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Michigan Judge Declares She Will Preside Over Planned Parenthood Case Despite Her Prior Representation and Donations

JonathanTurley

When I was clerking in Louisiana after graduating law school, there was story of a rather notorious local judge asking counsel in a criminal case if he was ready to present the case of the defendant. Jennifer Granholm (D-Mich) in 2007 after a long legal career as private counsel. Gleicher was appointed by Gov.

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“A Matter Of Public Concern”: Virginia Judge Orders Reinstatement of Teacher Who Criticized Gender Policy

JonathanTurley

School staff shall, at the request of a student or parent/legal guardian, when using a name or pronoun to address the student, use the name and pronoun that correspond to their gender identity.”. We also recently discussed the firing of a Michigan coach who expressed support for President Trump.

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“Be Aggressive and Go All the Way”: Abortion Could be Headed Back to the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the Hill on how the next round of post-Roe litigation is coming into sharper focus. Such changes are like the shifting of tectonic plates, triggering earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in the legal lithosphere. Yet Biden’s and Becerra’s words already are being cited in the litigation by the challengers.

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What to Expect in a Post-Roe World

JonathanTurley

As this matter returns to the states, it is striking to consider what has changed legally and socially in the past 50 years. In the Dobbs litigation of 2022, 26 states asked the court to overturn Roe and its successor, Casey. Roughly 16 states are poised or expected to make abortion illegal immediately under so-called trigger laws.

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

JonathanTurley

It would then depend on the Maine litigation to bring the matter back to the Court. Here is the column: It is “a sad day for America and the Constitution when a court decides the outcome of an election.” At the time, another rising star in Republican legal circles was getting her start as a young law firm associate.

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The Death Star Strategy: Is Trump Contemplating The Ultimate Constitutional Trick Shot?

JonathanTurley

With the adverse ruling in Pennsylvania, the Trump legal team is still pledging new evidence of massive fraud as certifications are completed. The options for the team seem more and more reduced to the ultimate constitutional trick shot in engineering a fight on the floor of Congress. The electoral ‘shaft’. In Bush v. 8 or beyond Dec.