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Bowling Green State Student Charged with Defacing Pro-Life Center

JonathanTurley

Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio charged Durant with a “federal misdemeanor charge under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.”

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Policing Pronouns: How “Misgendering” is Becoming the New Battleground Over Discrimination

JonathanTurley

Cities, too, are enforcing misgendering rules; for example, the New York City Human Rights Law allows for fines if employers, landlords or professionals fail to use a preferred name, pronoun or title. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University.

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Legal scholars urge Senate to reject Trump First Amendment impeachment defense

JURIST

A letter signed by 144 constitutional law scholars and circulated Friday characterizes as “legally frivolous” ex-President Donald Trump’s First Amendment -based defense in his impeachment trial slated to start in the US Senate on February 8.

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Democratic Governor Calls For Criminalizing “Lying” About Election Results

JonathanTurley

Such a law would threaten political speech and create a chilling effect for those who want to raise such concerns in contested elections. ” He would make such comments a gross misdemeanor subject to incarceration. Such a criminal law would be ripe for abuse and would create a chilling effect that would be positively glacial.

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“The First Amendment Does Not Apply”: A Response To The Letter Of Scholars In Rejecting Trump Arguments Under The First Amendment

JonathanTurley

If there is a single line that sums up the sense of legal impunity in the second Trump impeachment, it is that line from a letter sent by law professors to deny any basis for the former president to challenge his impeachment on free speech grounds. 6 th constitutes actual incitement to insurrection. Moreover, the argument is circular.

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No, Justice Thomas Did Not Commit an Impeachable Offense

JonathanTurley

” In modern American politics, it often seems like the only tool is impeachment and every controversy instantly becomes a high crime and misdemeanor. Bush’s victory over Democratic challenger John Kerry in the state of Ohio. It is often said that “if the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.”