Legal Opinion
United States v. Turner
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 21, 2013No. 11-196-crPublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge POOLER dissents in a separate opinion.
LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judge:
On June 2, 2009, Harold Turner published a blog post declaring that three Seventh Circuit judges deserved to die for their recent decision that the Second Amendment did not apply to the states:
If they are allowed to get away with this by surviving, other Judges will act the same way.
These Judges deserve to be made such an example of as to send a message to the entire judiciary: Obey the Constitution or die.
Turner’s lengthy commentary declared that the blood of these three judges would “replenish the tree of liberty,” that…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Brandenburg v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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