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US President Biden pardons all federal offenses of simple marijuana possession

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He also called on the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the US Attorney General to review whether marijuana should remain a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act. Currently, 19 states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana use, with Rhode Island being the most recent.

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Pittsburgh Lawyer Charged After Dropping Pants In Protest in Courthouse

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Attorney Jeffrey Pollock, 59, was reportedly put out when a metal detector repeatedly set off an alarm at a Pittsburgh courthouse. ” In Rhode Island, the court in State v. Most judges will not view the security checkpoint as a place for such spontaneous forms of protest by an attorney.

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Former BSU Professor Arrested For Defacing Lincoln Statue With Feces And Paint

JonathanTurley

While it is rare for academics to be involved in such destructive protests, other professors have supported such criminal acts including Professor Sarah Parchak at the University of Alabama who supplied instructions on how to topple such monuments. Another called for strangling police. For Wilson, he is now looking at an array of charges.

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

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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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The Machete Standard: The Firing of an Activist Professor Leaves More Questions Than Answers

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University of Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis defended the murder of a conservative protester and said he saw “nothing wrong” with such acts of violence. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and a professor at George Washington University Law School. She might want to practice survival skills without the machete.