Jonathan Turley
Jonathan Turley
Jonathan Turleyis an American lawyer, legal scholar, writer, commentator, and legal analyst in broadcast and print journalism. He is currently a professor of law at The George Washington University Law School...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth6 May 1961
CountryUnited States of America
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Life on the appeals court tends to move at a leisurely and comfortable pace.
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Law professors like Obama tend to view the law as one means to an end, and others, like myself, tend to view it as the end itself.
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Our carefully constructed system of checks and balances is being negated by the rise of a fourth branch, an administrative state of sprawling departments and agencies that govern with increasing autonomy and decreasing transparency.
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I happen to agree with many of President Obama's policies, but in our system, it is often as important how you do something as what you do.
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Frankly, most governments are used to lying to each other - to a degree that most people would find shocking. Part of diplomacy is the art of strategic lying.
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Whatever purpose confirmation hearings may have, this is clearly not the purpose. You have nominees talking like politicians, giving empty sound bites.
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He's basically being put to death for the act of omission. There would be no limit to how far this type of theory could be used.
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What the president ordered in this case was a crime.
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Under the common law, one of the more controversial rules is the 'no duty to rescue rule' that says that, if you were not responsible for placing someone in danger or risk, you have no obligation to help them, even when it would cost little to save their life.
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People will rue the day they allow presidents to view themselves above the law.
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perfectly medieval...there was never any evidence of espionage.
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These defense attorneys are doing the right thing and probing every possible vulnerability.
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The taped message is consistent with my notes as well as my email and telephone communications with editors.
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He's a man who seems to take his legacy seriously, ... The last thing he wants is to be viewed as the man who ran through Roberts on a party vote.