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Here is an Excerpt From The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage

JonathanTurley

In September 1848, Gage, twenty-five, was working as a railroad foreman in Cavendish, Vermont. As a lawyer that began his career working with prisoners, I have long observed the rapid decline of clients in segregation where inmates are cut off from most human contact or avenues for expression for prolonged periods of time.

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America’s Micro State: Why Congress Should Consider Retrocession Rather Than Statehood

JonathanTurley

While Vermont and Wyoming have smaller populations, D.C. Tiny Vermont, at more than 9,600 square miles, is more than140 times larger than D.C. When you add professional services, like lawyers and lobbyists, that figure goes up to 71 percent. Indeed, D.C. is only the 20th largest U.S. and has 39 cities and towns.

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

JonathanTurley

justices as being, in the words of law professor Cass Sunstein, “ illegitimate, undemocratic, and unprincipled.” Appeals of ballot decisions are pending in Arizona; ballot challenges are in process in Alaska, Maine , New York, New Jersey, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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