JonathanTurley

APRIL 7, 2024

Moreover, we now have a judge who feels the same license to make such criticisms in the media despite the ongoing litigation of these matters. That alleged transgression, however, pales in comparison to a failure to protect the rights of this defendant from the abusive or unsupported surveillance of the government.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Moreover, Hunter has tried a wide array of approaches to these allegations of influence peddling, from a plea for sympathy to threats of litigation. Jonathan Turley, an attorney, constitutional law scholar and legal analyst, is the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 20, 2021

We recently discussed the case of University of North Carolina law student Sagar Sharma, a student of color, who faced a recall election as the first-year class co-president. The charges are connected to the prior controversy and raise serious free speech and retaliatory concerns at the law school. . First is SBA By-Law 11.2

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 7, 2020

One of the longest standing debates in constitutional law is dismissed as ill-informed by some of the same experts. After host Lawrence O’Donnell said he believed a president could give himself a pardon, Tribe proclaimed such a view is “incoherent and incompatible” as a constitutional matter. That is the point of a pardon.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 19, 2021

Waters’ most recent words could well be cited in the ongoing litigation over the January 6 th riot on Capitol Hill. Moreover, they would fail under a lower standard of proof than the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard in criminal law. It is one of a number of lawsuits, including a lawsuit filed by Rep. Trump’s Jan.

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LexForti

JUNE 4, 2021

It would be imperative to take into cognizance the concept of jurisdiction which is a conglomeration of two terms, such as juris (meaning “law”) and diction (meaning “to speak”), which can be translated as presuming the appropriate forum that has the potential to “speak the law.”

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The Travis County district court rejected the motion to dismiss, but the Seventh Court of Appeals correctly reversed by holding that “a reasonable person of ordinary learning would deem [the] accusation about Lilith being a criminal entity engaged in criminal acts as opinion.” That was not the case with the Dallas County case.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

In litigation the rule is the same as in hunting: “aim small, miss small.” The first such move in this litigation by the Justice Department. That is a change from the prior litigation. While legal experts pushed the department to challenge the entire order, the Department is seeking a smaller target.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 25, 2023

He also faces other possible legal action, of course, including potential state charges in Georgia for election law violations.) And selective prosecution complaints are notoriously difficult to litigate. With Rollins, after an investigation found that she lied to investigators, the DOJ refused to file any charges at all.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 8, 2020

.” He also rejects the argument raised by Professor Larry Tribe and others that the meaning is clear from the language in Article II, Section 3 that the president should “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” I also believe that self pardons offend our sensibilities and constitute self-dealing.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 26, 2020

Biden is well aware of the perils from such civil litigation. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. The case for a special counsel. Clear conflicts are present in this investigation for Joe Biden. The case against a special counsel.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 24, 2022

On CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront, ” Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe declared that Trump can now be charged with the attempted murder of former Vice President Mike Pence “without any doubt, beyond a reasonable doubt, beyond any doubt, and the crimes are obvious.” He has been criticized for treating the law as endlessly malleable.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 31, 2022

For those of us who have litigated cases against the Justice Department, it was an all-too-familiar claim by a department notorious for over-classification and over-redaction arguments. ” That is because this issue has not been fully litigated. It has been a long debate over the ability of former presidents to claim privilege.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

However, such crimes are notoriously difficult to litigate , as shown by the failed 2012 prosecution of former presidential candidate John Edwards. Many of these alleged criminal acts were presented as reassuringly simple and straightforward. Racine showed how disconnected these theories are from case law. Trump’s Jan.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 14, 2022

It is really the first charge that has drawn the most attention and is likely to draw the most litigation. However, as discussed above, keep in mind that a conspiracy requires only two people to conspire to hinder the executive of any law. However, the charge itself is much broader. The provision in 18 U.S.C. The provision in 18 U.S.C.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

He makes direct reference to being given different accounts of the controlling law. ” The Justice Department could elect to take the win and let Dearie proceed with his review (while litigating control or possession before the lower court). 6th questions). We cannot (and do not) decide the merits of this case.”

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Durham is now authorized to investigate anyone who may have “violated the law in connection with the intelligence, counter-intelligence, or law-enforcement activities directed at the 2016 presidential campaigns, individuals associated with those campaigns, and individuals associated with the administration of President Donald J.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

In my view, the lawsuit contravenes free speech as well as controlling case law from the Supreme Court. That claim runs directly counter to the controlling case law. In rejecting a suit against the church on constitutional grounds, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote: “Speech is powerful. .” In Brandenburg v.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 2, 2022

The two patriarchs of the family died during the course of this litigation. Notably, even after record judgments against the college, officials like Raimondo remained at the college and faced no apparent sanctions for their conduct. Raimondo recently left the college ). President Ambar would not even apologize to this family.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 22, 2021

California in which it overturned the conviction of Paul Robert Cohen for the crime of disturbing the peace by wearing a jacket declaring “F**k the Draft” in a California courthouse.

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