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Turley to Speak at University of Maryland Law School Symposium on the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

I have the pleasure of speaking this morning at the University of Maryland Law School as part of the Law Review’s annual symposium on constitutional law. I will be on the first panel at 10:15 at the law school. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.

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“A Sad Day”: How the Colorado Disqualification Case is Bringing Back Some Bad Memories for the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Messenger on the challenge facing the Supreme Court in the coming week over the electoral disqualification of former president Donald Trump in Colorado and Maine. The appeal in Maine has been filed and can now work its way up to the Court. Colorado is expected to file with the Court this week.

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From Affirmative Action to Andy Warhol: Buckle up for a Wild Supreme Court Term

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Hill on the start of the new Term for the Supreme Court. ” Does that make the three liberals justices voting together on the Court the “judicial arm of the Democratic Party”? .” That is, of course, manifestly true for the highest court in the land. I was wrong. Of course not.

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Ballot Cleansing: Democrats are Moving to Bar Republicans from Ballots Nationwide

JonathanTurley

These efforts show how this theory could place this country on a slippery slope to political chaos if not clearly and finally rejected by the Supreme Court. That is why the Supreme Court needs to take up this issue and put this pernicious theory to bed once and for all. Scott Perry.

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Yielding to Temptation: Colorado’s Supreme Court Blocks Democracy to Bar Trump on the 2024 Ballot

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Messenger of the Colorado Supreme Court decision disqualifying former President Donald Trump from the 2024 election. Eleni Kounalakis publicly called upon the Secretary of State to “explore every legal option” to follow the same path as Colorado. In California, Lieutenant Gov.

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The Guardians of Democracy: Democrats Move to Protect Democracy from Itself

JonathanTurley

In states from Colorado to Michigan, Democratic operatives are arguing that Trump must be taken off the ballots because he gave “aid and comfort” to an “insurrection or rebellion.” So long as courts believe that a candidate’s speech is “capable of triggering disqualification,” that speech is unprotected in their view. and Maurice C.

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