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Fani Willis Fights for a Mass Trial As the Georgia Defendants Scatter

JonathanTurley

Of course, Willis is not the only person with a challenging calendar. Trump potentially faces four major prosecutions in the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia and New York before the 2024 election. It remains controversial that Willis waited more than two years to bring this prosecution just before the next presidential election.

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“A Sad Day”: How the Colorado Disqualification Case is Bringing Back Some Bad Memories for the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

Bush, criticizing the Florida Supreme Court’s decision during the 2000 election. Supreme Court, when it stopped the recount ordered by the four Florida justices and effectively called the election for Bush. justices as being, in the words of law professor Cass Sunstein, “ illegitimate, undemocratic, and unprincipled.”

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Gagging Donald Trump: Why Smith’s “Narrowly Tailored Motion” is a Neither Narrow Nor Wise

JonathanTurley

However, there are laws on the books allowing for the prosecution of such cases. Smith has pushed for a trial before the election and the court inexplicably shoehorned the trial into a crowded calendar just before the Super Tuesday election. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.