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Constitutional Law Reporter
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Supreme Court’s Decision The Supreme Court reversed by a vote of 7-2, holding that because §1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) forbids only the purposeful solicitation and facilitation of specific acts known to violate federal law, the clause is not unconstitutionally overbroad. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote on behalf of the majority.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
However, the most damaging moment came outside of the presence of the jury when the judge drilled down on the law. He told the prosecutors “I have been wrestling with this statute with, I’d hate to count the hours I’ve put into it, I’m still trying to figure out what it says, what’s prohibited. I have a legal education.”
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JonathanTurley
APRIL 1, 2023
The challengers noted that the same outfit prohibited for drag performers under the law would be entirely legal for cheerleaders or other women in public events. The vagueness problems could be reduced by limiting the scope to adult entertainment settings.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 15, 2021
The referral shows how such ambiguous statutes undermine free speech. Sheriff Murphy seemed to acknowledge that he is pushing the legal envelope on this referral but said that he has lost his patience: “We have done our share of these, trying to get some clear understanding of the line for criminal charges vs free speech.
JonathanTurley
MAY 25, 2021
The appellate court reversed a lower court’s decision that the grand jury lacked the minimal legal and evidentiary basis for an investigation. The statute merely requires sufficient general allegations. The district court erred when it held that Davis was required to allege specific facts in his petition.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 26, 2024
The ongoing prosecution of Trump is legally absurd but has resulted in the leading presidential candidate not only being gagged but prevented from campaigning. With cliffs to the left and the right, the justices are looking at a free-fall dive into the scope of constitutional and criminal law as they apply to presidential conduct.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 9, 2023
.” The problem, however, is that this is just like the transport of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard in September 2022, which a number of Democratic leaders and legal experts insisted was also a clear case of kidnapping and human trafficking. Newsom previously asked the U.S. To great acclaim, Rachael Rollins, then the U.S.
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