Or maybe the devil wanted a practice run to see if the Christian’s were really going to fall for something like that.
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Federal documents case dismissed on the grounds that Special Counsel was unlawfully appointed.
Can’t have special counsel investigate presidents anymore, can’t try presidents for any crimes,…
The job is going to attract the biggest crooks ever, as they can literally do anything with impunity.
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Judge Loose Cannon should be impeached. Though it seems like she’s angling for the SC in the next Trump administration.
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I can’t see anyone ever getting impeached and removed from office because while it’s inherently a political process, it’s too political now and either party will go through the core to defend someone on their side.
The judge in Alaska that resigned over allegations of sexual impropriety in and out of the court room? He wouldn’t have been thrown out by Republicans in the Senate; they’d have gone to mythic lengths to defend what he did while claiming it was all a Democratic witch hunt. Eventually, Republicans in the House will come up with mind-bending excuses for why a Kagan or a Sotomayor should be impeached and tossed off the SCOTUS and tie up the Senate for weeks in a sham trial that ultimately ends up in some 51-49, 53-47 vote that’s well short of a 2/3rds majority to convict.
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Previously a Trump appointed judge found Mueller’s appointment as Special Counsel to be legal. DC Court of Appeals has as well. Plus a number of other less significant judges have upheld appointments of Special Counsels. I expect that this will be overturned on appeal if Trump loses the election.
I expect a near-immediate appeal and a verdict that flips Cannon’s decision that ends up in the Court of Appeals. Whether it goes anywhere from there is TBD, but if Trump wins the election he’ll of course order the Justice Department to cease prosecution. [And, the “witch hunts” will begin in earnest.] If Trump loses the election, it eventually goes to SCOTUS where you know the 3 ‘yes - he was properly appointed’ and 3 ‘no - he wasn’t’ votes and it’s a question of what mental gymnastics the other 3 use.
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Fixed, for “accuracy.”
Guess whose fingerprints are all over the case…
Ginni Thomas?
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For maybe two seconds I thought "Well, at least Trump can’t use special counsels to investigate/prosecute his “enemies”.
Then I remembered that Roberts says presidents have complete control over investigations and prosecutions. Nobody can question motive. Congress can’t interfere. No worries about appearances.
So, yeah, special counsels are a thing of the past.
Congress let the independent counsel legislation lapse.
Independent counsel and special counsel legislation are different. Special counsel is still enshrined in both law and regulation.
Special counsel was still enshrined in both law and regulation.
SCOTUS arguably has already nerfed the power of regulation.
It’s still TBD whether higher courts will uphold Cannon’s nerfing of the law. There’s at least one SCOTUS justice on her side.
Yep. Stare decisis is dead according to this Supreme Court. You can flip every decision ever made if the price is right.
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Trump asks for sentencing to be delayed until after the election. No surprise there. Hopefully Judge says no and keeps sentencing date in September that was already pushed back from July.
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Jack Smith appeals Judge Cannon decision to throw out Trump case (WaPo, supposedly free link)
One step closer to Thomas getting to toss out the special counsel process.
New Trump indictment just dropped in 2020 election subversion case
Quoting the NYT article on the subject:
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Because he was allowed to do that.
Presidents are allowed to make unsubstantiated claims and force government officials under them to believe the claims without question and to prove they are true.