SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The government presented no such evidence at Jones’s trial – under the law at the time, it didn’t have to in order to sustain a conviction – and although he had 11 prior felony convictions, Jones testified that he believed his record had been expunged. Thus, Jones argues, he is serving a prison term for conduct that is not a crime.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

He was charged with (and later acquitted of) a felony under an Ohio law prohibiting the use of a computer to “disrupt” or “interrupt” police functions. It was a tour-de-force on the value of satire to make profound legal and political points. Another pending case is Novak v. Image from Supreme Court Petition.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

.” The problem, however, is that this is just like the transport of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard in September 2022, which a number of Democratic leaders and legal experts insisted was also a clear case of kidnapping and human trafficking. The reason is that these claims are made for cable news, not courts of law.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Various members and legal experts have claimed that the case for prosecution is clear on its face. The disconnect between legal analysis and legal reality matters little in today’s media. Others claimed Trump committed “felony bribery” by fundraising for Republican senators when he was about to be impeached.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The quote came to mind after reading the response of Abbe Lowell, legal counsel for Hunter Biden, to the issuance of subpoenas for Hunter and other family members by the House Oversight Committee. The public will demand the same vigorous prosecution in the face of any similar contempt by Biden associates. That may now change.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Here is the column: It seems the subject of Donald Trump , like necessity, is the mother of invention, at least when it comes to legal analysis. From bribery statutes to constitutional provisions, legal experts routinely and unfailingly conclude that Trump or his family can be prosecuted or impeached for an endless array of misdeeds.

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