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A Hearing on Herring: Supreme Court to Hear Potentially Historic Chevron Case

JonathanTurley

Today, the Supreme Court will hear two of the most important cases of the term. At issue is the continued meaning (or even viability) of the Chevron doctrine, the 40-year-old doctrine granting deference to federal agencies in regulations carrying out federal laws. In 1984, the Supreme Court ruled in Chevron U.S.A.

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SCOTUS to Clarify Standard for Determining Whether True Threat Exception Applies

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in Counterman v. 723 (2015), but ultimately decided the case before reaching the constitutional issue. The Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. The court acknowledged that “[s]ocial media magnify the potential for a speaker’s innocent words to be misunderstood.”

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Boston University Professor: Second Amendment is Based on “Freedom to Enslave”

JonathanTurley

As we wait for the release of the most significant Second Amendment case in over a decade from the Supreme Court (as early as tomorrow), CBS featured Ibram X. States opposed to slavery, like Vermont, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island, had precursor state constitutional provisions recognizing the right to bear arms.

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Not, The Second Amendment Was Not Primarily About Suppressing African Americans

JonathanTurley

New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and other states had similar precursors to the Second Amendment. The Supreme Court has itself highlighted that rationale in its discussions of the history and purpose of the Amendment. So that not one man in five hundred can keep a gun in his house without being subject to a penalty.”.

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Fourth Circuit Rules Against North Carolina State Professor Who Spoke Out Against Diversity Policies

JonathanTurley

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has delivered a body blow to free speech as well as academic freedom in a ruling against a statistics professor at North Carolina State University. In that way, the court avoids the necessity of applying the balancing test under Pickering v. Board of Education.

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The Second Amendment Is About Rifles Not Racism

JonathanTurley

States opposed to slavery, like Vermont, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island, had precursor state constitutional provisions recognizing the right to bear arms. Gun-control advocates lost that debate before the Supreme Court in 2008. In his famous 1770 defense of Capt.

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Are You in an Anti-Free Speech State? We Now Have The Definitive List

JonathanTurley

Now, a filing in the Supreme Court supporting censorship efforts by the Biden Administration has supplied a handy list of the anti-free speech states for citizens. Not surprisingly, the state of California is leading the effort to get the Supreme Court to reverse a decision enjoining the government from censorship efforts.