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Who’ll Shoot First? How Relaxed Gun Rules Fuel a ‘Small Arms Race’

The Crime Report

Vigilante Justice Firearm Laws. The law professors detail that the small arms race arises from three main “troubling” legal implications, and it’s looking at the examples of Wisconsin and Georgia’s laws that “exemplify this perilous confluence.”. Legal Solutions.

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Georgia Prosecutors Should Go, But That Won’t Necessarily End the Case Against Trump

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Messenger on the unfolding Fani Willis scandal in Georgia. Here is the column: Chris Christie once said that Donald Trump is often portrayed by legal counsel as “the unluckiest S.O.B. While a recusal or removal of Willis may delay the case, it will not end the legal threat for Trump.

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Fani Willis Fights for a Mass Trial As the Georgia Defendants Scatter

JonathanTurley

Not only are defendants scattering, but some are seeking to go to federal court where the trial would not likely be televised, as the Georgia prosecutors reportedly want. Trump potentially faces four major prosecutions in the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia and New York before the 2024 election. In Washington, U.S.

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“Oh Georgia, No Peace I Find”: The Fourth Indictment of Donald Trump and the Criminalization of Election Controversies

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Messenger on the Georgia indictment. Here is the column from yesterday before the release of the indictment: “ Oh Georgia, no peace I find (no peace I find).” If indictments were treated like frequent flyer miles, Donald Trump would get the Georgia indictment for free.

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Justice or Just Desserts? Trump, Cosby and Georgia cases show rising cost of political litigation

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the Hill on a series of cases that appear propelled by political rather than legal considerations. The costs to the legal system, the public, or victims in such cases are often overlooked but they are considerable. Nor is he alone in pursuing a case driven more by political than legal considerations.

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“Just Do It”: Democrats Continue to Struggle to Find a Crime to fit the Offense

JonathanTurley

While castigating Trump counsel John Eastman for telling legislators to “just do it,” the same message seems to be coming from members and legal experts on some cable programs. However, many seem to be making the same demand of Attorney General Garland about bringing criminal charges. Here is the column: “SECVNDINVS CACOR.”

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Trying Trump: Scandal May Be His Element — But This Time May Be Different

JonathanTurley

In a rally in Georgia, Trump declared : “They’ve launched one witch hunt after another to try and stop our movement, to thwart the will of the American people. Regarding Mar-a-Lago, the reported inclusion of a charge under the Espionage Act is a bit surprising, given the novel legal issues surrounding the handling of such documents.

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