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Looking at “Legal” Marijuana and CBD Advertising – A Presentation on the Issues

Broadcast Law Blog

While many states claim to have legalized marijuana, either for medical or recreational purposes, the Federal government still considers its possession a felony , and has specific laws that criminalize the use of radio frequencies, the Internet, and publications to promote its use. The slides from my presentation are available here.

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Will the Real Hunter Biden Now Step Forward?

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Below is my Fox.com column on the upcoming deposition of Hunter Biden and the speculation on which Hunter will appear: the business genius, the blacked-out junkie, or the hunted son. Most recently, the “ Dark Biden ” emerged as his legal team pledged to attack witnesses and critics against him. Hunter the Hunted.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The majority responded to this latter point by saying that “[t]he dissent’s view is akin to saying that incurring a debt has legal consequences, but forgiving one does not. What is disputed is whether it is just or legal to convict Ward of felony crimes for acting peacefully and responsibly to prevent greater harm to the climate.”

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25 Years After Court Ruling, Released Sex Offenders Endure ‘Shadow Prisons’

The Crime Report

Crane , a 7-2 ruling announced in 2002 that denied requiring a set legal standard for determining “behavioral abnormality” in civil commitment proceedings, the High Court in effect created a purgatory for persons who have served their sentences but are subject to indefinite detention based on fears that they are a danger to the public.

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Trump v. Cohen Is Another Lawsuit About The Plaintiff-In-Chief Weaponizing Civil Litigation

The Crime Report

The civil lawsuit accuses Cohen of violating his attorney-client relationship by testifying as a key witness before a Manhattan grand jury, revealing “confidences” and “spreading falsehoods” which resulted in Trump being charged on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. As James D.

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Can Donald Trump Avoid a Reckoning in Court?

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Engoron added to his legal problems by holding the former president in contempt of court for failing to comply with a subpoena seeking records, and assessed him a fine of $10,000 per day until he satisfies the requirements of the court. to sit for depositions. On Monday, Judge Arthur F. with an impressive win-loss record of 451 to 38.

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Eric Swalwell and the Politics of Contempt

JonathanTurley

It was an act of legal self-immolation as the president’s son engaged in flagrant contempt of Congress, a federal crime. All Hunter had to do was walk into the building behind him to appear in the deposition and plead the 5th Amendment to refuse to testify, as others have done. The only option he did not have was to refuse to appear.