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"Dan Goldman denied there is evidence of a sharp increase in attacks on ICE officers. He has also denied evidence of Biden-era censorship the Hunter laptop authenticity and that Antifa members exist. Goldman is fast becoming the Nathan Thurm of Congress"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-09T18:45Z 1M followers, 132.3K engagements

".Sherrill refused to retract her claim. In a press conference she accused Ciattarelli of "being complicit with these companies." Complicity with companies seems a step down from the killing of citizens but it is a long way from a retraction"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-14T17:59Z 1M followers, 31.2K engagements

".These laws are so named because like vampires gun owners must be invited in with their weapons. The question is whether other historical sources will be considered on the Vampire rule of gun ownership. According to the unassailable historical work Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter the Sixteenth president not only rejected vampire laws but invented a gun to kill vampires"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-06T11:07Z 1M followers, 35.7K engagements

"Not only did the tapes remove any serious doubt over Biden committing the federal crimes but they also constituted what is akin to a political racketeering indictment against much of the Washington"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-05-17T13:57Z 1M followers, 771.4K engagements

".In the meantime the attacks on judges like Judge Karin Immergut must stop. The court's decision was based on a widely accepted view of the underlying law XX U.S.C. 12406 as well as the Tenth Amendment"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-06T12:35Z 1M followers, 55.2K engagements

"It is becoming increasingly difficult to believe in papal infallibility. Pope Leo XIV -- a Chicago native and White Sox fan -- responded to someone calling out "Go Cubs" to him the pontiff responded with a grin and wave: "Han perdido They lost""
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-15T19:24Z 1M followers, 50K engagements

"Just in time for Halloween the Supreme Court agreed to rule on Hawaiis so-called Vampire Rule on gun possession in Wolford v. Lopez. The law bars gun permit holders from bringing handguns onto private property without the owners express"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-06T11:05Z 1M followers, 51.8K engagements

"Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer just added to the violent speech on the left in saying that people should be forcefully rising up. The assassination of Charlie Kirk proved little deterrent in the use of rage rhetoric from Democratic leaders"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-15T20:49Z 1M followers, 80K engagements

".Indeed Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) seemed to morph into Hoover before our very eyes including apostingin which he challenged anyone to name one member of Antifa.' That is hardly difficult. Many groups and individuals involved in political violence have self-identified"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-11T18:21Z 1M followers, 37.1K engagements

"Johnson has declared that President Donald Trump wants a rematch of the Civil War. However it is Johnson who seems to be pursuing antebellum policies. It was the South that claimed independence from the Union and fought to expel federal troops"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-08T11:03Z 1M followers, 45.4K engagements

".Before Johnson attempts to arrest federal officials he might want to take another look at the Constitution and review some history on the subject"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-08T11:05Z 1M followers, 29.2K engagements

"During their New Jersey gubernatorial debate Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill accused Republican Jack Ciattarelli of killing thousands" with addictive opioids. Ciattarelli is now threatening a defamation lawsuit and it is no idle threat"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-11T11:45Z 1M followers, 84.5K engagements

"Princeton is only the latest university to reverse its decision to get rid of standardized testing. Many faculty supported the movement to achieve greater equity and diversity by eliminating standardized testing in higher education"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-12T15:02Z 1M followers, 30K engagements

"I previously criticized the new Pentagon policies for media organizations. While the Trump Administration made some changes the rules remained unduly restrictive and unprecedented. As a result virtually every news organization including Fox News refused to sign the agreements at the deadline a decision that I strongly support"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-15T10:53Z 1M followers, 339.7K engagements

"The latest essay in a major publication of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) repeats the same tired rationalizations of faculty members to excuse their purging of schools of dissenting and largely conservative or libertarian voices"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-14T14:26Z 1M followers, 28.7K engagements

"Martha MacCallum did a terrific interview with Mamdani. He again apologized for his past language denouncing police as racist. He repeatedly the apology on air. Martha asked a penetrating question of "what changed your mind about it" Great question. After years of demonizing the police Mamdani is now rejecting his own rhetoric"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-15T19:36Z 1M followers, 134.3K engagements

"Ill. Gov. Pritzker is joining Hakeen Jeffries in pledging lawfare Pritzker is pledging to seek the prosecution of federal officers involved in ICE enforcement: "The tables will turn one day. These people should recognize that maybe theyre not gonna get prosecuted today although were looking at doing that but they may get prosecuted after the Trump administration because the statute of limitations would not have run out.""
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-13T23:26Z 1M followers, 83.4K engagements

".Martha also asked if Mamdani would commit to "match" Cuomo's pledge to add 5000 new officers. Mamdani declined to do so"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-15T19:37Z 1M followers, 42.3K engagements

".In the meantime Democrats are still supporting Jones. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia not only declared his continued support but claimed to have known Jones for "25 years." That would mean that Kaine has known Jones since he was XX years old"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-08T17:52Z 1M followers, 67.5K engagements

".The staleness of the material and underlying circumstances can be given greater weight in sentencing. However Bolton will need a defense that establishes that he had a right to remove and possess such evidence"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-16T21:04Z 1M followers, 12.3K engagements

"If the oral argument is a reflection of the eventual votes of the justices there now seems to be a working majority of justices willing to bring that an end point to race-based"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-16T11:10Z 1M followers, 102.6K engagements

"Roughly XX years ago Hoover famously declared There is no organized crime in America. Many today are adopting a Hooveresque wilful blindness about another violent group:"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-13T14:37Z 1M followers, 53K engagements

"The California law constitutes one of the most ambitious gun bans since the Supreme Court ruled in District of Columbia v. Heller(2008) that gun ownership is an individual right. In my view it is also unconstitutional under existing precedent"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-13T10:30Z 1M followers, 50.3K engagements

"Comey is reportedly planning three threshold challenges to block his prosecution: vindicative prosecution selective prosecution and an unlawful appointment. I wanted to briefly address these claims including the one that has the most"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-09T13:06Z 1M followers, 93.9K engagements

".Likewise during the Civil Rights era it was governors like George Wallace who sought to defy the unwelcomed unwanted unwarranted and force-induced intrusion in his state by federal law enforcement"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-08T11:05Z 1M followers, 29.5K engagements

"Jeffries pledge of legal retaliation suggests that cycles of purge politics are likely to continue unabated in this country"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-10T11:57Z 1M followers, 44.3K engagements

"D.C. Superior Court Judge Kendra D. Briggs declared that the two teens who attempted to steal a car and beat down a DOGE staffer decided to basically terrorize U Street. She then gave them probation and no jail time"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-15T18:17Z 1M followers, 180.9K engagements

"So the latest review found that ABC CBS and PBS spent zero time discussing the Democratic candidate for Attorney General expressing a desire to kill his political opponents and his "fascist" children. Despite the rise in political violence it was not viewed as newsworthy"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-08T17:49Z 1M followers, 1M engagements

".The disabled face permanent and ongoing physical disabilities in accessing buildings and spaces. The ADA is permanent because the disabilities are permanent. The analogy plays into the very point of justices such as Kavanaugh on whether race-based districting would continue ad infinitum"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-16T11:13Z 1M followers, 45.9K engagements

".The Obama Administration did not like the prior report dismissing the Russian allegations and any impact on the election. A new report was quickly prepared in the final days of the Obama Administration. That ICA report has been widely criticized as fueling false claims"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-08T15:54Z 1M followers, 52.4K engagements

".Bolton is expected to file the same vindictive prosecution motions as Comey and James. However these motions are very difficult to maintain when there is an otherwise valid charge let alone a possible XX charges"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-16T21:16Z 1M followers, 26.9K engagements

"Letitia James declared yesterday that her indictment is "nothing more than a desperate weaponization of our justice system." It is like Katie Porter objecting to a hostile workplace. The fact that the audience applauded rather than laughed is the ultimate test of rage politics"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-14T15:57Z 1M followers, 111.5K engagements

"A divided panel on the Sixth Circuit has ruled that a Michigan school district can ban "Let's Go Brandon" sweatshirts. The decision in my view is wrong and this could prove a viable case for Supreme Court"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-16T10:13Z 1M followers, 51.2K engagements

"Here is the indictment"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-16T22:05Z 1M followers, 69.5K engagements

"Minnesota AG Keith Ellison (D) now is joining the chorus of Antifa deniers insisting "nobody even knows what it is. He had a better idea years ago when he was praising Antifa for terrifying Trump and his allies"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-13T11:27Z 1M followers, 83.1K engagements

"Mr. Turley has written a learned and bracing book rigorously detailed and unfailingly evenhanded. For all his grim recounting of the assaults on free speech his is ultimately a buoyant book. Wall Street Journal"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2024-06-15T10:11Z 1M followers, 2.5M engagements

".The pledge of prosecution of ICE officers by Pritzker Jeffries and others is the height of demagoguery. It is not only an example of constitutional illiteracy but political idiocy. This comes just a few weeks after a sniper attack on ICE officers"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-13T23:29Z 1M followers, 114.2K engagements

".If terrorizing neighborhoods and viciously attacking innocent people does not get you jail time before Judge Briggs it is hard to imagine what would satisfy her threshold test for sentencing"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-15T18:16Z 1M followers, 56.4K engagements

".One of the interesting issues will be the admissibility of Bolton's past statements supporting the charges against Trump and insisting that there must be accountability for such removal or mishandling. He insisted that Trump failed to follow accepted procedures for removal or reviewing classified documents: He didnt need to sneak it out of the White House. From all we can tell he never made any effort to ask. And I think thats part of the problem"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-16T21:08Z 1M followers, 28.2K engagements

"Roughly seventy years ago FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover famously declared There is no organized crime in America. Many today seem to be adopting a Hoover-esque wilful blindness about another violent group:"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-11T18:20Z 1M followers, 64.7K engagements

".Fortunately there is a spirited and substantive dissent from Judge John Bush who correctly denounces the loss of free speech rights for these students. The plaintiffs should appeal this opinion either to the full appellate court or the Supreme Court"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-16T10:16Z 1M followers, 31K engagements

".It is the political version of being caught on the kiss cam at a Coldplay concert. Rage addicts tend to immediately shrink from view"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-04T23:03Z 1M followers, 53.7K engagements

"John Bolton is now reportedly indicted by a Maryland grand jury. The sealed indictment is believed to be based on his possession of classified documents"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-16T20:46Z 1M followers, 117.2K engagements

".Antifa will continue to count on the Goldmans of the world to give them cover in denying its existence. In The Usual Suspects Verbal Kint explained the success of the villain Keyser Sze: The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-11T14:38Z 1M followers, 35.8K engagements

"The Hill is out with my column in Mamdanis pledge to eliminate some Gifted and Talented programs in New York public schools. Byeliminating gifted and talented program in lower grades Mamdani will increase equity through mediocrity"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-04T15:45Z 1M followers, 65.5K engagements

"Zohran Mamdaniappears to have a plan for leveling the playing fields in education. Faced with a huge number of students with comparably dismal scores in math English and science Mamdani is going to bulldoze higher-achieving programs"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-06T10:16Z 1M followers, 78.7K engagements

".Mamdani was very nimble and effective in the interview. Cuomo will have his hands full in the upcoming debate. Both are excellent in debate and this will be quite a face-off"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-15T19:39Z 1M followers, 38.1K engagements

"Obama's presidential library may come to symbolize more than intended from the administration. The library was supposed to run $XXX million and is now over $XXX million and growing. The promised endowment to protect the public from debt is virtually empty"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-09-27T14:00Z 1M followers, 292.1K engagements

".In defense of the Pope he may not realize that he may be a Cubs fan without realizing it"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-15T19:25Z 1M followers, 20.5K engagements

"Zohran Mamdani just announced that he will eliminate the gifted student program in New York public schools a common move on the left to achieve equity through mediocrity"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-02T19:53Z 1M followers, 558.1K engagements

"Jones is accused of making disturbing comments about the benefit of killing a few cops as a warning to others. It is unclear whether the alleged comments were made in writing (as were earlier comments) and Jones has denied them"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-07T12:17Z 1M followers, 33.8K engagements

"After a transgender athlete won before the Ninth Circuit in blocking an Idaho law the Supreme Court granted review. Hecox clearly did not like the prospects and sought to withdraw the case before the Court could rule. Judge Nye just denied that effort"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-15T12:26Z 1M followers, 52.4K engagements

"Obviously Maryland is a favorable jury pool and Bolton may be comforted by the assignment of an Obama appointee as the judge. However those can be superficial takes. Possession and mishandling claims can be viewed by jurors as cut-and-dry questions"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-16T21:02Z 1M followers, 14.6K engagements

""Thanks for understanding." Those words were reportedly from Biden aides after a report on the then VP's family's business ties to Ukraine was buried. That "understanding" continued as Biden publicly dismissed any concerns over the business ties"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-07T13:47Z 1M followers, 74.8K engagements

".It is also notable that the indictment not only includes Bolton's past public statements on mishandling of classified information but details how the Iranians hacked the very systems allegedly used by Bolton to transmit this information"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-16T22:38Z 1M followers, 24.2K engagements

"Zohran Mamdani told CNN yesterday that while state-run stores have failed miserably in other cities they will show that they can work. The problem was clearly a lack of commitment by the Soviets"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-09-06T12:55Z 1M followers, 263.4K engagements

"His hiring by the School District was conducted in secret. The District denies knowing of his unlawful status but did acknowledge that they were aware of a prior gun charge related to a hunting"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-09-28T11:02Z 1M followers, 148.4K engagements

".Once again the court could play a determinative part in how it instructs the jury and restricts certain arguments. The government will argue that if the material is classified it does not matter if it is transferred to a secondary source or if it is classified but dated"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-16T22:23Z 1M followers, 35.6K engagements

"Today during the argument in Louisiana v. Callais on the use of race under Section X of the Voting Rights Act I was speaking at the annual meeting of Chief Judges on the Supreme Court. I discussed the case and noted that hearing from Kavanaugh and Barrett could be harbingers in the case. Well we just heard from both and the justices expressed skepticism over the indefinite continuation of race-based districting"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-15T18:52Z 1M followers, 114K engagements

"Jack Ciattarelli just announced that his defamation lawsuit against Mikie Sherrill "will be filed today." As noted earlier he has a viable claim after Sherrill's unsupported claim that he killed thousands of New Jersey residents"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-14T17:51Z 1M followers, 129.6K engagements

"Larry Snelling Chicago Police Superintendent just denied the story on the failure of CPD to assist ICE agents. He states that CPD officers were present. However there are also recordings of CPD orders not to go to the scene. The question is whether there was a delay in one or more of the calls"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-06T18:21Z 1M followers, 87.9K engagements

".In my view there is enough here to defeat a motion to dismiss. While she could score a favorable trial judge I would be surprised if a threshold dismissal would survive appellate review. In other words Sherrill could well find herself in a trial for defamation"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-11T11:46Z 1M followers, 34.6K engagements

"NYU Law School has reportedly canceled a Federalist Society event with Ilya Shapiro that was scheduled for Oct. X. Originally citing the possibility of protests the law school insisted on changes that FedSoc reportedly agreed to. It then "rescheduled" the event with no date set"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-01T18:05Z 1M followers, 1.3M engagements

".Bolton was seen as one of the Madame Defarges of the media demanding unblinking punishment for Trump in his possession of classified material. It is hard to go from Madam Defarge to Alfred Dreyfus given this history"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-16T21:13Z 1M followers, 18K engagements

"The decision of Judge Karin Immergut to block the deployment of the National Guard does not prevent the Administration from flooding the zone with federal officers. The President can order the deployment of federal personnel from various agencies to protect federal buildings"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-06T12:33Z 1M followers, 219.3K engagements

"Comey's two-day trial date was just set of January 5th in Alexandria Virginia. It is an ironic choice since that is the anniversary of the critical controversial meeting of Comey with President Obama and others on laying the foundation for the Russian conspiracy investigation"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-08T15:27Z 1M followers, 205.6K engagements

"My NY Post column is out. Madisons sought to make ambition counteract ambition in the constitutional system depends on the right type of ambition. He hoped that members would put institutional above partisan interests"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-12T18:34Z 1M followers, 33.9K engagements

".The oral argument took a curious turn when Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sought to push back on the need to show a discriminatory intent by analogizing black voters to disabled citizens under the ADA"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-16T11:12Z 1M followers, 45.5K engagements

".It was Bolton's representative however who informed the FBI of the suspected hack. The representative reported that an anonymous source wrote "I do not think that you would be interested in the FBI being aware of the leaked content of John's email .This could be the biggest scandal since Hillary's emails were leaked but this time on the GOP side""
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-16T22:31Z 1M followers, 30.5K engagements

".If the Court were to reject such districts or declare a sunsetting of the provision it would be a seismic development both legally and politically. The sharp interjections of Justice Jackson during the oral argument captured the extreme tensions in the case. It could also set up another sparring between justices and Justice Jackson particularly with Justice Barrett"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-15T18:56Z 1M followers, 52K engagements

"Boise was initially founded as a fort along the Oregon Trail and grew rapidly during the Gold Rush. It remains an American gem a quiet and graceful city along the Boise River"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-11T12:21Z 1M followers, 35.3K engagements

"The Green Party in the UK has voted to abolish private landlords. For some environmentalists it is a sad hijacking of a cause by far-left elements that move away from its original environmental priorities"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-07T13:20Z 1M followers, 23.4K engagements

".We will have to wait to judge the evidence once the indictment is unsealed. Eighteen counts if true does not necessarily mean that number of documents since there are different charges that can be brought with regard to the removal possession or concealment of material"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-16T21:17Z 1M followers, 22.3K engagements

"The Hill is out with my column on Rep. Dan Goldman and other Antifa deniers who are trying to deflect attention from the violent far-left group. Like J. Edgar Hoover's long denial of the existence of the Mafia it is becoming increasingly"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-11T14:36Z 1M followers, 86.3K engagements

"Researchers are calling for changing the look of teddy bears to "include ecologically grounded forms species with more accurate morphologies and colorations." I am just not sure my kids would have gone to sleep with the new morphologically correct bears"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-12T13:04Z 1M followers, 36.7K engagements

".It seems like Sherrill's focus on "affordability" does not extend to her legal exposure. It would seem at a minimum that these comments would make it difficult for Sherrill to secure a threshold motion to dismiss. While discovery could present challenges for both candidates this could prove a long and expensive litigation"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-14T18:02Z 1M followers, 23.8K engagements

".Keep in mind that Edward Corisitine intervened to protect a victim. These two defendants then savagely beat him down as part of their effort to commit a criminal felony. That was still not enough for Judge Briggs"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-15T18:19Z 1M followers, 39.7K engagements

".Schumer previously declared before the Supreme Court that justices like Kavanaugh would be personally held accountable for conservative rulings. Later there was an attempt on his life by someone who also believed that Kavanaugh should "pay the price.""
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-15T20:53Z 1M followers, 40.5K engagements

".Many Democratic members and the always enabling media echoed such denials during Biden's campaigns and his Administration"
X Link @JonathanTurley 2025-10-07T13:50Z 1M followers, 22.2K engagements