Constitutional Law Court Rules Criminal Law Legal 
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 29, 2022
In overturning the death sentence, the Supreme Court ruled that the Sixth Amendment guarantees a defendant the right to choose the objective of his defense and to insist that his counsel refrain from admitting guilt. After McCoy , Tyler unsuccessfully sought relief in Louisiana state courts. In Tyler v. Ballance v.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
I have a legal education.” Criminal laws are supposed to be interpreted narrowly. It is called the “rule of lenity” and has been around in the English system for centuries. For example, in 1547, the court was faced with a law making it a felony of steal “Horses, Geldings or Mares.”
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JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 19, 2021
In 2009, the New York courts ruled that Metro workers were not legally required to assist a woman being raped at a station. In torts, there is no duty to rescue rule. That was the holding in the famous ruling in Yania v. Bigan , 397 Pa. 316, 155 A.2d Cf: Restatement, Torts, § 322. .
JonathanTurley
MAY 25, 2021
In Re: The Petition To Summon A Grand Jury the court ruled in favor of Steven Davis in forcing the empanelment of a grand jury to investigate Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and others for allegedly engaging in various election crimes.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 26, 2024
It has been almost 50 years since the high court ruled presidents have absolute immunity from civil lawsuits in Nixon v. The court held ex-President Richard Nixon had such immunity for acts taken “within the ‘outer perimeter’ of his official responsibility.” Fitzgerald. Yet in 1974’s United States v.
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 25, 2021
Civil and statutory claims can be curtailed by constitutional limitations. Supreme Court ruled against a provision of federal law that banned computer simulations and virtual pornography under the first amendment. This is such a case in my view. In 2002, the U.S. In Ashcroft v. In New York Times v.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
government with a constitutional Jedi-like power. Trump also appears to be relying on a legal advice defense (as he has with the challenge to the 2020 election and Jan. He makes direct reference to being given different accounts of the controlling law. 6th questions).
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