⚖️ JUSTICE WINS!
A New York appellate court threw out the $500M fine in Letitia James’s politically motivated civil fraud case against President Trump.
The court found it excessive and a violation of the Eighth Amendment.
AFL’s amicus brief was cited in the dissent.
A New York appellate court threw out the $500M fine in Letitia James’s politically motivated civil fraud case against President Trump.
The court found it excessive and a violation of the Eighth Amendment.
AFL’s amicus brief was cited in the dissent.
/2 AFL, in partnership with Murray-Nolan Berutti LLC, filed an appellate amicus brief on behalf of the Job Creators Network Foundation.
https://twitter.com/america1stlegal/status/1826701769038332452
/3 Our brief argued that the entire case against President Trump should be dismissed, warning that James’s lawsuit was wholly political, undermined the rule of law, and served as yet another example of weaponized lawfare against President Trump.
/4 We also explained that James’s unprecedented and overbroad reading of section 63(12) erases guardrails that once protected New Yorkers from arbitrary political persecution.
/5 Judge David Friedman, writing for the dissent, directly cited our amicus brief, warning that allowing the judgment to remain would “allow political partisans to arbitrarily pick and choose whom to punish and whom to favor.”
/6 This ruling is a resounding victory for every American who believes in equal justice under law.
/7 AFL will continue to stand against politically motivated abuses of power and defend the principles of fairness and justice that safeguard our Republic.
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