It’s June, and you know what that means: SCOTUS watch. According to Scotusblog’s “statistical snapshot”, there are still 31 cases to be decided before the end of the month. Six of these remaining cases have been designated “major cases” by SCOTUSblog – case summaries are by SCOTUSblog: Gamble v. United States, Issue: Whether the Supreme Court … Read more
Trumpsters have decided that they want to be Michael Keaton in Batman: “Now you wanna get nuts? Come on! Let’s get nuts.” Donald Trump’s TV lawyer Rudy Giuliani aka “Bat Boy” was on Fox News aka Trump TV today and said he was considering bringing a $17 million legal action against former special counsel Robert Mueller. No, … Read more
CNN reports, Transcript released of Flynn voicemail from Trump lawyer showing possible attempt to obstruct: The Justice Department on Friday released a transcript of a call from Donald Trump’s attorney John Dowd to Rob Kelner, the lawyer for Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn, where he sought information about Flynn’s discussions with the special … Read more
Hundreds of former federal prosecutors have opined in a letter that Mueller laid out sufficient evidence in his report to make an obstruction case. [It now totals 1,005 former prosecutors, and increases every day.] Republicans for the Rule of Law and Protect Democracy have released a new video of prominent Republican attorneys this week arguing that President … Read more
Senator Elizabeth Warren early on expressed the moral clarity that is needed at this hour of constitutional crisis: ‘there’s no political-convenience exception to the US constitution’ when it comes to impeaching Trump. “[T]he tool that we are given for that accountability is the impeachment process. This is not about politics, this is about principle. This … Read more