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No Joke: Supreme Court Case Could Take a Big Bite Out of the First Amendment

JonathanTurley

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. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University.

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Why Has Trump Not Been Charged With Criminal Incitement?

JonathanTurley

However, such crimes are notoriously difficult to litigate , as shown by the failed 2012 prosecution of former presidential candidate John Edwards. Others claimed Trump committed “felony bribery” by fundraising for Republican senators when he was about to be impeached. That simply is not true. The problem is free speech.

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