Constitutional Law Court Misdemeanor Ohio 
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
Here is the column: This past week the American Civil Liberties Union honored the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the one-year anniversary of her death — by rewriting her famous defense of a woman’s right to abortion to remove offensive language. This already is being litigated in some lower courts.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 6, 2021
A letter signed by 144 constitutional law scholars and circulated Friday characterizes as “legally frivolous” ex-President Donald Trump’s First Amendment -based defense in his impeachment trial slated to start in the US Senate on February 8.
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JonathanTurley
JANUARY 8, 2022
” He would make such comments a gross misdemeanor subject to incarceration. Such a criminal law would be ripe for abuse and would create a chilling effect that would be positively glacial. Inslee’s proposals raise the same questions that we discussed in relation to “stolen valor” laws. 6th insurrection.”
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Since there is not even a requirement that a high crime and misdemeanor be an actual crime, few argue that there is a categorical bar on the use of speech for the basis of impeachment under the First Amendment. That may be technically true in the sense of an actual defense to enjoin or bar impeachment in court.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 27, 2022
” In modern American politics, it often seems like the only tool is impeachment and every controversy instantly becomes a high crime and misdemeanor. In January, the House won an 8-1 victory before the Supreme Court, which rejected Trump’s privilege objections to the release of White House materials. Kamala Harris and Sen.
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