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The rationale for statutes of limitations is pretty clear. It is a corollary to the truism "absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Meanwhile, this is an apt observation about the Cueller charges.

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The judge will give jury instructions on the law to the jury before they begin deliberating. The lawyers will each provide proposed jury instructions and the judge will choose which versions to give.

SMH

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Finally, most observers (including V) suspected that, despite Donald Trump repeatedly saying that he planned to testify, he wouldn't actually do so. Here's his bogus reason : https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1786132874380333155 Notice how Trump's lawyer, Todd Blanche, seems in that video to confirm ...

There are two factors that Kanefield (and others) are not sufficiently taking into account when they criticize the prosecution. First, as noted, the elements of the falsifying business records felony include "with intent to defraud that includes an intent to commit another crime or to aid or co...

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I saw that piece by Kanefield. She (and a lot of other pundits) are missing a subtlety in New York law. I'll explain what I mean by that when I have more time.

Exactly, River.

Very cool!

Thanks for the response. I agree that the district is a bit funky, but it is not really extreme, and as the dissent points out there are lawful reasons for it. I hope and assume that Stern is right about the Purcell rule.

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Edited to add: international bodies don't have the best track record here: "Since the UNHRC's creation in 2006, it has resolved almost as many resolutions condemning Israel alone than on issues for the rest of the world combined. The 45 resolutions comprised almost half (45.9%) of all country-...

N.E. Brigand wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 3:44 am

Voronwë the Faithful wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 2:42 am Do you think it will matter? People seem to have lost their collective minds.

It is our business to help them find them again.

Aṣẹ!

Do you think it will matter? People seem to have lost their collective minds.

While I certainly see your point, on the whole I think the analogy does not hold. [... various interesting arguments undercutting my Dresden/Poland analogy ...] Let me try a different analogy. If Jack stabs five of his neighbors to death, including the husband and kids of Sally who lives across the...

Very interesting comments by Ben Wittes of Lawfare today on their podcast about this case. He was one of those people who felt that is case was the weakest and least important of the four cases in which Trump was charged, but after sitting through the first week of the case, he has changed his mind....