Criminal Law Felony Government Statute 
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. ” Is the government arguing that the appeals court can consider such a statement regardless of its admissibility? Roberts asked.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Six years later, the federal government prosecuted Taylor. The case involves the interaction of two federal criminal statutes. The first is the Hobbs Act , a 1946 law that makes it a federal crime to commit robbery (or attempt to do so) in a way that affects interstate commerce. The second statute is 18 U.S.C. §
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JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
At trial, however, prosecutor Thomas Binger at points seemed to be learning the governing law from Rittenhouse. However, the most damaging moment came outside of the presence of the jury when the judge drilled down on the law. It is also hard to instruct a jury on an ambiguous statute. I have a legal education.”
FDA Law Blog
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
Gaulkin — We previously blogged about Pfizer’s copay assistance lawsuit, which sought to challenge HHS’s interpretation of the Federal health care program anti-kickback statute (AKS) and position that the company’s proposed copay assistance program would violate the AKS. By Sophia R.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 21, 2021
Garner addressed a fleeing unarmed suspects and found the state statute too broad: The use of deadly force to prevent the escape of all felony suspects, whatever the circumstances, is constitutionally unreasonable. It is not better that all felony suspects die than that they escape. .” T ennessee v. In Graham v.
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 19, 2024
Share The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in the case of a 76-year-old Texas woman , Sylvia Gonzalez, who was arrested on charges that she had violated a state law that prohibits tampering with government records. But the defendants in the case counter that Gonzalez’s approach would “wreak havoc on law enforcement.”
JonathanTurley
JUNE 9, 2023
Newsom cited the kidnapping statute but apparently failed to read it or the underlying cases. While there is a fair debate over the policy of relocation by states like Texas and Florida, the effort to use the criminal process as part of that political debate is … well, pathetic. state once they are released by the federal government.
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