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A Hearing on Herring: Supreme Court to Hear Potentially Historic Chevron Case

JonathanTurley

At issue is the continued meaning (or even viability) of the Chevron doctrine, the 40-year-old doctrine granting deference to federal agencies in regulations carrying out federal laws. Natural Resources Defense Council that judges should defer to the reasonable interpretation of agencies in administering ambiguous federal laws.

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SCOTUS to Clarify Standard for Determining Whether True Threat Exception Applies

Constitutional Law Reporter

She subsequently reported Counterman to law enforcement. Law enforcement arrested Counterman on May 12, 2016, and charged him one count of stalking (credible threat), section 18-3-602(1)(b) ; one count of stalking (serious emotional distress), section 18-3-602(1)(c) ; and one count of harassment, section 18-9-111(1)(e), C.R.S.

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Boston University Professor: Second Amendment is Based on “Freedom to Enslave”

JonathanTurley

States opposed to slavery, like Vermont, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island, had precursor state constitutional provisions recognizing the right to bear arms. Law enforcement was relatively scarce at the time, even in the more populous states. In his famous 1770 defense of Capt.

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Not, The Second Amendment Was Not Primarily About Suppressing African Americans

JonathanTurley

New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and other states had similar precursors to the Second Amendment. fn41] Whoever examines the forest, and game laws in the British code, will readily perceive that the right of keeping arms is effectually taken away from the people of England. Amendments to C.

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The Second Amendment Is About Rifles Not Racism

JonathanTurley

Issues long debated over other grounds — the Senate’s filibuster rule , voter ID laws , even standardized testing , math , statistics and meritocracy — have all been reframed as a choice between racism and equality. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University.

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Fourth Circuit Rules Against North Carolina State Professor Who Spoke Out Against Diversity Policies

JonathanTurley

We previously discussed how academics like University of Rhode Island Professor and Director of Graduate Studies of History Erik Loomis denounce statistics and science as “ inherently racist.” Porter is a tenured statistics professor in the college of education. identified as “conservative,” and only 0.4%

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Michael Flynn: “We Must Have One Religion”

JonathanTurley

The role of the Jewish community was honored by George Washington in a letter on August 17, 1790 to the Sephardic congregation of Newport, Rhode Island: May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in the land continue to merit and enjoy the goodwill of the other inhabitants.