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‘Textual Backflips’

2024/7/2
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Prosecuting Donald Trump

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Andrew Weissmann和Mary McCord分析了最高法院关于总统豁免权和国会骚乱案件的判决。他们指出,特朗普的律师可能会利用总统豁免权来推翻曼哈顿的判决,但这一动议面临诸多挑战,因为许多相关行为发生在特朗普总统任职之前。他们还讨论了大法官托马斯质疑特别检察官史密斯任命的合法性,这可能影响对特朗普的指控。 Ryan Goodman介绍了Just Security对Fisher v. U.S.案的分析。该案关注的是是否可以将妨碍官方程序的指控应用于1月6日国会骚乱的参与者。Goodman指出,最高法院的裁决对大多数案件的影响很小,因为许多被告已对其他罪名认罪或被判有罪。他详细分析了数据,表明只有极少数案件会受到实质性影响。他还讨论了法官杰克逊的并行意见,认为政府仍可以通过证明被告意图损害官方程序中使用的材料的完整性或可用性来对被告提起指控。 Andrew Weissmann和Mary McCord进一步讨论了Fisher案的裁决对特朗普案的影响。他们认为,该裁决对特朗普案的影响有限,因为特朗普案中的指控与伪造选举人证书有关,这符合最高法院裁决中对妨碍官方程序的定义。他们还讨论了大法官卡瓦诺的异议意见,以及她对法律问题的严谨和诚实的态度。

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Trump's attorneys seek to overturn his conviction based on a recent Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity, arguing that his actions while in office should be considered official acts and thus immune from prosecution.

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As the fallout from the momentous Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity continues to reverberate, MSNBC legal analysts Andrew Weissmann and Mary McCord offer some updates, then turn to another significant ruling from the High Court out on Friday: Fisher v. U.S. At issue was whether the charge of obstruction of an official proceeding could be applied to Capitol rioters in the wake of their actions on January 6th. Despite the ruling in favor of the defendant, their guest Ryan Goodman of *Just Security *confirms the limited impact this decision will have on those charged for their role in the chaos of January 6th, and on Donald Trump’s election interference case in D.C.

**Further reading: Here is the analysis Ryan, Mary and Andrew wrote regarding the Fischer decision for Just Security: The Limited Effects of Fischer:) DOJ Data Reveals Supreme Court’s Narrowing of Jan. 6th Obstruction Charges Will Have Minimal Impact.