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British Court Rules Against The Press In Lawsuit By Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex

JonathanTurley

Moreover, our tort for the public disclosure of embarrassing private facts has an exclusion for “newsworthy” stories. The exception is so broad that many have complained that it has “swallowed the tort.” ” For example, in Sidis v. F-R Publishing Corp., 2d 806, 807 (2d Cir.

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Polish Constitutional Court about to review the constitutionality of the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign State?

Conflict of Laws

In a nutshell, according to the Italian Constitutional Court, the fundamental human rights cannot be automatically and unconditionally sacrificed in each and every case in order to uphold the jurisdiction immunity of a foreign State allegedly responsible for serious international crimes. It is supposed to take place on May 23, 2023.

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New York’s Circular Firing Squad: Gun Groups Sue Over Latest Legislative Misfire on Gun Control

JonathanTurley

Not only is the law likely to be a large miss, it will likely deliver another blow to gun control efforts by adding precedent protecting Second Amendment rights. The problem is that major Democratic cities are delivering lasting self-inflicted wounds to gun control efforts with poorly conceived and poorly drafted measures.

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No, President Biden Should Not Be Impeached For Lax Border Security

JonathanTurley

The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) contains a major exception called the the discretionary function exception to protect officials from lawsuits for poor judgments. I believe that the Democrats did great harm to the impeachment process in the use of snap impeachments and poorly drafted articles against Trump.