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The “Why Not” Culture: Why the Georgia Final Report Should Worry Us All

JonathanTurley

It is the “why not” approach to criminal and constitutional law. They also included lawyers who argued for recounts or investigations into alleged election fraud. And while we’re at it, why not bar every lawyer who helped file claims of voting fraud from ever running for office? Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)

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“Just Do It”: Democrats Continue to Struggle to Find a Crime to fit the Offense

JonathanTurley

Hearing an account of Trump lawyer John Eastman tell the Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers to “just do it” in scrapping the state’s slate of electors was cringeworthy. However, many seem to be making the same demand of Attorney General Garland about bringing criminal charges.

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Justice or Just Desserts? Trump, Cosby and Georgia cases show rising cost of political litigation

JonathanTurley

From the prosecution of Bill Cosby to a federal lawsuit against Georgia, courts are dealing with cases where government lawyers repeat the same implausible claims with the same unconvincing results. Democratic National Committee , an Arizona case in which the U.S. The Weisselberg indictment.