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Q&A With Elena Kohn: Balancing the Fundamentals

Attorney at Work

Attorney at Work’s “Women in Law” series focuses on successful women lawyers who have carved a path for themselves in the legal industry and beyond. Tampa, Florida. Stetson University College of Law, J.D. What was your experience like after graduating from law school? Meet Elena Kohn. Elena Kohn.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

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From legendary lawyers to lesser-known activists, journalists, and plaintiffs, the following individuals who died in 2022 all shaped the court and the law in their own ways. In 1973, Beckwith was a recent graduate of law school and was working as a political reporter for TIME magazine. David Beckwith (Oct. 1, 1952 – Aug.

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Trying Trump: Scandal May Be His Element — But This Time May Be Different

JonathanTurley

While there will be a question of whether Trump or his lawyers were responsible for false representations to federal authorities about the alleged documents, the question for the jury is free from the factual and constitutional complexities suggested by his team. The 2024 election could become a referendum on this case.

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“A Sad Day”: How the Colorado Disqualification Case is Bringing Back Some Bad Memories for the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

Bush, criticizing the Florida Supreme Court’s decision during the 2000 election. Supreme Court, when it stopped the recount ordered by the four Florida justices and effectively called the election for Bush. justices as being, in the words of law professor Cass Sunstein, “ illegitimate, undemocratic, and unprincipled.”

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington — With a Possible New Indictment of Donald Trump 

JonathanTurley

Many people were surprised by the news, since Smith already is pursuing criminal charges in Florida on the mishandling of classified documents and the likely Jan. Those hearings showed that the White House’s lawyers rejected the theories put forward by figures like Trump associate John Eastman. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.

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Cannon Fodder: The Media Piles on Federal Judge After Lionizing Manhattan Judge

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the New York Post on the vicious attacks being directed at Judge Aileen Cannon as she addresses pre-trial motions in the Florida prosecution of former president Donald Trump. So, yes, not only has the issue of whether the special counsel comports with the structures of constitutional law, that’s been settled.

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The Guardians of Democracy: Democrats Move to Protect Democracy from Itself

JonathanTurley

This week, the Executive Committee of the Florida Democratic Democracy told voters that they would not be allowed to vote against Biden. Under Florida law, if the party approves only one name, there will be no primary ballots at all. The American election guardians in Florida did one better. Jonathan Turley is the J.B.

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