JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 5, 2021
What is most striking however is the coverage in the Washington Post, which reported on the summary affirmance but only quoted supporters for the challenge, including a strikingly misleading take on the lower court ruling upheld by the Supreme Court. I have written about D.C.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 31, 2021
I was therefore gladdened by the Supreme Court ruling 8-1 in favor of the free speech in the case, even if it meant a victory for odious Westboro Church. Sullivan, the Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech. However, the standard is quite high.
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JonathanTurley
JANUARY 13, 2022
San Francisco Regional Director Jill Coffman declared that the company is violating the rights of workers in 10 different states (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, Washington, Indiana, and California). In her consolidated complaint against Whole Foods Market, Inc.,
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
AUGUST 4, 2021
Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. Maryland Appellate Court Affirmed Ruling for Baltimore in Case Seeking Correspondence and Agreements Related to City’s Climate Case. July 8, 2021). BP p.l.c. ,
JonathanTurley
MAY 23, 2021
” What is most interesting about this lawsuit is how it is arguably meritless under both tort and constitutional law. This is a classic example where opinion is protected under tort and constitutional law. The court ruled that such tweets are manifestly opinion and not facts for the purposes of defamation law.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 26, 2022
It is important to note that Republicans have also had courts rule against them in states like North Carolina and Pennsylvania). The court found that, in their 2021 Congressional Plan, the Democrats not only violated Maryland law but the state constitution’s equal protection, free speech and free elections clauses.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 22, 2022
That was followed by another blistering decision striking down the Democratic plan for Maryland as “ extreme partisan gerrymandering.” ” Now an appellate court has also found that Democrats were trying to rig the next election and the five-judge panel ruled against the plan.
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