JonathanTurley

MAY 12, 2021

” The language of the statute in my view is unconstitutional due to its sweeping criminalization of any “curse or abuse” that could “provoke a breach of the peace.” ” However, the appellate panel corrected noted that such laws are narrowly construed in light of controlling precedent.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The referral shows how such ambiguous statutes undermine free speech. (d) Conduct arising from posting the message causes the victim to suffer emotional distress and to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed, or molested.”. All four criteria must be met.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

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. 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. 47 U.S.C. §

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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

MARCH 10, 2022

The Court offered this summary: “Plaintiffs are members of the Sunset Activist Collective, a local activist group, and are associated with CopBlock, an activist group critical of law enforcement. At these protests, no law enforcement officers cited the Plaintiffs or told them that chalking on the city sidewalk was illegal.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 25, 2021

There is an interesting case out of Kansas where an alleged rape victim has used a 134-year-old law to seek her own grand jury after prosecutors reached a plea bargain with the alleged attacker. Notably, this attack occurred when the courts were conducting a major review of this law. Davis has met this standard.”

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The court clearly views this prosecution as brought in bad faith, as claimed by Netflix: Section 43.25 [under which Netflix is prosecuted] is a child pornography statute, but the Court is unconvinced that Cuties contains child pornography. 3d 874, 880 (5th Cir. 2018) (quoting Younger, 401 U.S.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 26, 2024

Roberts read its statement that “a former president can be prosecuted for his official acts because the fact of the prosecution means that the former president has acted in defiance of the laws” and noted it sounds like “a former president can be prosecuted because he is being prosecuted.”

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

Newsom cited the kidnapping statute but apparently failed to read it or the underlying cases. While there is a fair debate over the policy of relocation by states like Texas and Florida, the effort to use the criminal process as part of that political debate is … well, pathetic. First, let’s look at the law.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 8, 2023

But even if we are wrong, the statute is at least ambiguous in this regard. And if the statute is ambiguous, Congress must cure that ambiguity, not the federal courts. The holding was supported by a rule of lenity that “penal laws are to be construed strictly.” As noted above, we conclude that it unambiguously does not.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The law is needed because Giuffre’s action against Prince Andrew would be otherwise time-barred. Prince Andrew is arguing that there is an inherent conflict under state law with these claims in light of the general consent law in New York. Yet, there is a valid question raised on how the two laws can be read consistently.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 25, 2021

The case is brought under statutes like 18 U.S.C. Supreme Court ruled against a provision of federal law that banned computer simulations and virtual pornography under the first amendment. the Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 17, 2022

In past columns, we have discussed how Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe seems intent upon running through the entire criminal code in declaring clear evidence of every federal crime by former President Donald Trump and/or his family. You don’t have to go to law school to know that there’s something seriously criminal about that.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 13, 2024

While these arguments were given great credence on some networks, they were stomped on by actual judges applying the law to the case. It also does not address the fact that the Justice Department not only allowed the statute of limitations to run on major crimes, but sought to finalize an obscene plea agreement with no jail time for Hunter.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 2, 2022

I also supported Vice President Pence’s interpretation of federal law and disagreed with Eastman’s interpretation. Judge Carter notes that Eastman still believes that the statute is unconstitutional as written. Judge Carter notes that Eastman still believes that the statute is unconstitutional as written.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Here is the column: In both the law and psychology, the concept of “willful blindness” is a long-recognized pattern of human conduct. While Hunter may be charged with some tax violations, the statute of limitations has now run out on the most controversial payments in the 2014 and 2015 period for foreign sources such as Ukraine’s Burisma.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

While the Justice Department allowed the statutes of limitations to run on various felonies, Hunter would be faced with a new set of charges with years for criminal charges to be brought by prosecutors. That may now change. If Hunter lies to congressional investigators, he can be charged with a federal crime. That will now change.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 7, 2020

From bribery statutes to constitutional provisions, legal experts routinely and unfailingly conclude that Trump or his family can be prosecuted or impeached for an endless array of misdeeds. One of the longest standing debates in constitutional law is dismissed as ill-informed by some of the same experts.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 15, 2023

Given a suspect who is offering an implausible explanation for potentially criminal conduct, most prosecutors would want to secure a statement on the record. Lying to investigators is itself a federal crime — removing any questions over statutes of limitation.

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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. COUNT FOUR (Violation of a Public Safety Statute: D.C. COUNT FIVE (Violation of a Public Safety Statute: D.C. That claim runs directly counter to the controlling case law. Code § 22-1322 – Incitement to Riot).

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Now, the Michigan Attorney General and others are suggesting that Republicans who oppose certification or even meet with President Donald Trump on the issue could be criminally investigated or charged. ” It is same weaponization of the criminal code for political purposes that we have seen in the last four years against Trump. .”

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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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