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Racial Gerrymandering Takes Center Stage as Court Considers Three Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases last week. The issues before the Court included choice-of-law clauses, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act’s whistleblower protection, and racial gerrymandering. Below is a brief summary of the issues before the Court: Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co.,

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Biden’s Blind Spot: “Our Constitutional Principles” Include State Rights Over Elections

JonathanTurley

That leaves many in the public uninformed of issues that could ultimately undo parts of these bills in the courts. When the Constitution was written, the Framers expressly warned of the need to keep the federal government at bay in elections. Absent a federal takeover of elections, laws like the one in Georgia are likely to be upheld.

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MSNBC Analyst Calls for Liability for Boebert and Carlson … for the Colorado Shootings

JonathanTurley

For the record, I am a legal analyst for Fox News, though I have spent my entire academic and professional career opposing criminal and civil efforts to punish or chill free speech. Black churches feeling like they are going to get shot up, like at a Bible study that’s happened in South Carolina. In Brandenburg v.

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“A Sad Day”: How the Colorado Disqualification Case is Bringing Back Some Bad Memories for the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Messenger on the challenge facing the Supreme Court in the coming week over the electoral disqualification of former president Donald Trump in Colorado and Maine. The appeal in Maine has been filed and can now work its way up to the Court. Colorado is expected to file with the Court this week.

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Confirmation Bias: The Fighting Has Already Begun and Biden Hasn’t Even Named a Nominee

JonathanTurley

Below is my column the the Hill on the early controversies over President Joe Biden’s first nomination for the Supreme Court. Hawaii) has made controversial comments over her desire to have the next nominee rely not just on the law but the nominee’s life experiences to reach the right result in court cases.

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Shouting Fire In A Crowded Congress: How The Rhetoric Has Outstripped The Reality In Today’s Electoral Challenge

JonathanTurley

Here is the column: It is a touchstone of American constitutional law that nothing protects your right to shout “fire!” Moreover, it also distracts us from critical constitutional issues. It is also important to note that the electoral votes of a given state can be challenged in the courts, as they were after the 2020 election.

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The Death Star Strategy: Is Trump Contemplating The Ultimate Constitutional Trick Shot?

JonathanTurley

With the adverse ruling in Pennsylvania, the Trump legal team is still pledging new evidence of massive fraud as certifications are completed. The options for the team seem more and more reduced to the ultimate constitutional trick shot in engineering a fight on the floor of Congress. In Bush v. 8 or beyond Dec.