Constitutional Law Court Felony Ohio 
JonathanTurley
APRIL 15, 2021
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit this week upheld an Ohio law that bans doctors from performing abortions when they know the reason a woman is seeking an abortion is that her baby has Down syndrome. It is a major win for pro-life advocates but could face an appeal to the Supreme Court.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Image from Supreme Court Petition. City of Pharm in which an Ohio man was prosecuted for posting a parody of his local police department. Now the Court has accepted a different parody case involving Jack Daniels where the company is suing the maker of dog chew toys. The case is Jack Daniel’s Properties Inc. 2d 341 (9th Cir.
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JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Below is my column in The Hill on what is shaping up to be a major Supreme Court term on the issues of parody and satire under the First Amendment. The Court could reframe the constitutional limits for criminal and civil liability in two cases currently on the docket, including one recently granted review. VIP Products LLC.
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.
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
It did not matter that the Supreme Court has roundly rejected such sweeping interpretations of bribery, extortion and related political corruption. Others claimed Trump committed “felony bribery” by fundraising for Republican senators when he was about to be impeached. One possible reason is that it would collapse in court.
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.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Experts like Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe have previously declared Trump’s felonies were shown “without any doubt, beyond a reasonable doubt, beyond any doubt, and the crimes are obvious.” That speech appears protected by the First Amendment and existing Supreme Court precedent. At 4:17 p.m., In Brandenburg v.
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