim’s Abortion Leaves a Number of Glaring Questions

JonathanTurley

Below is my column on the case of the ten-year-old rape victim who allegedly was taken to Indiana because an abortion was barred in Ohio. (A There remain, however, questions as to why the child had to leave Ohio, which has exceptions that would apply to the case. A shorter, edited version of this column ran in the New York Post ).

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Turley Testifies in the Senate on Domestic Terrorism

JonathanTurley

Northern District of Ohio. Shapiro Professor Of Public Interest Law. The George Washington University Law School. Fellow, Liberty And National Security Program, Brennan Center For Justice. Former Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Washington, D.C. Garnell Whitfield, Jr. Buffalo, NY. Former U.S. Cleveland, OH.

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

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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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Chico State University Employee Pleads Guilty of Hate Crime in Potential Violent Speech Case

JonathanTurley

Officials then moved under “Red Flag” laws to seize four rifles and three handguns. Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey focused on his statement that “Chinese need to commit mass shootings against America for xenophobia and betrayal. Come on my Chinese folks, white graduating is open season for y’all.”.

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Trump’s Surprise Witness: Rep. Waters Becomes A Possible Witness Against Her Own Lawsuit

JonathanTurley

District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine then thrilled many by declaring that he was investigating Trump for a possible incitement charge. As I have previously written , these statements ignored both the elements of that crime and controlling case law. Trump’s Jan. 6 speech would not satisfy the test in Brandenburg v.