JONATHAN TURLEY: NY Times columnist sinks to sick new low mocking JD Vance's mom

New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie faces criticism for mocking JD Vance's mother's addiction history on Bluesky, sparking debate about media ethics and rage.

Rage is itself a type of drug. It is addictive — and, while they never admit it, many relish it. Jonathan Turley is a Fox News Media contributor and the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University.  

Vance wrote a celebrated bestselling memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy," about his difficult childhood with a mother who became addicted to pain medication and eventually found herself stealing drugs from her patients. It was a tragic account of how addiction tore their family apart, but also a tale of redemption: "I knew that a mother could love her son despite the grip of addiction. I knew that my family loved me, even when they struggled to take care of themselves." He is the author of the new book "Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution" (Simon & Schuster, Feb 3, 2026), on the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution.on the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution.

He is a nationally recognized legal scholar who has written extensively in areas ranging from constitutional law to legal history to the Supreme Court. He has written over three dozen academic articles that have appeared in a variety of leading law journals.