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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There isn't any question in my mind that this operation violated federal law. And once you determine that federal law was violated, you ... reach a very troubling set of related conclusions.
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The Republican and Democratic parties have accomplished an amazing feat with the red state/blue state paradigm. They've convinced everyone that regardless of how bad they are, the other guy is worse.
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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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This is one of the most serious constitutional crises that we've ever faced in the country.
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As a practical matter, prosecutors don't go to grand juries for a misdemeanor.
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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 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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The fact is, the federal law is perfectly clear. At the heart of this operation was a federal crime. The president has already conceded that he personally ordered that crime and renewed that order at least 30 times. This would clearly satisfy the standard of high crimes and misdemeanors for the purpose of an impeachment.
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I'm sort of astonished by it. It's like a completely different team at the White House is handling it.
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I supported Barack Obama. I wasn't very quiet about my support. I thought he was going to be a refreshing change to George Bush. But what has happened is that we have an election that's become a single-issue election, and that issue is Barack Obama. And he's an icon to both sides.
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In Washington, task forces work like Tylenol: they reduce the symptoms of scandal while leaving the substance untouched.
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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.
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He can argue he has an evil twin, but that's it, because that evidence is rather conclusive,