In a Thursday piece posted on his Substack, attorney Seth Abramson said that Roger Stone might soon be arrested again for purported links to the January 6 storming of the Capitol. Abramson pointed to .
Donald Trump s Acquittal Could Harm Criminal Investigations Into Incitement, Professor Says
In a piece for
The New Yorker, Harvard Law School legal professor Jeannie Suk Gersen argued the possible acquittal of Donald Trump in the forthcoming impeachment trial could help the former president emerge stronger. Given the importance of condemning Trump s destructive actions, the message sent by an acquittal may be worse than no trial, she wrote. And, further, the result may complicate any effort by criminal-law enforcement to investigate and indict Trump for inciting insurrection or even levying war agains the U.S. According to Gersen, an acquittal could act as confirmation for Trump and his supporters unsubstantiated claims of widespread election fraud, which they believe is responsible for Democrat Joe Biden s victory.
Supreme Court Vacates Rulings Allowing Texas’s CCP Virus Abortion Restrictions
The Supreme Court on Jan. 25 vacated two lower court rulings that allowed Texas to temporarily postpone most abortions amid the CCP virus pandemic. But the order does not have any immediate consequences as the state has already lifted its abortion restrictions.
The case was brought by Planned Parenthood Center for Choice who wanted the nation’s top court to review the rulings. They argued (pdf) that although Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had restored abortions in the state, the two Fifth Circuit Court decisions that ruled in favor of the state would still apply as precedents in future cases.
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(Reuters) - Five days after the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday halted lawsuits accusing him of violating the U.S. Constitution’s anti-corruption provisions by maintaining ownership of his business empire including a hotel near the White House while in office.
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The action means that after four years of litigation the top U.S. judicial body will not rule on the meaning and scope of the Constitution’s so-called emoluments provisions, a largely untested area of constitutional law. The provisions bar presidents from accepting gifts or payments from foreign and state governments without congressional approval.
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