JonathanTurley
MARCH 19, 2024
Major Democratic cities are delivering lasting self-inflicted wounds to gun control efforts with poorly conceived and poorly drafted measures. We have seen how Democratic strongholds have proven the greatest assets for gun-rights advocates. In 2008, the District of Columbia brought us District of Columbia v.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
The state might have been able to reinforce an important right of private business owners to exclude guns with a reasonable drafting of the law. Nigrelli : where the court ruled that the private property exclusion violates the Second Amendment.
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JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 19, 2021
I’ve discussed the New York public nuisance law aimed at gun manufacturers, a law that doubles down on a failed legal theory using torts as a substitute for direct legislative bans or barriers. The New York nuisance law was heralded by then-Gov. They should have an excellent shot at a preliminary injunction.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 31, 2022
The district court’s contrary conclusion is not supported by the plain and ordinary meaning of the word “sex” and provides ample support for subsequent litigants to transform schools’ living facilities, locker rooms, showers, and sports teams into sex-neutral areas and activities. Such a proposition—i.e.,
JonathanTurley
APRIL 29, 2023
Indeed, President Biden has made dubious constitutional and historical claims about the Second Amendment and AR-15s. Illinois and New York have previously supplied gun rights advocates with huge victories by drafting facially unconstitutional laws. of owners utilize these rifles for self-defense outside of their home and 61.9%
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Gerrymandering is to politics what doping is to sports. Drafting coherent districts evenly and logically to divide populations is not particularly difficult. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, which has held hearings on the evil of — you guessed it — gerrymandering.
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