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Nicholas Wallace@wallace.bsky.social |
If the lower court understood the present moment, this would be its response: "The court is surprised this needs to be said, but anything related to a coup attempt is not an official act. That includes all of the conduct in the indictment. Trial begins September 1st."
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BlueScottyP
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Huh…
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Yes! How do we mainline this to Judge Chutkin?
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Shaun Horton
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Which, we know will simply get challenged by Trump's lawyers again, trying to push the questions of what are official acts BACK to the SC as needed for time.
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Christian Mott
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Except that decision would be immediately appealable and the trial would once again be stayed for several rounds of appellate review. (Barrett addresses this point explicitly.) A court motivated to prevent a trial before the election couldn't have done more -- though we mustn't inquire into motives
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