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. 47 U.S.C. §

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 26, 2024

Below is my column in the New York Post on yesterday’s oral arguments on presidential immunity. If the justices want insight into the implications of denying any immunity, they just need to look north to New York City. The government insisted there is an exception for such acts from the murder statute.

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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. 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.

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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. state once they are released by the federal government.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 25, 2021

The case is brought under statutes like 18 U.S.C. 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. Likewise, areas like defamation have been limited by the First Amendment.

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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. The investigation and charging of Hunter Biden has, thus far, been strikingly surgical in avoiding this pattern of concealment. First, there are the tax violations.

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