JonathanTurley

JUNE 17, 2022

The Court wrote that “[s] ince the statute does not specify the elements of “attempt to kill,” they are those required for an “attempt” at common law, … which include a specific intent to commit the unlawful act. ” . Indeed, such a claim would contradict controlling Supreme Court precedent.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 2, 2022

Judge Carter notes that Eastman still believes that the statute is unconstitutional as written. The court simply brushes that aside and states the “ignorance of the law is no excuse” and “believing the Electoral Count Act was unconstitutional did not give President Trump license to violate it.”.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

COUNT FOUR (Violation of a Public Safety Statute: D.C. COUNT FIVE (Violation of a Public Safety Statute: D.C. ” Imagine what would happen to free speech in the United States if people could be sued for their “suggestive words and encouragement” for third parties who later violate the law. In Brandenburg v.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Chief Justice John Roberts eviscerated what he called the “boundless interpretation of the federal bribery statute.” The Court observed: “That requirement, this Court has made clear, prevents these statutes from criminalizing all acts of dishonesty by state and local officials. McNally, 483 U. This Court declined to go along.

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