JURIST
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Currently, 19 states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana use, with Rhode Island being the most recent. .” The House of Representatives passed a bill to federally decriminalize marijuana in April.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 28, 2023
There is an interesting controversy brewing in Rhode Island where a high school vice principal, Stefani Harvey, sent an email to school staff seeking money to pay a “coyote” for transporting a student who entered the country illegally.
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JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 21, 2021
The company and the Oklahoma justices are right on the law. Public nuisance was originally addressed in England by criminal laws against such offenses as obstructing “the King’s highways.” Lead Industries Association (2008), the Rhode Island Supreme Court rejected an effort to use nuisance as a substitute for product liability.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Dghoughi came to this country from Morocco and obtained a master’s degree in financial analysis from Rhode Island’s Johnson & Wales University. What is notable is that Turner is relying on the SYG law rather than the Castle Doctrine. “He pointed a gun at me and I shot.”. However, no gun was found in the vehicle.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
” In Rhode Island, the court in State v. McEachin that “[w]hile we have never conclusively defined “tumultuous behavior,” we have relied on the dictionary definition of ‘tumult’ to inform our understanding that it can mean ‘the commotion and agitation of a large crowd’ or a ‘violent outburst.'”
JonathanTurley
JUNE 5, 2023
University of Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis defended the murder of a conservative protester and said he saw “nothing wrong” with such acts of violence. Other faculty have called for or countenanced violence against Republicans and conservatives.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 26, 2021
While it is rare for academics to be involved in such destructive protests, other professors have supported such criminal acts including Professor Sarah Parchak at the University of Alabama who supplied instructions on how to topple such monuments. Another called for strangling police.
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