JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Rittenhouse is facing six charges that range from first-degree homicide to a misdemeanor of being a minor in possession of a dangerous weapon. At this stage, the prosecution may celebrate even a misdemeanor conviction. It is either the product of systemic errors or systemic racism. Prosecution’s bumpy start, and finish.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 1, 2024

The controversial law came up in oral arguments over the access to the abortion pill in the Supreme Court. The relevance of the Comstock Act to the issue of the availability of mifepristone is highly contested and unlikely to draw a majority on the Court. The repeal of the Comstock Act is long overdue. and Maurice C.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

Many migrants are released soon after capture, including some without a hearing date or court dates that are years in the future. Moreover, it is not clear how transporting migrants who entered the country illegally to another state is a violation of law. The reason is that these claims are made for cable news, not courts of law.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 26, 2023

After years of investigation, he and the DOJ agreed to a couple of tax misdemeanors, a papered-over gun charge, and no risk of jail time for the president’s son. The deal disassembled in court after a few questions from the presiding judge about sweeping immunity language and other curious elements.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The House now has credible, compelling evidence that the president may have committed high crimes and misdemeanors. This is a constitutional process, not just some trash-talking cable show (although, admittedly, it was hard to tell at moments in the hearing). That is how an impeachment inquiry should begin. Because we do not know.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Now even law deans have called Supreme Court justices “hacks” to the delight of their followers. Tribe often shows little patience for the niceties of constitutional law or tradition. He has supported the call for packing the Supreme Court as long overdue. Take student loan forgiveness.

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