JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 29, 2023

At the same time, Judge Arthur Engoron has repeatedly fined Trump for his public statements about the New York fraud case. Here is the column: In 2016, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion overturning a conviction that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had seemed willing to secure at whatever cost to the rule of law.

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JUNE 9, 2023

First, let’s look at the law. The California provision states that kidnapping involves someone who “abducts or takes by force or fraud any person contrary to the law of the place where that act is committed, and brings, sends, or conveys that person within the limits of this state.”

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Even in his freshman year, Democratic New York Rep. There are so many criminal laws that do criminalize speech, and so the notion that the president of the United States somehow has a First Amendment right to be protected by the government for his speech doesn’t make any sense. You cannot commit hate crimes.

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MAY 25, 2024

The New York courts have upheld the order. He objects that the statements create “a grossly misleading impression about the intentions and conduct of federal law enforcement.” He has gagged Trump from speaking about witnesses like Michael Cohen who has attacked him as both a candidate and as a defendant in public.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Duke of York is arguing that Giuffre was too old at the time of the alleged sexual acts to use the New York Child Victims Act (CVA) to “revive” her claims now. The law is needed because Giuffre’s action against Prince Andrew would be otherwise time-barred. Prince Andrew argues that. 3d 242, 248 (N.Y.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 9, 2023

Notably, the New York Times has reported that Biden has had his own Thomas Becket moments in telling aides that he wanted Trump indicted and criticizing the Attorney General Merrick Garland for the delay. Below is my column in The Messenger on how the second indictment could prove damaging for President Joe Biden.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Below is a longer version of my column in the New York Post on the gag order motion docketed Friday night in Washington, D.C. However, there are laws on the books allowing for the prosecution of such cases. There may be a judicial argument for gagging Trump, but it raises serious constitutional concerns.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 8, 2022

Jay Inslee called for the criminalization of “lies” about election results. Such a law would threaten political speech and create a chilling effect for those who want to raise such concerns in contested elections. We have seen other Democratic leaders use the criminal process in similarly reckless fashions.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 15, 2023

Like the New York indictment, a Georgia indictment would not be subject to a presidential pardon. That does not mean that there may not be evidence of knowing fraud or criminal wrongdoing. However, another anemic filing like the one in New York will only fuel the deep political divisions and unrest in the country.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Generally there is no duty to rescue or to call police under the common law. The law covers violent crimes, sexual assault, and assault of a child. I am unaware of such a law in Pennsylvania, but these laws are rarely enforced. We have seen criminal charges for videotaping crime scenes in other countries.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 3, 2023

Below is my column on how the upcoming election could play out with three different criminal cases in New York, Georgia, and Washington, D.C. This morning we are reading new leaks from the Justice Department’s grand jury investigation. The New York indictment will face considerable challenges.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 29, 2023

The decision comes after two other district courts ruled in favor of the law — sending this issue to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and potentially the Supreme Court. I have previously raised doubts over some of these laws, which are based on questionable factual claims and distinctions between weapons.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

He also noted that the plaintiffs are limited-purpose public figures under the higher burden of New York Times v. Pederson noted that the United States Supreme Court had declared Texas laws criminalizing abortion to be unconstitutional.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

District Judge Patrick Wyrick in Oklahoma City dismissed an indictment against Jared Michael Harrison for violating a federal law that makes it illegal for “unlawful users or addicts of controlled substances” to possess firearms. ” It is similar to the broad rationale used unsuccessfully before the Fifth Circuit.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

New York Times columnist (and my former classmate at The University of Chicago) David Brooks said this week that the corruption scandal “merits an inquiry. Here is the column: In both the law and psychology, the concept of “willful blindness” is a long-recognized pattern of human conduct.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

They involve challenging questions over the scope of not just laws like the Hatch Act but the duties of federal officials like Meadows. The trial courts will have to render decisions on major constitutional challenges, including free-speech claims, before trial. That could place those cases on a different trajectory for months.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 16, 2023

special counsel Smith is essentially trying to create new law, or at least stretch existing case law to the point of breaking down. Willis may be stretching the evidence, but she is not stretching the law. Racketeering laws are routinely used far afield from their origins in combating criminal gangs.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 13, 2021

The standard for defamation for public figures and officials in the United States is the product of a decision decades ago in New York Times v. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. Such an action would be highly unlikely to succeed.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 3, 2021

Federal and state laws do apply on Indian reservations despite their status as self-regulating states. Smith (1990) , the Supreme Court rejected the claim of exemption of tribes from the federal criminal prohibition on the sue of peyote from the general application of its criminal laws. In Lyng v.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Below is my column in the New York Post on reports that Special Counsel Robert Hur has finally interviewed President Joe Biden on allegations that he removed and retained classified material going back to his time as a United States senator. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.

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JUNE 17, 2023

However, the odds of Trump going to prison could depend more on the court of public opinion than on the court of law. None of the presidential candidates could pardon Trump for state charges in New York or, potentially, in Georgia.) Trump has pledged a comprehensive legal attack on his federal indictment.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 5, 2021

New York prosecutor Carey Dunne’s words were repeated like a mantra after this week’s indictment of the Trump Organization and its financial chief, Allen Weisselberg. and New York Attorney General Letitia James paraded triumphantly in front of hundreds of cameras with a handcuffed Weisselberg in their wake.

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JULY 13, 2022

A shorter, edited version of this column ran in the New York Post ). There is a Fox News report that it was able to confirm an abortion involving a ten-year-old girl in Indiana but could not confirm the other claims. This may reflect confusion among these doctors, but the law seems clear on the available exceptions.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 25, 2021

The media from the New York Times to the Los Angeles Times have run editorials encouraging aggressive moves to secure control of the Senate, including the ending of the filibuster. Here is the column: There are times when being a law professor ruins everything. 6 riot in the Capitol. He needs to lead.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 26, 2022

What is different is that this attack came from the country’s largest law enforcement agency, the FBI — and, since the FBI has made combatting “disinformation” a major focus of its work, the labeling of its critics is particularly menacing. Nothing was done despite the apparent violation of federal law.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 14, 2021

That was not a victory for the rule of law or the country. I do not believe that the President’s speech constituted criminal incitement unless there is more evidence of the President’s intent or knowledge. The more threatening cases concern allegations of bank and tax fraud, including cases out of New York.

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JUNE 30, 2023

Trump will have a far better jury pool than he would face in New York or, potentially, Atlanta. 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 8, 2023

Even The New York Times admitted the narrative was meant to “recast the midterm message” and “give [Democrats] a platform for making a broader case about why they deserve to stay in power.” They did this while repeatedly referencing those cases in hearings as upholding the rule of law.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 13, 2023

We saw a similar confrontation by Hunter College professor Shellyne Rodríguez when she trashed a pro-life student display in New York. The claim that free speech is violence is a common rationale on the left for “deplatforming,” disrupting, and even attacking those with opposing views.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 25, 2021

Supreme Court ruled against a provision of federal law that banned computer simulations and virtual pornography under the first amendment. In New York Times v. the Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. This is such a case in my view.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Below is my column in the New York Post on the second release of the “Twitter Files.” ” The new material exposes the company’s system of censorship and suppression of disfavored views. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 16, 2021

We recently discussed the questionable reporting by the New York Times concerning the lead prosecutor, but far more serious questions remain if we are going to reach any resolution on protecting journalists, including the question of what is a journalist. These leaks are criminal acts under federal law.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 24, 2022

According to The New York Times, the hearings were framed with the intent to use the select committee largely to “recast the midterm message” and “give [Democrats] a platform for making a broader case about why they deserve to stay in power.” He has been criticized for treating the law as endlessly malleable.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 7, 2022

” the New York Times recently declared “ Every Day is Now Jan. Indeed, those measures were used previously in Lafayette Park when the White House security was almost breached by rioters. Yet, there remains a determined effort to keep the “insurrection” narrative “preserved.”

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Weissmann is now a MSNBC analyst who teaches at a New York University. Not even an unanimous rejection of his views by the Supreme Court for the case of Andersen seems to register with him, particularly when the law stands in the way of pursuing Trump. Mueller himself did not find a case for an obstruction charge.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Ads running before the election cited Dr. Fauci in saying that opening schools was putting the lives of children at risk for political reasons: Recently, Mayor diBlasio reversed his order to close New York schools after criticism over the lack of scientific support for the policy.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The standard for defamation for public figures and officials in the United States is the product of a decision decades ago in New York Times v. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. For Civil Rights Under Law, Inc.

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