Constitutional Law Court Criminal Law Washington 
JonathanTurley
MARCH 6, 2023
A video has gone viral of the owner of a Washington state dispensary unleashing a profanity-laced verbal attack on state trooper, Yasin Anwar, who pulled over a driver near the Green Seed in Moses Lake, Washington, a marijuana shop. City of Fort Smith , the court heard a similar case. In 1971, the Court ruled in Cohen v.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Generally there is no duty to rescue or to call police under the common law. For example, Washington state allows for the charging of a misdemeanor. The law covers violent crimes, sexual assault, and assault of a child. The language of this Court in Brown v. Some states have moved to penalize those who do not call police.
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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. Supreme Court weighs the right of schools to punish students for out-of-school speech in Mahanoy Area School District v. The Supreme Court accelerated that trend in its Morse decision.
JonathanTurley
MAY 12, 2021
In a major but likely controversial victory for free speech, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned the conviction of a retired Air Force Colonel for using a racial epithet at the shoe store on the Marine base at Quantico in Virginia. 568, 572 (1942), the Court has sharply abridged the application that exception.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 8, 2020
I have tremendous respect for many on the other side of this debate including former Judge Michael Luttig, who just penned a thoughtful column in the Washington Post arguing against such self-pardons. I recognize that this becomes circular on both sides but it does not significantly favor the constitutional interpretation.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Any first-year law student knows that you cannot comment on the silence of a Mirandized defendant after an arrest under the Fifth Amendment – let alone ignore a court order. Jonathan Turley, a member of USA TODAY’s Board of Contributors, is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University.
JonathanTurley
JULY 13, 2022
The story of the child rape united the nation in revulsion, but also became the rallying point for the condemnation of the Supreme Court, including in comments by President Biden. ” The President used the story to attack the Supreme Court and ask “What century are they in?” Ten years old — 10 years old!
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