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Lawyer suspended after he’s accused of plying teens with alcohol and touching one of them sexually

ABA Journal

The Ohio Supreme Court has suspended a lawyer who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault after being accused of touching his stepdaughter’s 18-year-old friend in a…

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Legal scholars urge Senate to reject Trump First Amendment impeachment defense

JURIST

” The letter takes no position on whether the Senate should convict the ex-president, only that the scholars “urge the Senate not to base its decision on the erroneous understanding of the First Amendment urged by President Trump’s lawyers.”

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

faces a misdemeanor simple assault charge for allegedly intentionally blowing on people. Thanksgiving means one thing for personal injury lawyers: food poisoning. 155 Ohio App. Caponi (1969), 18 Ohio St. 2d 125, 47 Ohio Op. Caponi (1969), 18 Ohio St. 2d 125, 47 Ohio Op. Stanley (2001), 92 Ohio St.3d

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Democratic Governor Calls For Criminalizing “Lying” About Election Results

JonathanTurley

” He would make such comments a gross misdemeanor subject to incarceration. Indeed, Democratic lawyers like Marc Elias have challenged Republican victories as he and others denounced such GOP challenges as attacks on democracy. We have seen other Democratic leaders use the criminal process in similarly reckless fashions.

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

JonathanTurley

Ohio , 378 U.S. This law states “Any two or more persons who conspire to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office by unlawful means and which conspiracy is acted upon by one or more of the parties thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.” You are not alone.