JonathanTurley

AUGUST 23, 2023

Baldwin’s channeling of Trumpy arguments in court has proven equally successful. As expected, a court has ruled for Baldwin after finding that the sister of the fallen Marine was a limited public figure. I’m just going to say, ‘See you in court.’” Baldwin gave $5,000 to Jiennah Crayton, the widow of Marine Lance Cpl.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 17, 2021

The British media are subject to harsh laws giving the government far greater powers to control or punish publications. Fortunately, the government has been largely benign in the use of such laws but there are far greater restrictions placed on British media than their American cousins. For example, in Sidis v.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 31, 2021

As someone who has taught defamation torts for thirty years, the Trump Administration has been a bonanza of such cases and controversies. I regularly criticized Donald Trump for his calls to change defamation laws. The Court in cases like New York Times v. It is not clear who will be suing as individuals or the group or both.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Not only is the law likely to be a large miss, it will likely deliver another blow to gun control efforts by adding precedent protecting Second Amendment rights. City of Chicago , in which the Court declared that that right is incorporated against state and local government. In 2010, Chicago brought us McDonald v.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 15, 2022

Share Under established constitutional law, states may generally not tax or regulate property or operations of the federal government. A 1936 federal law waives federal immunity from state workers’ compensation laws on federal land and projects. This principle is known as intergovernmental immunity. Washington.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 14, 2022

Sullivan, the Supreme Court held that the first amendment requires breathing space for free speech in criticizing public officials. The irony is that the higher standard for public figures was imposed by the Supreme Court because celebrities are viewed as inherently powerful figures in our society. In New York Times v.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 24, 2022

Your activities resulted in the unlawful destruction of government property, the death of a law enforcement officer, an assault on the certification of the presidential election. I’m just going to say, ‘See you in court.'” I reposted your photo. Good luck.”. million Instagram followers.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 27, 2021

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. The Court sought to create “breathing space” for the media by articulating that standard that now applies to both public officials and public figures.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 23, 2021

” What is most interesting about this lawsuit is how it is arguably meritless under both tort and constitutional law. However, lawyers are not supposed to use courts for political or symbolic statements. Rule 11 states in part: (b) Representations to the Court. Turned her down twice and she went hostile.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The lawsuit strikes me as meritless under governing tort doctrines. Torts cases of defamation often turn common understanding of such expression as jokes or opinion. The lawsuit not only contradicts governing case law but threatens constitutional protections for free speech and the free press in seeking such tort relief.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 27, 2020

The threat to the free press is obvious and was the basis for foundational court decisions. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. Like “disinformation,” it is heavily laden with subjectivity.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Here is the column: For those of us who teach torts, we are living in the golden age of defamation. Most recently, after numerous efforts to dismiss the case, The New York Times found itself in court defending an editorial that bizarrely appeared to blame former Alaska Gov. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 10, 2024

Such releases, however, occurred in prior administrations and the merits of these claims are still being argued in court. The courts have long recognized that presidents are allowed to establish priorities in the enforcement of federal laws, even when those priorities tend to lower enforcement for certain groups or areas.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 23, 2020

This case pleads that everybody, even publicly elected officials and celebrities, is owed the right to sexual privacy and redress from our courts when they experience intimate partner violence.”. The use of emotional distress claims runs against the grain of various cases, including the Westboro decision of the Supreme Court in 2011.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 25, 2021

Or you watch a football game with friends and try to explain that the cameraman wiped out by the running back would have a great torts case. It will be a fun bit of trivia for constitutional law geeks, but it was also telling. Some of these executive orders, if implemented directly, could be challenged in court.

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