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HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

jonathanturley wrote 4 minutes ago: Happy Independence Day! We began our celebrations last night on July 3rd with the Turley fireworks … more →

Tags: Academics, Congress, Constitutional law, Courts, Criminal Law, Environment, INTERNATIONAL, Justice, media

Judge Kozinski Cleared of Wrongdoing By Judicial Council -- But Admonished Over Website5 comments

jonathanturley wrote 1 day ago: The judicial council of the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared Chief J … more →

Tags: Courts, media, Society

Federal Judge Challenges Justice Department Over Another Case of Withholding Evidence and False Statements8 comments

jonathanturley wrote 2 days ago: The Justice Department is again being accused of withholding evidence and making false statements to … more →

Tags: Criminal Law, Justice, Society

"Sins of the Lawyer": Seventh Circuit Rules Against Company in Legal Malpractice Case13 comments

jonathanturley wrote 3 days ago: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that an Illinois baking machinery manufactur … more →

Tags: Courts, Justice, Society

Bye, Bye Bernie: Madoff Gets 150 Years19 comments

jonathanturley wrote 4 days ago: While his attorneys asked for just 12 years, Bernie Madoff, 71, has been sentenced to 150 years afte … more →

Tags: Justice, Society, Criminal Law, Courts

Supreme Court Rules 5-4 to Reverse Sotomayor Ruling in New Haven Firefighters Case 52 comments

jonathanturley wrote 5 days ago: As expected, the Supreme Court voted in Ricci v. DeStefano, the New Haven firefighters case, to reve … more →

Tags: Congress, Constitutional law, Courts, Politics, Society, Supreme Court

Trashed: City Attorney Resigns After Embarrassing Photos in Garbage Can12 comments

jonathanturley wrote 5 days ago: Larry Wilder, the City Council attorney for Jeffersonville, Ind. has announced that he will resigned … more →

Tags: Bizarre, Politics, Society

Monica Conyers Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bribery11 comments

jonathanturley wrote 1 week ago: Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Monica Conyers and wife of Judiciary Chairman John Conyers h … more →

Tags: Criminal Law, Politics, Society

Judge Samuel Kent Resigns to Avoid Senate Hearing5 comments

jonathanturley wrote 1 week ago: U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent has finally resigned after Congress expedited his impeachment and Se … more →

Tags: Bizarre, Congress, Constitutional law, Courts, Justice, Politics, Society

Learn to make a happy face, courtesy of the ABA

wellslawoffice wrote 1 week ago: I’ll go ahead and do a little free viral marketing for the American Bar Association, in part b … more →

Tags: the business of law

Court Orders New Trial After Lawyer Allegedly Sleeps in Court, Reads Health Magazines During Testimony, and Gives "Laughable" Opening Argument3 comments

jonathanturley wrote 1 week ago: Manhattan trial attorney Michael Harrison has been named as the unidentified lawyer that is the sub … more →

Tags: Bizarre, Constitutional law, Courts, Criminal Law, Justice, Society

Blind Justice? Nevada Supreme Court Justice Kris Pickering Plows Into UPS Store With Her Mercedes11 comments

jonathanturley wrote 1 week ago: Dane Halovich can hardly complain that justice is slow or distant in Nevada. This week, Supreme Cou … more →

Tags: Bizarre, Courts, Criminal Law, Politics, Society

Marriage of Convenience: New York Lawyer Suspended After Falsely Claiming to Be Judge's Wife1 comment

jonathanturley wrote 1 week ago: The New York Supreme Court Appellate Division has suspended New York lawyer Cheryl Brodsky in a rath … more →

Tags: Bizarre, Courts, Society

Ohio Inmate to be Freed Over Typo on Sentencing Form5 comments

jonathanturley wrote 1 week ago: Convicted drug dealer Calvin Eugene Wells is looking at a likely release from prison based not on hi … more →

Tags: Bizarre, Criminal Law, Justice, Politics, Society

DePaul President Names Former Judge as New "Interim" Dean for Two Years4 comments

jonathanturley wrote 1 week ago: DePaul University President The Reverend Fr. Dennis H. Holtschneider (right) has announced his selec … more →

Tags: Academics, Bizarre, Religion, Society

Jurors Under Investigation for Attempted Bribery7 comments

jonathanturley wrote 1 week ago: Dorothy Hendricks, 54, of St. Croix has been charged with allegedly trying to sell her vote on a cri … more →

Tags: Justice, Society, Bizarre, Criminal Law, Courts

Fish Story? Texas Lawyer Asserts the Catfish Defense in DWI Case19 comments

jonathanturley wrote 1 week ago: Attorney Bryan Simmons says that he was brought low by the double scourge of hard work and catfish. … more →

Tags: Bizarre, Criminal Law, Society

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!23 comments

jonathanturley wrote 1 week ago: Gentleman assume your couches! Happy Father’s Day to all of the Turley bloggers. Now that we … more →

Tags: Academics, Bizarre, Congress, Constitutional law, Environment, Justice, media, Politics, Religion

Illinois Judges Rule That They Cannot Be Forced to Retire Based on Age While Justices in Washington Raise the Bar for Age Discrimination for Citizens6 comments

jonathanturley wrote 2 weeks ago: A state judge in Illinois has ruled that an Illinois law requiring state judges to retire after turn … more →

Tags: Politics, Society, Constitutional law, Supreme Court, Courts


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