JonathanTurley

JANUARY 11, 2023

In the age of rage, it often seems that the most rageful reign supreme. That appears to be the case of Emory law professor, Darren Hutchinson , who has claimed that the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was “basically a Klansman.” That is all fair game and Scalia loved such debates.

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JUNE 24, 2021

United States , the Supreme Court analyzed the Armed Career Criminal Act ’s force clause or elements clause. In this case, the court had to decide whether the term “violent felony” includes crimes committed with a reckless state of mind. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a solo opinion concurring in the judgment only.

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

undermines the legitimacy of the justice system, says the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice. million judicial opinions published between 2000 and 2016 by federal and state courts in Pennsylvania. million judicial opinions published between 2000 and 2016 by federal and state courts in Pennsylvania.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

He had a business to promote: a miracle method to determine when 911 callers are actually guilty of the crimes they are reporting. “I I know what a guilty father, mother or boyfriend sounds like,” he once said. But that hasn’t stopped some from promoting his methods and even deploying 911 call analysis in court to win convictions.

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At the Lectern

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Yesterday’s Supreme Court conference — a double one — was the third one in a row with no straight grants of review, but there was an unusual amount of disagreement about the failure to add cases to the docket, as eight different petitions garnered a total of 13 recorded dissenting votes to grant. Villanueva.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 30, 2022

Share Before departing for the summer recess, the justices on Thursday issued orders from their private conference the day before. The justices issued five pages’ worth of orders, sending cases back to the lower courts for another look in light of their decisions in cases like Dobbs v. Grants for the 2022-23 term.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 9, 2024

Share The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on April 16 in the case of a former police officer from Pennsylvania who entered the Capitol during the Jan. the same case in which the justices will hear argument on April 25 regarding Trump’s claims of immunity. He was also charged with violating 18 U.S.C. Before the Jan.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 18, 2023

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. There was a lot of action among the relisted cases at last week’s Supreme Court conference. The court granted review in six-time relisted case Carnahan v. Smith , on its claim that the U.S.

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MARCH 15, 2022

Public officials must release police disciplinary records in New Jersey when the public’s interest in them outweighs an officer’s confidentiality concerns, the state’s top court has ruled. But under the state’s common law right of access, he said, the public interest must be considered. The ruling was issued Monday.

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Patently O

JUNE 8, 2023

by Dennis Crouch The Supreme Court recently issued its pro-trademark-owner opinion Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. Justice Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court with concurring opinions from both Justice Sotomayor and Justice Gorsuch.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 2, 2021

Share On Thursday, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in Niz-Chavez v. In Pereira , the court held that NTAs lacking some of that information – specifically, the time and place of the hearing – are insufficient to trigger the stop-time rule. The Board of Immigration Appeals and the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. Because it appears that sitting is mostly empty at the moment, this conference will be a critical one for filling up the court’s calendar. Five years later, the court held in Trans World Airlines v.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 5, 2021

The lawsuit was filed in July 2017 by the Knight First Amendment Institute and seven individuals whom Trump had blocked on Twitter after they criticized the president or his policies. The plaintiffs alleged that blocking them on Twitter violated the First Amendment, and the district court agreed. Represented by former Acting U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 7, 2022

Share If the Supreme Court’s 2021-22 term had a soundtrack, it might be “With or Without You,” the 1987 anthem by the Irish rock group U2. The new balance of power on the court was on display before the term officially began, when the justices rejected a request to block enforcement of S.B. Wade and Planned Parenthood v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

In Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies, Supreme Court Held that Appellate Review of Remand Order Extends to All Grounds for Removal. In a 7-1 decision, the U.S. In a 7-1 decision, the U.S. The Court’s decision concerned the interpretation of 28 U.S.C. FEATURED CASE. Calhoun , 516 U.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. The court therefore vacated and remanded the ACE Rule—which repealed the 2015 Clean Power Plan rule and in its place adopted a replacement rule that relied only on heat-rate improvements at individual plants. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. FEATURED CASE.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 23, 2023

In a major victory for the Biden administration, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Texas and Louisiana do not have a legal right, known as standing, to challenge a Biden administration policy that prioritizes certain groups of unauthorized immigrants for arrest and deportation. Justice Samuel Alito was the lone dissenter.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 23, 2020

As the Supreme Court winds down for the holiday break, one thing that has not slowed is the flow of litigation arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the truncated consideration, the justices have had quite a lot to say in these cases. The court has not granted relief in any of those cases.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

I recently wrote a column on the legal challenges to President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate issued through OSHA. I asked how a court would respond to such an admission. Late Friday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit cited Klain’s comment in its decision enjoining the mandate.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit Decision Vacating Affordable Clean Energy Rule. Supreme Court seeking review of the D.C. Supreme Court seeking review of the D.C. Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers. FEATURED CASE. States and Coal Company Sought Review of D.C.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. The Supreme Court reversed an intermediate appellate court’s decision affirming a superior court determination that the defendant could not present a necessity defense.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of New York City’s lawsuit seeking climate change damages from oil companies. The Second Circuit’s decision largely followed the reasoning of the district court’s 2018 decision. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. and non-U.S. Connecticut , 564 U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 4, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that states cannot disqualify former President Donald Trump from the ballot for his role in the Jan. All nine justices agreed that Colorado cannot remove Trump from the ballot. The dispute leading to Monday’s opinion began last year in a state court in Colorado.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

In a split decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that young people and other plaintiffs asserting a claim against the federal government for infringement of a Fifth Amendment due process right to a “ climate system capable of sustaining human life” did not have Article III standing.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Share When he ran for president in 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump promised to nominate Supreme Court justices who would vote to end the constitutional right to an abortion. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , which is scheduled for oral argument on Wednesday, the justices have been asked to do just that.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The Texas Supreme Court has handed down a major ruling in defense of free speech this week. The decision Lilith Fund for Reproductive Equity v. Dickson by Justice Jane Bland rejected an effort by pro-choose groups to use defamation lawsuits against pro-life advocates. It did so in the Dobbs decision in 2022 ).

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Below is my column in the Hill on the decision in Thompson v. He could well prevail on appeal and there remain unanswered questions over the free speech protections that should be accorded such speeches. and Giuliani, and he invited Brooks to file a motion to dismiss on the same grounds.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Below is my column in The Messenger of the Colorado Supreme Court decision disqualifying former President Donald Trump from the 2024 election. Here is the column: he Colorado Supreme Court has issued an unsigned opinion, making history in the most chilling way possible. In California, Lieutenant Gov.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

It takes a simple majority in the Senate to confirm a nominee to the court. The chamber is split 50-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris able to cast the decisive vote in the event of a tie. Neither Sinema nor Manchin, however, has voted against a single one of Biden’s judicial nominees for the lower courts. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C.)

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