JonathanTurley

JULY 24, 2022

The South Carolina legislature is moving to enact a new law with deeply troubling free speech implications. Otherwise, it would likely be struck down by the courts. The language below is reminiscent of laws making it illegal to share information on committing suicide. Abortion is a protected right in many states.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 3, 2024

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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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

If the litigation can create serious doubts over the authentication or tabulation of ballots, the Trump campaign could force fights on the floors of these state legislatures. This is when things move into some uncertain constitutional physics. The problem was that rampant fraud was alleged in Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 9, 2021

However, the moment that most struck me was an exchange between Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and Maine Chief Deputy Attorney General Christopher Taub where Taub appeared to acknowledge that legislatures have every right to ban critical race theory (CRT) from being taught. Maine is one of the states moving to ban CRT. Makin , Docket No.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 5, 2021

That leaves many in the public uninformed of issues that could ultimately undo parts of these bills in the courts. By ignoring those countervailing principles, the Democrats are creating a dangerous blind spot in these proposed laws. Absent a federal takeover of elections, laws like the one in Georgia are likely to be upheld.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Featured prominently on the law school’s website , the article pushes a similar proposal made in the Washington Post in 2015 by Theodore Johnson, a senior fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice. Ironically, the proposals would upend decades of civil rights litigation to defend the “one man, one vote” principle.

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