JonathanTurley

JULY 12, 2021

After a slew of lawsuits against the gun industry on a variety of different claims, Congress passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act of 2005, giving gun sellers and manufacturers immunity from liability arising out of the criminal misuse of firearms. It failed on both grounds in 2013 before the U.S. In City of New York v.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Not only is the law likely to be a large miss, it will likely deliver another blow to gun control efforts by adding precedent protecting Second Amendment rights. At its passage, New York officials pounded their chests and promised they were certain of the constitutionality of the law and would litigate it all the way to the Supreme Court.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 15, 2022

Share Under established constitutional law, states may generally not tax or regulate property or operations of the federal government. A 1936 federal law waives federal immunity from state workers’ compensation laws on federal land and projects. This principle is known as intergovernmental immunity. Washington.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

The second “Count Five” is actually just a demand for punitive damages, rather than an actual separate tort. COUNT FOUR (Violation of a Public Safety Statute: D.C. COUNT FIVE (Violation of a Public Safety Statute: D.C. The first five counts are: COUNT ONE (Directing Assault and Battery).

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