After listening to oral argument today, it became clear that there is a majority on the court ready to reconsider U.S. v. Nixon and Clinton v. Jones, and willing to devise a new standard for presidential subpoenas. It is yet another departure from precedent by the Roberts Court. And it will allow Donald Trump to … Read more
For you non-lawyers who have been listening to Supreme Court oral arguments over the past week, I hope it has been illuminating about the mystique of oral argument, and no, I don’t mean the unfortunate failure to mute a toilet flush during oral argument last week. That was a first for me as well. If … Read more
Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog reported on Thursday, DOJ asks court to temporarily block release of secret Mueller grand jury materials: The Department of Justice came to the Supreme Court today, asking the justices to put on hold the disclosure of grand jury materials from the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who in March 2019 … Read more
Last week Judge Reggie B. Walton sharply criticized Attorney General William P. Barr’s handling of the report by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, saying that Mr. Barr put forward a “distorted” and “misleading” account of its findings and lacked credibility before the court. The judge ordered the Department of Justice to privately show … Read more
While Senate Republicans were busy on Friday aiding and abetting Donald Trump’s “total obstruction” of Congress by voting not to hear from relevant first-hand knowledge witnesses who have offered to testify and who have receipts to corroborate their testimony, these very same witnesses were dropping bombshells in “breaking news” in split-screen coverage of the impeachment … Read more