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Jed Shugerman
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“Looks like Mike Flynn may be doubling down on a presidential pardon... new lawyer with pro-Trump/anti-Mueller bona fides.” Time to ask about potential state charges and pardons that aren’t “faithful execution” of the office.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/mike-fl… via @TPM
2/ Mueller’s strategy preserved state charges against Flynn in case of a pardon:
slate.com/news-and-polit…
3/ See @WSJ:
“Flynn and his son allegedly discussed a scheme in which they would receive up to $15 million for taking part in an extradition scheme of cleric Gülen. These allegations could be grounds for charges of conspiracy to kidnap/assault.” *State* charges w/o double jeop.
4/ Pardons of co-conspirators in return for silence is quid pro quo bribery, and arguably might be invalid as faithless execution of office. Ethan Leib and I addressed unfaithful pardons in detail here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
5/ More historical research, hot off the presses from @HarvLRev, on “faithful execution” with @andrewkent33 and Leib here:
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Jed Shugerman
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Come on, @foxnews. This is factually incorrect clickbait. Gamble would have no effect on Manafort either way:
“Supreme Court ruling deals potential blow to Paul Manafort as he battles state charges” | Fox News foxnews.com/politics/supre…
This is false: “Had the court ruled the other way in Monday's case, Gamble v. United States, and eliminated the dual sovereignty doctrine, a pardon from President Trump would have left Manafort free and clear.” No, there are totally separate offenses in NY, CA, and IL.
Come on, Bloomberg. This is also wrong: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/ma…
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Shorter Gamble:
Alito for Court: Historical evidence leans toward dual sovereignty, but unclear. So precedent resolves.
Gorsuch: No, historical record is clear enough.
RBG: Not so interested in history.
Thomas wants to attack idea of precedent (and retire?)
Credit Alito's method.
2/ As I started to read, I thought Thomas's concurrence might be an admirable example of open-mindedness. He'd been skeptical of dual sovereignty, but was unpersuaded by historical record. Analysis of that record? One cursory paragraph.
No, he wanted to move on to his own agenda.
3/ Thomas's opinion deserves harsh criticism. That one cursory paragraph is really just an attack on Congress and the modern growth of federal power, then throwing shade at RBG.
But RBG's discussion of history is thin and disappointing. She should take originalism more seriously.
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Jed Shugerman
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On Trump's answers on meeting foreign officials with info, people are overstating the first half of Trump's answer (meetings have to be OK), and underemphasizing the second half ("Oppo research" is not OK, likely a "thing of value."). I wrote in 2017: 1/
shugerblog.com/2017/07/12/re-…
2/ Review Trump's answers.
It has to be legal for campaign officials to meet with foreign officials and discuss candidates. If a European official had seen Trump bank records and met with a Clinton staffer to raise questions, would that've been illegal?
abcnews.go.com/Politics/id-ex…
3/ Many are trying to distinguish arranging the Trump Tower meeting - in itself - as illegal (or at least a duty to call FBI), while claiming that hiring Steele, a Brit, to talk to foreign sources was fine. It's hairsplitting.
Both arrangements generally must not be criminalized
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