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Rep. Stephen Lynch (D., Mass.) just stated that the Republican legal experts said that there was no evidence to even suggest that President Biden may have committed impeachable offenses. That appears a reference to me and it is untrue...
...I stated that there was "ample" evidence for an impeachment inquiry based on the existing evidence and, if proven, some of these allegations would be a credible basis for impeachment. ...jonathanturley.org/2023/09/28/tur…
...My point was that an impeachment inquiry should not start with a presumption of impeachable conduct and that I was not making such a presumption. The sole question was whether an inquiry was warranted and I testified that it was...
...Moreover, the Committee was aware that was my position before their invited me to testify. To declare impeachable acts at the very start of an inquiry would have prejudged the evidence. I repeatedly laid out before and after that committee potential impeachable offenses. jonathanturley.org/2023/10/02/fou…
...Rep. Raskin (D., Md.) just stated that that I testified with other witnesses that "nothing woudl approach" an impeachable offense in this inquiry. That again is not true. I said that opposite. I stated that there was ample evidence for the inquiry and, if proven, the allegations would amount to impeachable offenses.

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Mar 20
U.S. District Judge William Henry Pauley III slammed Michael Cohen today in saying that he has clearly committed "perjury." The court noted that there are "two possibilities: one, Cohen committed perjury when he pleaded guilty before Judge Pauley or, two, Cohen committed perjury in his October 2023 testimony. Either way, it is perverse to cite the testimony, as Schwartz did, as evidence of Cohen’s ‘commitment to upholding the law.’”
...This manifest problem will only become magnified in the upcoming Trump trial where Alvin Bragg is calling Cohen as his star witness. Defense counsel will only need to read his past statements to leave him mired in self-impeaching contradictions...
...Cohen has long been able to find powerful allies who value in his dubious skill set and flexible sense of ethics. I was critical of Cohen when he was a thuggish lawyer with Trump and he has changed little since then in my view... jonathanturley.org/2023/03/22/the…
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Mar 19
The decision to allow Texas to start enforcement at the border took many by surprise. In the interim before the 5th Circuit rules, Texas will be allowed to run a parallel border operation with arrest and detention capacity...foxnews.com/politics/scotu…
...This was considered a long-shot gamble given the Court's history of deferring to federal authority on the border. Texas officials are responding with surprise like they won a literal Texas Hold'em hand. However, it is only temporary until the appellate court rules. Indeed, Justice Barrett indicated that the federal government could return to the Court if a decision is delayed.
...Until then, the federal government may see a transformative change along the border as Texas starts to detain migrants on state charges.
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Mar 18
The oral arguments in Murthy v. Missouri are about to begin on the censorship of social media by the government. It could prove one of the most important free speech cases in the history of the Court...
...Brian Fletcher is first up for the Biden Administration to seek defend the role of the government in working to censor social media. He is starting by trying to bar review by attacking standing to sue...
...Sotomayor had a great question to the government on why an injunction to prevent it from coercing companies or speakers is a material injury to the government...
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Mar 15
The decision of Judge McAfee is being commonly referred to as "Solomonic" but that may be unfair to King Solomon. The King did not actually split the baby. The baby survived because he was able to get one of the women to show that she actually loved the child...
...Willis has never put the interests of this case before her own in this controversy. The case will survive but under a cloud. Willis would be prosecuting people for making false statements and filing false material with courts. That will not advance the case ...
...She will also have to deal with the investigation by the state senate and could face bar proceedings with Wade. Indeed, Wade could face questions over his alleged false statements in the divorce case where Willis would be a witness...
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Mar 12
If we can take a brief break from the future of the Republic, I would like to address a more imporant issue. I am delighted that the Bears will likely remain in my native city. However, I am crestfallen that they are moving forward with a domed stadium...chicagotribune.com/2024/03/11/chi…
...I grew up with the pride of a team playing in our weather off of the lake. It made game unpredictable and made our opponents from Florida or California in utter shock. The twelfth player was not just the fans but the weather in Chicago...
...Yes, games were painful and miserable, but character building. To survive the wind chill in the stands meant something beyond the obvious masochism. When socialist Eugene Debs denounced Chicago as a capitalist monstrosity, he added that the city "is unfit for human habitation.” When it comes to the weather, that is a point of pride. I say dump the dome!
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Mar 12
Hur just confirmed again that President Biden "willfully retained" classified information. He notes that Biden referred to such material in a recorded message and actually read from some of the material to a third party...
...That stands in direct contradiction of what President Biden claimed publicly before and after the interview. Hur is saying that he was deterred from bringing charges due to the higher standard of "beyond a reasonable doubt." He had to consider the President's "overall mental state" and found that they created obvious defenses for any trial...
...Hur said that he did not remember even what he told his ghostwriter or how documents on Afghanistan came into his house. Hur notes that juror might believe the blanket denial of the President...
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