OA815: Trump Gagged, McCarthy Bagged, & GOP Dragged
Added 2023-10-04 06:10:32 +0000 UTCToday, Liz and Andrew tackle the two biggest stories: Matt Gaetz having ousted Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House, and Donald Trump’s civil trial in New York. All that AND an Andrew Was Wrong featuring more on the 14th Amendment.
In the Patreon bonus, the two tackle a Liz Was Not Wrong about why Trump doesn’t have a jury trial in New York. Hint: yes you can still make fun of Alina Habba!
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Notes
Justice Engoron Order
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=op8OyfqVHpc6eGTx9LOw3Q==
OAG v. Trump appellate decision
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=ReQsiVyUL/PE7F5_PLUS_RuqoMw==
CBS News story on Trump conceding to $27 million valuation for Mar-a-Lago
SCOTUS orders 10/2
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/100223zor_5368.pdf
Eastman petition for cert
Trump Fulton County docket
https://www.fultonclerk.org/DocumentCenter/Index/142
FC indictment
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23909542/23sc188947-criminal-indictment.pdf
Seth Barrett Tillman, ‘Governor Newsom, Laphonza Butler, and the Constitution’s Plain Text,’ New Reform Club (Oct. 2, 2023, 3:54 PM), <https://reformclub.blogspot.com/2023/10/governor-newsom-laphonza-butler-and.html>;
Josh Blackman & Seth Barrett Tillman, ‘Sweeping and Forcing the President into Section 3: A Response to William Baude and Michael Stokes Paulsen,’ 28(2) Tex. Rev. L. & Pol. (forth. circa Mar. 2024) (posted on: Sept. 12, 2023), <https://ssrn.com/abstract=4568771>.
Is There A Constitutional Right to a Jury Trial of Equitable Defenses in New York?, 74 St. Johns L. Rev. 1 (2000)
https://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1421&context=lawreview
Comments
Since it’s a civil trial, can the judge send Trump to jail for contempt if he violates the gag order? I grow tired of judges failing to do that, especially since the criminal cases could result in him going to jail. They need to get over taking that step if they really intend to put him in jail, this could be a trial run to set the procedure for how that will work. Engoron seems like he might be inclined, but can he do it? Send him to jail for a week, give him a cell, put secret service in the adjacent cells and let him stew. Anybody else would go to jail for way less, they need to stop effing around.
Tim Whatley
2023-10-04 17:00:09 +0000 UTCThank you for being the first to make sense of this!
C’mon
2023-10-04 16:19:33 +0000 UTC
