On Aug. 9, California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom made his latest pitch to the mob by proclaiming himself “an established insurgent.” It was vintage Newsom trying to be everything to everyone, part of the establishment and part of the revolution. Like a violent pacifist or a preservation arsonist, it makes no sense to anyone else. […]
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JONATHAN TURLEY: Comey’s shell post may be crass, but charging him is a free speech trap
In the last year, coverage of former FBI Director James Comey appears to be reverting to the level of a high school yearbook. Last March, we were discussing how Comey channeled Beyoncé in a classified meeting and then may have revealed a code name in an encore performance for family. Now we are back to […]
JONATHAN TURLEY: Why Trump fired Bondi and chose this moment for a Justice Department reset
There is an old joke that scientists switched from lab rats to lawyers because you do not get as attached to lawyers. President Donald Trump has shown the same tendency to avoid becoming attached to either private or government counsel. Attorney General Pam Bondi is only the latest in a long line of lawyers let […]
JONATHAN TURLEY: How Gov Shapiro became a squatter and got sued by his neighbors
Poet Robert Frost once said that “good fences make good neighbors.” He apparently never met Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who is being sued by his neighbors for effectively squatting on their land and then seizing it to install a fence along his $830,500 private residence in suburban Philadelphia. The litigation is likely to put Shapiro […]
JONATHAN TURLEY: Trump’s Kennedy Center name change will keep lawyers busy for years
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” That question, posed by Juliet in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” seems to now occupy much of Washington. At a Christmas party with many media from Washington, the question was put to me more succinctly and repeatedly as “can they do […]
JONATHAN TURLEY: Not the homecoming Dems and Abrego Garcia hoped for
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the United States, but he can hardly be thrilled about it. He has been returned not for a removal hearing, but for a trial that could result in a lengthy prison sentence, followed by immediate removal back to El Salvador. After the issuance of the federal grand jury, the […]