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As a Canadian philosopher once wrote, if you choose not to enforce valid subpoenas, you still have made a choice lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2020/02/if-you…
On Halloween 2016, I gave a talk with @UnlawfulEntries about how the courts and Congress would not meaningfully constrain President Trump because they would both be controlled by Republicans. I assumed that this would be purely hypothetical. I was prescient about the wrong thing:
@UnlawfulEntries The idea that the D.C. Circuit is remaining neutral in this dispute rather than siding with Trump would be comically specious if not for the implications, but it's also the kind of sophistry John Roberts has made a professional speciality law.cornell.edu/supct/html/05-…
@UnlawfulEntries "We can't violate judicial neutrality by siding with one of the parties! Therefore, we're siding with the defendant." lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2020/02/if-you…
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