JonathanTurley

MAY 19, 2021

The case could present an important court test for this country in resisting the criminalization of speech that we have seen in Europe. One of the greatest threats to free speech is the chilling effect caused by ambiguous or vague standards like the one contained in this statute. Free speech demands bright lines.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 10, 2022

The case came before the court after the district court granted summary judgment, on qualified immunity grounds, in favor of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Detective Christopher Tucker. Bartlett (2019) [the relevant Supreme Court precedent -EV]. Notably, in Ballentine v. Tucker was sued under 42 U.S.C. ” …. [T]he

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 20, 2021

In a real first amendment case, a court would have little patience with such a standard as a limitation on free speech. The Supreme Court has long opposed such vague terms as the basis for sanctions not only as a free speech matter but a matter of due process. So the question is whether it is disparaging. DeBartolo Corp.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The move is relatively rare since the Younger abstention doctrine ordinarily shields state prosecutions from such interventions of federal courts. However, the court highlighted deep flaws in the prosecutorial case. The court expresses grave doubts that the charges were brought with “any hope of obtaining a valid conviction.”

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JonathanTurley

MAY 25, 2021

Now, Smith is asserting the right to charge him with rape in the same case after the prosecution and the court signed off on the plea agreement. Notably, this attack occurred when the courts were conducting a major review of this law. In 2018, the Court of Appeal of Kansas address a case of a citizen grand jury.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 26, 2024

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. It has been almost 50 years since the high court ruled presidents have absolute immunity from civil lawsuits in Nixon v. Fitzgerald.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 8, 2023

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has handed down a major opinion in Cargill v. But even if we are wrong, the statute is at least ambiguous in this regard. And if the statute is ambiguous, Congress must cure that ambiguity, not the federal courts. Garland , No.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

Newsom cited the kidnapping statute but apparently failed to read it or the underlying cases. While there is a fair debate over the policy of relocation by states like Texas and Florida, the effort to use the criminal process as part of that political debate is … well, pathetic. They are then left to their own devices and destinations.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Florida Southern District Court. He argues that the court is allowed to take “judicial notice” of the agreement in light of the fact that it has been used previously in court, including the voluntary dismissal of her battery claims against Epstein’s former attorney, Alan Dershowitz in a parallel case. Portville Cent.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 25, 2021

The case is brought under statutes like 18 U.S.C. 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.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 17, 2022

It was due to the paucity of direct evidence of a crime that would hold up in court. LEXIS 1033 *, 2021 WL 633384, the court noted: Attempted murder requires a finding of specific intent to kill such that implied malice is insufficient to support a conviction for that offense. See People v. Gillespie, 2022 Cal. Indeed, in People v.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 13, 2024

While some legal analysts continue to boost Hunter Biden’s legal claims, the reviews in actual courts are far less glowing. It also does not address the fact that the Justice Department not only allowed the statute of limitations to run on major crimes, but sought to finalize an obscene plea agreement with no jail time for Hunter.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 2, 2022

District Court for the Central District of California this week have electrified commentators across the networks and the Internet. The declarations by the court have led to a frenzy in the media and renewed calls for the prosecution of the former president. “The illegality of the plan was obvious.” Those words of Judge David O.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 7, 2020

From bribery statutes to constitutional provisions, legal experts routinely and unfailingly conclude that Trump or his family can be prosecuted or impeached for an endless array of misdeeds. Even theories denied by the Supreme Court are seen as valid when used against Trump. That is the point of a pardon.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

In my view, the lawsuit contravenes free speech as well as controlling case law from the Supreme Court. COUNT FOUR (Violation of a Public Safety Statute: D.C. COUNT FIVE (Violation of a Public Safety Statute: D.C. That claim runs directly counter to the controlling case law. Code § 22-1322 – Incitement to Riot).

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Some of these questions are being addressed in the courts. According to the Washington Post , Dana Nessel “is conferring with election law experts on whether officials may have violated any state laws prohibiting them from engaging in bribery, perjury and conspiracy.” And yet, it’s back. In Kelly v. Chris Christie.

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