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Jonathan Turley, Opinion Contributor

Jonathan Turley, Opinion Contributor

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It does not matter why that man lit himself on fire in New York

What we are losing is a sense of clarity or objectivity. Self-immolation is not normal or commendable, whether committed by a monk or a madman....

20.04.2024 5

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Should NPR rely on listeners rather than taxpayers like you?

If NPR is truly only relying on federal funds for only one percent of its budget, why not make a clean break from the public dole?

13.04.2024 9

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Democrats cry foul as anti-free speech allies turn against them

"Like Saturn, the Revolution devours its children.”

06.04.2024 9

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Comstock's law: Abortion pill case forces an abusive statute back into the limelight

Comstock personified the hate and intolerance that sustains censorship systems.

30.03.2024 30

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Free Speech hangs in the balance in 3 Supreme Court cases

Liberal justices long acted as the bulwark for free speech on the court. They are now viewed as the weakest link.

23.03.2024 10

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From Georgia to New York, 2024 could turn on the odor of selective prosecution

The removal of lead special prosecutor Nathan Wade from Donald Trump's prosecution had the feel of a Southern Gothic.

16.03.2024 10

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A Trump criminal trial could run right up to and through the 2024 election

It seems as if the entire point is to try Trump before the election. But now a trial during the election seems increasingly likely.

09.03.2024 6

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Steven Baker: journalist, advocate or the advocacy journalist we've been waiting for?

The advocacy seems to depend heavily upon what ideology you are advocating.

02.03.2024 20

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Before Joe, James and Hunter, there was Great-Great-Grandpa Moses

It may be hard-wired in the family DNA.

24.02.2024 20

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CBS faces uproar after seizing investigative journalist's files

The position of CBS has alarmed many, including the union, as an attack on free press principles by one of the nation's most esteemed press...

22.02.2024 4

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Obscene award against Trump is testing the New York legal system's integrity

The one hope for New York businesses may be the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Could they remove Biden under the 25th Amendment? Should they?

It is about as likely François Mitterrand coming forward to say that he faked his death and has indeed been in communication with Biden.

10.02.2024 6

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Open borders, closed courts: The migration crisis goes far beyond Mayorkas

The southern border in 2024 is, constitutionally, suffering no more an "invasion" than the Capitol riot in 2021 was an "insurrection."

03.02.2024 9

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Sex robots go to court: Testing the limits of privacy and sexual freedom

In the absence of a direct victim, we are left with a pure moral or social judgment on the private tastes and relations of adults.

27.01.2024 7

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The many faces of Kevin Morris, Hunter Biden's financial patron

Call it "Mr. Biden Goes to Washington," a rewrite of Frank Capra's classic, only this time the corrupt establishment wins.

20.01.2024 8

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'Say it nicer': Hunter makes a familiar last-minute offer to Congress

This is about being a Biden, and being entitled to a lifetime of mulligans.

13.01.2024 30

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Joe Biden is no George Washington, and Valley Forge proved it

Biden and his party are jockeying to throw everyone else off every ballot they possibly can. Oh, and he's a champion of democracy.

06.01.2024 40

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Destroying democracy to save it: Maine shows the danger of zealots in our legal system

To rid themselves of Trump, advocates are willing to adopt the type of ballot-cleansing powers long associated with authoritarian countries such as...

30.12.2023 6

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Happy Plessivus: Democrats celebrate the holidays with separate-but-equal policies

It was not exactly what most of us think of as being in the spirit of the holidays.

23.12.2023 8

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The grifter defense: The Bidens move to embrace influence peddling with a twist

It is a curious defense that we are not corrupt because we just ripped off dupes who were corrupt people.

21.12.2023 40

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Eric Swalwell and the politics of contempt

Swalwell did not simply facilitate a crime, he went out of his way to associate himself with it.

16.12.2023 9

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With Hunter's indictment, Democrats face a moment of maddening truth

There is no principled basis to oppose an investigation into these chilling allegations.

09.12.2023 4

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Democrats try to strip candidates from the ballot, in the name of democracy

Democrats are purging all alternatives to Biden from their own primary ballots, and trying to strip Biden's likely Republican opponent from the ballot...

02.12.2023 2

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Happy, birthday, Adam Smith: The invisible hand just Slapped Disney

Even Disney's CEO, Bob Iger, now appears to be seeking to "quiet things down" after years of culture wars.

25.11.2023 8

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Dissenting faculty score a rare win against retaliation by the powers of DEI 

Prof. Daymon Johnson said that he has experienced retaliation and harassment due to his opposition to DEI policies.

18.11.2023 4

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The non-denial denial: David Weiss and America's first nihilist prosecutor

For Garland and Weiss, equal justice itself becomes a matter of interpretation.

11.11.2023 5

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Biden 2.0: Expect a more aggressively left-wing second term

Only 21 presidents have stuck around for a second round. For those, the additional four years have proven the downfall of many a good president.

06.11.2023 4

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Jack Smith's 'Siren call' prosecution: Can he convict Trump for being lured by bad lawyers' advice?

These lawyers were not just confident but enthusiastic after the election in pursuing the claims they now repudiate.

04.11.2023 2

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Activism over academics: The decline of US higher education

We have long benefited from intellectual activists in our country, but they were intellectuals first and activists second.

28.10.2023 2

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'Where's the money?' Biden demanded. The House Oversight Committee just found some

On March 1, 2018, a company wired James Biden $200,000 to his personal account. The very same day, James wrote a check in the same amount to his...

21.10.2023 100

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The Trump gag order should be struck down

This order should concern everyone who values freedom of speech.

18.10.2023 2

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New evidence may destroy Biden's defense in his classified documents case

This month, the sudden appearance of Special Counsel Robert Hur caused as much of a stir as Bigfoot suddenly appearing on Pennsylvania Avenue.

14.10.2023 20

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Investigations are exposing the Bidens' influence-peddling dynasty

The Bidens have only one family business.

07.10.2023 2

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Biden impeachment: What the House may charge, and what it needs to show

In corruption cases, payments to family members can be and have been treated as benefits to a principal actor.

30.09.2023 3

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Robert Menendez broke the 'Goldilocks rule' of corruption

It would appear that the question is not corruption, but when a little corruption is "just right" and when it is simply too much. 

23.09.2023 40

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Surgical charges against Hunter Biden suggest a willful blindness at DOJ

Is DOJ trying to tiptoe around any possible charges that might touch Joe Biden himself?

16.09.2023 6

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The 'Why Not?' grand jury: The Georgia final report should worry us all

This "why not?" philosophy is all part of our impulse-buy politics.

09.09.2023 2

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