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JONATHAN TURLEY: The critical explanation missing from Jack Smith's Trump report

Putting aside the public filings where Jack Smith fought to get certain information out before the 2024 election, there was little new in the report....

14.01.2025 3

Fox News

Jonathan Turley

Judge Merchan tries to defend himself after Trump sentencing — but he and Bragg are responsible for this monster

Judge Merchan tries to defend himself after Trump sentencing — but he and Bragg are responsible for this monster

On Friday, the sentencing of President-Elect Donald Trump saw one of the most impassioned defense arguments given at such a hearing in years ... from...

10.01.2025 5

New York Post

Jonathan Turley

JONATHAN TURLEY: Trump's trial shows NY couldn't handle the truth. Sentence rams that home

JONATHAN TURLEY: Trump's trial shows NY couldn't handle the truth. Sentence rams that home

The ultimate penalty for Trump from Judge Merchan reflects the lack of seriousness in the NY case. It was more inflated than the Goodyear blimp,...

10.01.2025 4

Fox News

Jonathan Turley

JONATHAN TURLEY: Meta's Zuckerberg makes a free speech move that could be truly transformational

JONATHAN TURLEY: Meta's Zuckerberg makes a free speech move that could be truly transformational

Constitutional law attorney Jonathan Turley provides analysis of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's announcement, where he highlighted a focus on free...

07.01.2025 3

Fox News

Jonathan Turley

JONATHAN TURLEY: House 'delegate' shows her confusion over Constitution

JONATHAN TURLEY: House 'delegate' shows her confusion over Constitution

U.S. Virgin Islands delegate criticizes nonvoting status on House floor Editor's note: This essay was first published on the author's blog: Res...

05.01.2025 300

Fox News

Jonathan Turley

JONATHAN TURLEY: Biden's veto of Judges Act makes him a craven partisan, not a Framer

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., criticized two district court judges who reversed their announced retirements after former President...

26.12.2024 4

Fox News

Jonathan Turley

Joe Biden may set a dangerous new precedent with ‘preemptive’ pardons

There are growing indications that President Biden is about to fundamentally change the use of presidential pardons by granting “prospective” or...

17.12.2024 50

New York Post

Jonathan Turley

JONATHAN TURLEY: What ABC's apology to Trump reveals about the media landscape

‘Fox News Live’ co-host Arthel Neville reports on the breaking story. The late Richard J. Daley famously declared that "we as Democrats have no...

16.12.2024 100

Fox News

Jonathan Turley

Jonathan Turley: Susan Wild and other rotten Dems are in an ethical free fall

“‘You must be wary of those seeking to use their influence and their expertise to wrongful ends.”  Those words were spoken at the George...

11.12.2024 80

New York Post

Jonathan Turley

JONATHAN TURLEY: ANTIFA gear for kids? Democrats think it's cute to flaunt support for violent group

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Editor's note: This column was first published on the author's...

08.12.2024 200

Fox News

Jonathan Turley

How much will resistance to Trump cost? Cities may learn the hard way.

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston recently became the latest Democratic leader to engage in a chest-pounding call to arms in resistance to the incoming...

06.12.2024 3

USA TODAY

Jonathan Turley

JONATHAN TURLEY: Joe Biden's pardon of son Hunter cements his legacy as liar in chief

Fox News' Madeleine Rivera reports the latest on President Biden's decision to pardon his son, Hunter. The 'Fox & Friends' co-hosts react to the...

02.12.2024 4

Fox News

Jonathan Turley

JONATHAN TURLEY: The public rejected lawfare when they re-elected Trump

Late night host Jimmy Kimmel fought back tears on Wednesday while discussing Donald Trump's victory, which he described as a "terrible night." The...

27.11.2024 60

Fox News

Jonathan Turley

Bragg tries to control President Trump by delaying case — throw it out!

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg pushed Tuesday to create a new constitutional creature: the layaway president.

20.11.2024 40

New York Post

Jonathan Turley

JONATHAN TURLEY: Why defamation suit against Whoopi Goldberg could be piece of cake

'America Reports' panelists Dagen McDowell and Brian Brenberg react to allegations a bakery denied to make a cake for Whoopi Goldberg for political...

17.11.2024 100

Fox News

Jonathan Turley

Democratic dirty trickster Marc Elias is trying to steal a Senate seat

Marc Elias is back and that is not good news.

12.11.2024 2

New York Post

Jonathan Turley

JONATHAN TURLEY: Ignore the tears and rage of 'objective' media

District Media Group president Beverly Hallberg discusses the media’s 2024 race coverage and their response to President-elect Trump’s victory. So...

10.11.2024 6

Fox News

Jonathan Turley

JONATHAN TURLEY: Trump's victory puts an end to Democrat attacks on one branch of government

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. In 1937, it was said that a critical shift of one justice in a...

07.11.2024 3

Fox News

Jonathan Turley

Lawfare versus Trump falls apart as he wins the presidency again

Donald Trump's victory was the largest jury verdict that some of us anticipated for years of unrelenting weaponization of the legal system. 

06.11.2024 2

New York Post

Jonathan Turley

Opinion: 'SNL' likely broke FCC rules to give free airtime to Harris

Will Rogers said, “Everything is funny as long as it's happening to somebody else.” Kamala Harris' presidential campaign can attest to the...

05.11.2024 2

USA TODAY

Jonathan Turley

JONATHAN TURLEY: Angry rhetoric is all the rage, but here's to hope

Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., says that he ‘poised for a big win’ in the razor-thin election for the New York House races during an appearance on...

03.11.2024 3

Fox News

Jonathan Turley

JONATHAN TURLEY: Defiant billionaire Bezos could radically change journalism as we know it

Fox News' Howard Kurtz joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss his take on Jeff Bezos' decision to not have The Washington Post endorse a...

31.10.2024 100

Fox News

Jonathan Turley

Scientist who battled for COVID common sense over media and government censors wins top award

Few in the media seemed eager to attend a ceremony last week in Washington, D.C., where the prestigious American Academy of Sciences and Letters...

28.10.2024 2

New York Post

Jonathan Turley

JONATHAN TURLEY: Why I'm congratulating the Washington Post

 ‘MediaBuzz’ host Howard Kurtz reports on how The Washington Post is refraining from making a presidential endorsement for the first time in...

26.10.2024 2

Fox News

Jonathan Turley

Despite the media caterwauling, voters aren’t buying that Trump is a ‘threat to democracy’

"Democracy dies in darkness" is The Washington Post's slogan, but can it handle the light?

23.10.2024 40

New York Post

Jonathan Turley

Doing the ‘Walz’: Tim’s free-speech bait-and-switch endangers First Amendment

"Walzing" has become the Minnesota governor’s signature political two-step after his controversial statements on his allegedly socialist views,...

15.10.2024 40

New York Post

Jonathan Turley

Kamala Harris hopes gun owners will forget her radical record

Vice President Kamala Harris defends her position on the Affordable Care Act and Second Amendment rights during the ABC News Presidential Debate. (...

11.10.2024 100

Fox News

Jonathan Turley

Opinion: Harris' support of censorship threatens our democracy

In the vice presidential debate Tuesday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz pulled the fire alarm. His opponent, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, cited the massive...

03.10.2024 100

USA TODAY

Jonathan Turley

John Kerry says First Amendment is the enemy, as elites try to stamp out free speech

If you want to know how hostile the global elite are to free speech, look no further than John Kerry’s recent speech to the World Economic Forum.

03.10.2024 300

New York Post

Jonathan Turley

Eric Adams corruption case is less than meets the eye: Less ‘All the King’s Men, more All the King’s Upgrades’

The federal five-count indictment of Mayor Adams is on its face a damning document of alleged public corruption. However, once beyond the details...

26.09.2024 2

New York Post

Jonathan Turley

College enrollment and trust are low, caught in a death spiral of liberal ideology

In the 1960s, activists on campuses often asked  “What if they gave a war and nobody came?” Social justice warriors today may soon be asking the...

25.09.2024 2

New York Post

Jonathan Turley

Hunter Biden ruined himself every step of the way — now he’s betting it all on pardon from dad

Hunter Biden just showed the perils of playing the game of chicken with yourself.

06.09.2024 90

New York Post

Jonathan Turley

JONATHAN TURLEY: Sorry Hunter, there's no nice way to say you're guilty

Fox News chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt has the latest on why the president's son changed his plea on 'Special Report.' "Guilty." That word...

06.09.2024 40

Fox News

Jonathan Turley

Meta CEO Zuckerberg admits he was part of the Biden-Harris censorship scheme. You've been warned, America

Michael Shellenberger reacts to Mark Zuckerberg's admission that the Biden White House pressured Facebook to censor posts on COVID-19 "I believe...

27.08.2024 300

Fox News

Jonathan Turley

Chicago Democrats let anti-Israel protesters march, but block pro-Israel Jews during DNC

This week, citizens will gather in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention to voice their support for Israel and protest the abuses of...

20.08.2024 60

New York Post

Jonathan Turley

Joe Biden tries to sacrifice the Supreme Court not for ‘democracy’ but for the far left

Biden's final principle fell this month when facing the premature and involuntary end of his candidacy. Faced with being a one-term president, the...

30.07.2024 200

New York Post

Jonathan Turley

A judge rules that yes, the Biden administration was trying to censor people online

For free speech advocates, there are few images more chilling than that of Nina Jankowicz singing her now infamous tune as “the Mary Poppins of...

23.07.2024 1

New York Post

Jonathan Turley

Merrick Garland went too far against Trump. Judge just slapped him down.

In "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," the Mad Hatter asks Alice, "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" It turned out that the Mad Hatter had no...

16.07.2024 30

USA TODAY

Jonathan Turley

Liberal freakout over Trump judge ruling shows they don’t really believe in judicial independence

"This is how republics collapse." Those ominous words captured the hand-wringing, hair-pulling reaction to the dismissal of the Florida case...

16.07.2024 30

New York Post

Jonathan Turley