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Utah Woman Charged with Hate Crime for Stomping on “Back The Blue” Sign

JonathanTurley

There is a troubling case in Panguitch, Utah where a woman has reportedly been charged with a hate crim e for allegedly “stomping on a ‘Back the Blue’ sign” at a gas station. That law was struck down in United States v. The petition is obviously lawful and itself a form of protected speech. Eichman , 496 U.S. 310 (1990).

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Want To Prosecute Trump? It Will Require Proof Not Politics For A Viable Case

JonathanTurley

Here is the column: With the acquittal of former President Donald Trump in the Senate, many are calling for criminal charges for everything from incitement to racketeering to bank fraud. Criminal incitement. That was strange given the insistence by legal experts that the crime was public and obvious on Jan. In Brandenburg v.

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Trump’s Liability Or Opportunity? Two Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump Over Capitol Riot

JonathanTurley

Eric Swalwell against former President Donald Trump as a serious miscalculation that could result in a legal vindication for Trump either on the trial or appellate levels. In my view, the lawsuit contravenes free speech as well as controlling case law from the Supreme Court. Around 2:26, Trump mistakenly called Utah Sen.