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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 12:40 PM
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Johnathan Turley, "This is a text book example of an IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE"
Edited on Fri Jan-20-06 01:06 PM by in_cog_ni_to
:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

He just SAID IT at the Conyers hearing! NSA spying is a "TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF AN IMPEACABLE OFFENSE!!!!"

:woohoo:

Jonathan Turley
Professor Jonathan Turley is a nationally recognized legal scholar who has written extensively in areas ranging from constitutional law to legal theory to tort law. He has written over three dozen academic articles that have appeared in a variety of leading law journals at Cornell, Duke, Harvard, Northwestern, and other schools. Professor Turley most recently completed a three-part study of the historical and constitutional evolution of military system. This study, entitled “The Military Pocket Republic,” will be published in three parts by Northwestern University Law Review and George Washington University Law Review.

After a stint at Tulane Law School , Professor Turley joined the George Washington faculty in 1990 and, in 1998, was given the prestigious Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law, the youngest chaired professor in the school’s history. In addition to his extensive publications, Professor Turley has served as counsel in some of the most notable cases in the last two decades. These include his representation of the Area 51 workers at a secret air base in Nevada ; the nuclear couriers at Oak Ridge , Tennessee ; the Rocky Flats grand jury in Colorado ; the husband in the famous Elizabeth Morgan custody controversy; and four former United States Attorneys General during the Clinton impeachment litigation. Professor Turley has also represented espionage defendants, including his recent victory in defense of Petty Officer Daniel King, who faced the death penalty for alleged spying for Russia. Turley has served as a consultant on homeland security issues for members of Congress and the American Legislative Exchange Counsel, the country’s largest organization of state legislators.

Professor Turley is a frequent witness before the House and Senate on constitutional and statutory issues as well as tort reform legislation. Professor Turley is also a nationally recognized legal commentator. Professor Turley was ranked as 38th in the top 100 most cited “public intellectuals” in the recent study by Judge Richard Posner. Turley was found to be the second most cited law professor in the country. Professor Turley’s articles on legal and policy issues appear regularly in national publications with over 400 articles in such newspapers as the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Los Angeles Times and Wall Street Journal. Professor Turley also appears regularly as a legal expert on all of the major television networks, including past work as the on-air Legal Analyst for NBC NEWS and CBS NEWS during the impeachment and election controversies. Professor Turley is often a guest on Sunday talk shows with over two dozen appearances on Meet the Press, ABC This Week, Face the Nation, and Fox Sunday.

Professor Turley teaches courses on constitutional law, constitutional criminal law, environmental law, litigation, and torts. He is the founder and executive director of the Project for Older Prisoners (POPS). Professor Turley is also the Executive Director of the George Washington Environmental Law Advocacy Center .


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converted_democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 12:46 PM
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1. K&R I watched the last half of the hearings.. Good stuff.....n/t
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liveoaktx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 01:14 PM
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19. VIDEO on CanOFun
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mom cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 01:16 PM
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20. liveoaktx...you are a national treasure!
:grouphug:
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 01:19 PM
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24. I couldn't agree more!!
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 07:18 PM
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32. I will agree more
What a treasure we have in liveoaktx
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 07:19 PM
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33. Indeed!
Liveoaktx :yourock:
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 12:46 PM
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2. Yes he did n/t
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Dinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 12:48 PM
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3. O.K. Good. What Will Come Of This?
Something like an impeachment of bu$h and all his ilk would be a good start.:)
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mom cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 01:18 PM
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22. We Start by intensifying our fight against Alito...We cannot have him on
the court that will decide if what Bush did was legal!

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Scott the Wise Donating Member (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 12:50 PM
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4. Isn't he also
the law professor that was calling for Clinton's impeachment.
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ProfessorGAC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 12:52 PM
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5. I Doubt It
He seems to know what's criminal and what isn't.
The Professor
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 12:55 PM
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8. heheheh....
;)
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ProfessorGAC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 01:07 PM
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13. I've Realized Two Things So Far
First, the poster ran away.

Secondly, the poster has a questionable and probably unprovable screenname.
The Professor
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 01:09 PM
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15. AND just asked the same question on another thread.
:eyes:
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ProfessorGAC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 01:13 PM
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18. Well, Then Scott Is Unbrilliant
The Professor
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 01:18 PM
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23. LOL...I concur!
:rofl:
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 12:54 PM
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7. Aaaand that has WHAT to do with impeaching the IDIOT?
answer: NOTHING.
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 04:15 PM
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28. Hi Scott the Wise!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 12:53 PM
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6. I hated him during the Clinton FAKE impeachment, but love him now n/t
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laruemtt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 01:09 PM
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16. me too! i always hated his what i felt was
that faked pained look on his face, saying we had no other option but to impeach. if he takes an active enough role in *'s impeachment and imprisonment, i might be willing to forgive............
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 01:00 PM
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9. DAMN those lawyers.
lol
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MGKrebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 01:06 PM
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10. I think that's the guy who's office is "restricted space"
or something, because of his work on the Area 51 case.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 01:07 PM
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12. Work on the Area 51 case? What's that all about? n/t
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MGKrebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 01:23 PM
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25. Looks like he actually lost the case.
If Wikipedia can be trusted:
"...When Judge Pro rejected the government's argument, President Bill Clinton issued a Presidential Determination, exempting what it called "the Air Force's Operating Location Near Groom Lake, Nevada" from environmental disclosure laws. Consequently Pro dismissed the suit due to lack of evidence. Turley appealed to the Ninth Circuit court of appeal on the grounds that the government was abusing its powers to classify material. Secretary of the Air Force Sheila E. Widnall filed a brief which said that disclosures of the materials present in the air and water near Groom "can reveal military operational capabilities or the nature and scope of classified operations." The Ninth Circuit rejected Turley's appeal, and the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear it, putting paid to the complainants' case."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 01:40 PM
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26. Crap. That's too bad. G-d forbid we ever get any truth out of the gov.
:(
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MGKrebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 01:17 PM
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21. He represented some workers there
who claimed they were being exposed to all sorts of toxic substances, but they couldn't do anything about it because everything was so secret. He's the guy that actually got the government to admit that there even WAS an Area 51. I think he won the case, but my memory of the thing I saw recently on TV makes me think there is still something pending, an appeal perhaps.

I thinks it's the same guy.
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The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 01:07 PM
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11. And unless the Dems gain a majority in Congress,
nothing will come of it.

'Those machines have got to be destroyed'
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 01:08 PM
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14. I agree. The evoting machines MUST GO. n/t
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Karmadillo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 01:10 PM
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17. The media treated Turley as solid gold when he was criticizing Clinton.
It will be interesting to see how quickly he morphs into a Democratic partisan, a junior league Michael Moore or Osama Bin Laden.
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Pryderi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 01:45 PM
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27. I wonder if he'll be invited back to onto television
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gkhouston Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 04:21 PM
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30. I wouldn't be surprised if he appeared on Countdown in the future
since Olbermann's questioning of Turley in the past has aimed at exploiting his expertise as a legal scholar rather than bolstering anyone's political agenda, I expect we'll see him again.
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 04:19 PM
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29. Theres no question its a impeachable offense its the Gestapo
at work here in America... Congress should be outraged!!!
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wherewingstakedream Donating Member (485 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 07:11 PM
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31. Kick and recommended
:bounce:
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