JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2022

Biden admitted that his White House counsel and their preferred legal experts told him that the move was likely unconstitutional. Despite the pledge to return to a respect for the “rule of law,” Biden openly suggested that they could use the litigation to get as much money out the door as possible before being barred by the courts.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 30, 2022

The Supreme Court treats the privilege as “qualified” and the strongest claim is made when a president can show that the disclosure would impair national security or the functioning of the Executive Branch. In 1974, the Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Nixon resigned roughly two weeks later.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 23, 2021

.” What is most interesting about this lawsuit is how it is arguably meritless under both tort and constitutional law. However, there has been little pushback from a host of lawyers who have spent months calling for sanctions against Republican lawyers for filing lawsuits viewed legally or factually meritless.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 21, 2021

Sullivan’s lawsuit was one of a number of civil actions brought under state laws that targeted Northern media covering the violence against freedom marchers. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2022

In court papers, she was identified only as “L.C.”. Four years later, her case reached the Supreme Court. In a 6-3 opinion by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the court ruled in Olmstead v. Beyond her Supreme Court advocacy, Marcus was an influential lawyer in other ways. Walter Dellinger (May 15, 1941 – Feb.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 19, 2021

Waters’ most recent words could well be cited in the ongoing litigation over the January 6 th riot on Capitol Hill. After the riot, various legal experts appeared on news channels to proclaim that this was a strong if not conclusive case for criminal incitement. It is one of a number of lawsuits, including a lawsuit filed by Rep.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 9, 2021

Below is my column in the Hill on the extension of the eviction moratorium — a move that his White House Counsel and most legal experts told him was unconstitutional. Indeed, he admitted that legal experts overwhelmingly told him so: “ The bulk of the constitutional scholarship says that it’s not likely to pass constitutional muster.”

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

Eric Swalwell against former President Donald Trump as a serious miscalculation that could result in a legal vindication for Trump either on the trial or appellate levels. In my view, the lawsuit contravenes free speech as well as controlling case law from the Supreme Court. I recently wrote about the lawsuit by Rep.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In 2008, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling in District of Columbia v. City of Chicago , the court ruled that this right applied against the states. Penal Law § 400.00(2)(f) The court ultimately dismissed the case but did so over the objections of three dissenting justices.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 3, 2022

After Dobbs was accepted, advocates sought to enjoin a Texas law that banned abortion after just six weeks. The court ruled 5-4 to allow the Texas law to be enforced. The Biden administration and other litigants then forced a reconsideration of that decision.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 31, 2021

Ending standardized testing will have a notable impact on legal challenges to the use of race in college admissions. The Supreme Court has issued a series of 5-4 decisions that have ruled both for and against such race criteria admissions — but even justices supporting such systems have expressed reservations.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 5, 2021

By ignoring those countervailing principles, the Democrats are creating a dangerous blind spot in these proposed laws. The resulting litigation could leave core election rules in doubt heading into the next round of elections. It seeks to negate the Supreme Court ruling in Shelby County v.

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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). We cannot (and do not) decide the merits of this case.”

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 148.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Sullivan’s lawsuit was one of a number of civil actions brought under state laws that targeted Northern media covering the violence against freedom marchers. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press.

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