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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

In 2020, the cancelation of parades and the reduction of travel has led to a very different legal profile of holiday mishaps and malfeasance. faces a misdemeanor simple assault charge for allegedly intentionally blowing on people. Normally, criminal actions will cut off legal causation, though not always. 155 Ohio App.

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Democratic Governor Calls For Criminalizing “Lying” About Election Results

JonathanTurley

According to the Seattle Times , Inslee declared that “it should not be legal in the state of Washington for elected officials or candidates for office to willfully lie about these election results.” ” He would make such comments a gross misdemeanor subject to incarceration. What does that even mean?

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The Curious Case of Steven Baker: Advocate, Journalist, or Advocacy Journalist?

JonathanTurley

Now, the Biden administration has arrested Baker on four misdemeanor charges linked to his entry into the Capitol on that day. Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri was tried on simple misdemeanors for failure to disperse and interference with official acts. Ohio, 378 U.S. She was acquitted. Jonathan Turley is the J.B.

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“The First Amendment Does Not Apply”: A Response To The Letter Of Scholars In Rejecting Trump Arguments Under The First Amendment

JonathanTurley

If there is a single line that sums up the sense of legal impunity in the second Trump impeachment, it is that line from a letter sent by law professors to deny any basis for the former president to challenge his impeachment on free speech grounds. Ohio which are ultimately First Amendment cases. Cases like Brandenburg v.

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Alvin Bragg has his Trump trial, All he Needs Now is a Crime

JonathanTurley

Indeed, if all of these facts of payments, non-disclosure agreements, and affairs are proven many of us (including liberal legal experts) are doubtful that there is any cognizable crime. Ohio , 378 U.S. He did this by paying to quash a potentially embarrassing story and then reimbursing his lawyer with other legal expenses.