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Florida Homeowner Fined For Displaying “Let’s Go Brandon” and Pro-Trump Banners on Home

JonathanTurley

There is an interesting constitutional fight brewing in Florida. Marvin Peavy is part of that movement and hanged a banner with the chant (with a pro Trump banner) from his home in Seagrove Beach, Florida. The law is notably neutral on content.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

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Share At the end of each year, SCOTUSblog remembers some of the people whose lives and work left an imprint on the Supreme Court. From legendary lawyers to lesser-known activists, journalists, and plaintiffs, the following individuals who died in 2022 all shaped the court and the law in their own ways. David Beckwith (Oct.

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Packing Services: Federal Judge Rules Ban on Guns in Post Offices is Unconstitutional

JonathanTurley

In Florida, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle has ruled that the federal law prohibiting people from possessing firearms inside post offices is unconstitutional. The ruling is based on 2022 Supreme Court ruling New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v.

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Supreme Court Delivers New Rebuke to the Biden Administration in Reinstating the “Remain in Mexico”

JonathanTurley

The Biden Administration has racked up a long line of losses in federal courts in what is one of the worst records in the first six months of any modern presidency. This week the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to strike down President Biden’s renewal of the controversial eviction moratorium.

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Biden: “I Don’t Want to Emulate Trump’s Abuse of the Constitution” Despite Losing a Series of Court Fights

JonathanTurley

.” It was an ironic statement from a president who has racked up an impressive array of losses in the courts which have found that he has repeatedly disregarded constitutional limits. There was no push back from Kimmel on a statement that is dramatically at odds with the President’s actual record in the courts.

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The Rise of Gotcha Legislation: Newsom and DeSantis are Legislating Soundbites and Voters are Loving it.

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Hill on the recent bills proposed in Florida and California on immigration and guns. The bills are the latest examples of “gotcha legislation,” though the Florida bill could raise some interesting legal questions if Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Florida Gov. Newsom’s gun ‘heartbeat’ law.

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Eleventh Circuit Rejects Transgender Student’s Challenge to Bathroom Policy

JonathanTurley

On December 30, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit handed down a major opinion in in Adams v. Johns County, Florida. The court ruled 7-4 against a statutory and constitutional challenge of a transgender student to a district policy requiring students to use bathrooms corresponding to their biological sex.

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