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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This certainly smacks of cronyism, ... The most outstanding characteristic of this appointee seems to be her long association with the president.
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This case failed due to the absence of material facts needed to convince this judge.
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People don't seem to understand that the separation of powers is not about the power of these branches; it's there to protect individual liberty - it's there to protect us from the concentration of power.
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People don't realize that the Obama Administration has been, if anything, harder on whistleblowers than the Bush Administration. Part of the reason is that they know that the response will be more muted because the traditional constituency supporting whistleblowers just happen to be the same constituency as Obama's.
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After almost half a billion dollars spent on the computer registration system for Obamacare, the website coughed, sputtered, and appeared to descend into an immediate coma as millions tried to log on. One reason is that the Obama administration never fully tested it.
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As a practical matter, prosecutors don't go to grand juries for a misdemeanor.
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This is good news for the defense only in that the government really has struggled to bring as much as possible about the art purchases into the case,
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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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Prosecutors haven't revealed everything they have, so it's hard to render judgment on them.
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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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One of the most shocking disclosures after Katrina and Rita was how little prepared the local and state governments were, not only in handling the hurricanes but also their aftermath. You got the feeling that states like Louisiana had the same level of hurricane protection as Iowa,
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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.