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Over 500 Cops Have Died of COVID-19: Police Union

The Crime Report

Delaware, Hawaii and Idaho were among the 12 states and territories where no officers reportedly died. “As As we had feared, the virus has claimed the lives of many, and now includes a growing number of law enforcement officers,” the release reads. As a union, the FOP operates with unusual protections and exemptions.

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The Rise of Gotcha Legislation: Newsom and DeSantis are Legislating Soundbites and Voters are Loving it.

JonathanTurley

The bills are the latest examples of “gotcha legislation,” though the Florida bill could raise some interesting legal questions if Gov. Ron DeSantis moves forward with his plan on relocating undocumented persons to Delaware. Both proposals face serious legal challenges and likely could not survive as codified soundbites.

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Fox Reportedly Agrees to $787 Million Settlement in Dominion Defamation Lawsuit

JonathanTurley

As a legal analyst on Fox News, I have largely refrained from writing about the case. Many of us who teach in the areas of tort and constitutional law were uneasy over the impact of a verdict in light of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in New York Times v. That was roughly half of the $1.6 Dominion brought a $1.6

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Ten Reasons Why the Biden Impeachment Inquiry is Justified

JonathanTurley

12] At least two transfers of funds to Hunter Biden in 2019 from a Chinese source listed the President’s home in Delaware where Hunter sometimes lived and conducted business. [13] 16] Andrew Prokop, How Much Legal Jeopardy is Hunter Biden In?, 7] He also met these clients and foreign figures at dinners and meetings. [8] 11, 2023.

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Arizona dispatch: student delegates to Model Constitutional Convention pass proposed amendments on equal rights, tribal sovereignty, gerrymandering and eminent domain limits

JURIST

The amendment was introduced by the delegates representing Delaware and initially only protected sex. But the Convention came together to declare that equal rights, including rights for women and LGBTQ+ people, should be a fundamental value of American constitutional law.

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New York Considers Legislation to Curtail Free Speech in the Name of Democracy

JonathanTurley

” For years, social companies have claimed protection from any legal consequences of their actions relating to content on their websites by hiding behind Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Delaware Sen. Our new legislation will force social media companies to be held accountable for the dangers they promote.”

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“Jim Eagle” Has Landed: A Federal Court Declares Georgia Election Law Entirely Constitutional

JonathanTurley

That was the law widely denounced by President Joe Biden and other Democratic leaders as unconstitutional as a “new Jim Crow” law. The media repeated the claim despite some of us noting that the law fit well within existing precedent and even shared conditions with blue states like Delaware.

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