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Legal scholars urge Senate to reject Trump First Amendment impeachment defense

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A letter signed by 144 constitutional law scholars and circulated Friday characterizes as “legally frivolous” ex-President Donald Trump’s First Amendment -based defense in his impeachment trial slated to start in the US Senate on February 8.

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Democratic Governor Calls For Criminalizing “Lying” About Election Results

JonathanTurley

” He would make such comments a gross misdemeanor subject to incarceration. Such a criminal law would be ripe for abuse and would create a chilling effect that would be positively glacial. Inslee’s proposals raise the same questions that we discussed in relation to “stolen valor” laws. 6th insurrection.”