SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 21, 2021

922(g) , the federal statute making it a crime for a convicted felon to possess a firearm, applies only to people who know they are “felons” within the meaning of that law. Jeffrey Fisher, a Stanford law professor representing Gary, defended the 4th Circuit’s structural-error approach.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 24, 2023

1324(a)(1)(iv) , the federal law that criminalizes “encouraging or inducing unlawful immigration,” violates the First Amendment’s guarantee of free of speech. As the government observes, many ordinary criminal laws — such as those barring conspiracy, incitement, and solicitation — criminalize speech.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Supreme Court upheld a federal law that criminalizes “encouraging or inducing” an immigrant to come or remain in the United States unlawfully. According to the Court, the law does not run afoul of the First Amendment. In United States v. Hansen , 599 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The ICC prosecutor’s office did defer the investigation, as required by the Rome Statute , but continued to work closely with Afghan authorities with a view of “sharing the burden of the investigation.” Islamic State – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for the attack shortly thereafter.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 5, 2023

He has been reinvented by his lawyers and public relations team so many times he now seems like a Sybil witness with carefully constructed alternative personalities. If he recalls these events and messages, he will not only contradict prior denials but face potential criminal charges for any factual misrepresentations.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 26, 2023

The question before the justices was whether a federal law that criminalizes “encouraging or inducing” an immigrant to come or remain in the United States unlawfully violates the First Amendment’s guarantee of the freedom of speech. Share On Friday the Supreme Court issued its decision in United States v.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. This has long been a controversial element under the FCA because it was largely the result of judicial not congressional construction. For Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. 47 U.S.C. § 47 U.S.C. §

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