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Worse than Segretti: Judge Recommends John Eastman Be Disbarred

Close to the end of Yvette Roland’s recommendation that John Eastman be disbarred, she considered the argument from the Office of Chief Trial Counsel of the State Bar of California (OCTC) that Eastman’s actions were worse than those Donald Segretti committed for Richard Nixon. For a number of reasons — Eastman’s violations were done in the function...

Thu Mar 28, 2024 13:59
Citizenship

In the last part of Chapter 9 of The Origins Of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt explains her ideas about citizenship as a crucial part of human nature. Arendt was a scholar of the ancient Greeks, and it shows in this section. A place in the world In prior posts I looked at statelessness arising from the enormous European migrations during and after...

Wed Mar 27, 2024 22:46
NBC Should Have Grilled Ronna McDaniel Until She Self-Deported

In December, Detroit News’ Craig Mauger described a previously unreported November 17, 2020 call involving then-President Trump, Ronna McDaniel, and the two Republican canvassers who were equivocating over certifying Wayne County, Michigan’s election results. On the call, McDaniel instructed Monica Palmer and William Hartmann to go home without certifying...

Wed Mar 27, 2024 19:44
Three Things: So Much Stupid

[NB: check the byline, thanks. /~Rayne] There’s a lot of stupid going on right now. Here’s an open thread to talk about it. Let me start off with three examples. ~ 3 ~ Ding dong, the witch is dead — Ronna McDaniel has been terminated less than a week after she signed a contract with NBC. Even her agency dropped her. I like journalist Sam Adam’s...

Wed Mar 27, 2024 04:34
High Court Decision May Pose New Challenges to Julian Assange Prosecution

The British High Court today issued a ruling provisionally giving Julian Assange permission to appeal his extradition on three grounds. But before he can do that, the US has an opportunity to give assurances on those grounds to address specific concerns. The court put everything on hold, then, for 55 days to allow that reassurance process to happen....

Tue Mar 26, 2024 17:23
The US Attorney for Delaware Treats Contract Law as a Hypertechnicality

Before I lay out how David Weiss responded to Judge Mark Scarsi’s invitation to address two legal issues with four of the charges against Hunter Biden, let me emphasize: these two arguments are a sideshow. Even if Abbe Lowell’s argument that the statute of limitations expired for Count 1 and his argument that venue is improper for Counts 1-4 of the...

Tue Mar 26, 2024 13:22

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