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Constitutional Law Reporter
APRIL 10, 2024
Supreme Court ruled that public officials may be held liable for their social media activity in certain circumstances. In 2014, Freed updated his Facebook page to reflect his position as city manager of Port Huron, Michigan. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed. In Lindke v. Freed , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 18, 2022
When I was clerking in Louisiana after graduating law school, there was story of a rather notorious local judge asking counsel in a criminal case if he was ready to present the case of the defendant. Jennifer Granholm (D-Mich) in 2007 after a long legal career as private counsel.
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Constitutional Law Reporter
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Supreme Court had a busy week, hearing oral arguments in five cases. The primary issue in both cases is whether the Court should reverse its decision in Grutter v. The primary issue in both cases is whether the Court should reverse its decision in Grutter v. Below is a brief summary of the other cases before the Court: Cruz v.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Here is the column: Forty-four years ago, the Supreme Court was the center of a raging protest by thousands as the justices took up the case of Regents of the University of California v. As a teenage congressional page, I was one of the faces in that crowd gathered around the court in October 1977 to watch history being made.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 9, 2021
Share President Joe Biden will issue an executive order to create a commission to study potential reforms to the Supreme Court, the White House announced on Friday. In its statement, the White House indicated that the commission will be a bipartisan one, made up of experts “on the Court and the Court reform debate.” Guy-Uriel E.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 30, 2023
The decision of the Supreme Court to end the use of race in college admissions was not unexpected. Yet, President Joe Biden seemed to go into full attack mode and actually claimed that the Court gutted the constitutional guarantee that “all men and women are created equal.”
JonathanTurley
JUNE 22, 2021
Notably, this sensitive subject has led to some sharp words even on the Supreme Court. ” In 2014, the Court ruled 6-2 in Schuette v. Bamn , that Michigan’s constitutional amendment banning affirmative action was constitutional.
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