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Cuomo’s Cosby Defense? The New York Governor Could Ultimately Rely on the Comedian’s Defense

JonathanTurley

One of the threats faced by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is the pending criminal assault allegation in the Albany Police Department. If proven, the allegation of the former staff members of being groped by Cuomo could meet the standard for criminal assault. The women could bring direct criminal complaint against Cuomo.

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The long conference’s relists

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Vullo involves a lawsuit in which the NRA alleges that Maria Vullo, then the Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services, violated its First Amendment rights by threatening its business partners to try to encourage them to disassociate from the NRA. New York and 335-7 LLC v. City of New York, NY.

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‘Outrageous Outcomes’: Plea Bargaining and the Justice System

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However, according to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers , less than 3 percent of criminal cases have gone to trial in the last five decades. But they were still frog-marched into a plea bargain by their defense attorney or the prosecutor or the judge or some combination thereof. Photo by Brandy Brewer.

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Government seeks review of federal gun regulations on domestic abusers, bump stocks

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Both cases arise under the federal firearm statute, 18 U.S.C. § Enacted by Congress in 1994, Section 922(g)(8) criminalizes gun ownership by anyone subject to a domestic-violence restraining order. Soon after, however, the Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v.

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DOJ: Hunter Deal on Gun Charge is Dead

JonathanTurley

Perhaps for that reason, the Biden attorneys were apoplectic in maintaining that the gun charge was inked and sealed. The Fifth Circuit recently reversed the trial court, ruling that the federal statute conflicts with the Second Amendment. Some of those crimes were allowed to expire under the statute of limitations.

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The Constitutional Abyss: Justices Signal a Desire to Avoid Both Cliffs on Presidential Immunity

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the New York Post on yesterday’s oral arguments on presidential immunity. Trump’s best attorney proved to be Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. If the justices want insight into the implications of denying any immunity, they just need to look north to New York City.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

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Cohen – who first met the Lovings when he was just 29 – filed a lawsuit on their behalf, challenging the Virginia law and similar state statutes as violating the 14th Amendment. Virginia , the court did find the statute unconstitutional. James Buckley of New York. Valeo ,” Bolton told The New York Times.

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