The Crime Report
MARCH 18, 2022
Looking at a scaled down version of mid-century nuclear strategy, a vignette of two people encountering one another in a low-lit side street late at night details how these relaxed vigilante justice laws can turn deadly. The authors create a scenario of two men, Lee and Jesse, both of whom are sporting firearms on hip holsters.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
In its earlier summary judgment ruling , the court began with a discussion of the highly analogous case of Pickering v. In that case, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of public high school teacher Marvin Pickering, who wrote a letter to the local newspaper criticizing a school board’s allocation of funding for athletic programs.
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Constitutional Law Reporter
APRIL 26, 2021
Supreme Court ruled in Tandon v. Accordingly, the Court granted an injunction pending disposition of the appeal in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The trial court denied the motion for preliminary injunction. The plaintiffs sought relief from the Supreme Court, asking it to grant an injunction. Newsom , 593 U.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 25, 2023
There is an important ruling this month out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, which ruled against former high school music teacher John Kluge for refusing to comply with the school’s pronoun policy for religious reasons. What is most curious about the ruling is the timing. 2000e-2(a)(1). Hardison , 432 U.S.
JonathanTurley
JULY 22, 2021
2021) where the court held that we held that the law was clearly established that the University could not engage in viewpoint discrimination involving a Christian club. For example, sports clubs and Greek organizations may hinge membership and leadership on sex, and the a cappella group, the “Hawkapellas,” is limited to women.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 7, 2022
I previously wrote about the latest New York gun law passed after the Court’s ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Suddaby issued a temporary restraining order against a substantial part of the law, including barring the provisions previously discussed as presumptively unconstitutional. Instead, Gov.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
New York Democrats have passed a series of laws that led to catastrophic losses in federal court, including the recent major ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. It passed with the help of a special session in the resumption of this inexorable cycle and has already resulted in court losses.
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