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Police Suggest Possible Charges for Those Who Filmed Rape on Train

JonathanTurley

The law further states “The duty to notify a person or agency under this section is met if a person notifies or attempts to provide such notice by telephone or any other means as soon as reasonably possible.”. I am unaware of such a law in Pennsylvania, but these laws are rarely enforced. The charge was later dismissed.

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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

JonathanTurley

Free speech has always held a precarious position in Australia which does not have an equivalent to the First Amendment in guaranteeing free speech as a constitutional right. Despite this history, a new decision out of the High Court is still shocking in its implications for further attacks on free speech.

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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. As expected, with the exception of the three liberal justices, the Court appears to be struggling to find a more nuanced approach that would avoid the extreme positions of both parties. Fitzgerald. Yet in 1974’s United States v.

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Federal Court Strikes Down Another Provision of New York’s New Gun Control Law

JonathanTurley

I have previously written about how New York has proven time and time again as the gift that keeps on giving for the National Rifle Association (NRA) and gun-rights groups. New York Democrats continue to pass laws that are virtually guaranteed to be struck down and further reinforce Second Amendment rights.

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“Nevermind”: California Man Sues Band 30 Years After Being Featured as a Naked Baby on Iconic Cover

JonathanTurley

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. In New York Times v. This is such a case in my view. In 2002, the U.S. In Ashcroft v.

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Federal Judge Enjoins Illinois’ Assault Weapon Ban

JonathanTurley

The decision comes after two other district courts ruled in favor of the law — sending this issue to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and potentially the Supreme Court. Again, the Court’s ruling today is not a final resolution of the merits of the cases.

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Democratic Member Accuses Colleagues Of Conducting “Surveillance” For Capitol Rioters

JonathanTurley

The standard for defamation for public figures and officials in the United States is the product of a decision decades ago in New York Times v. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. In Neiman-Marcus v. Confidential.”

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