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Supreme Court ruling derails Trump DOJ and 'lunatic MAGA judge': legal experts
The Venue Trick: When Prosecutors Shop for Power, the Court Finally NoticedA Technical Ruling With Political TeethThe case began with a former Twitter employee and the transfer of private information about Saudi dissidents to a staffer for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Abouammo v. United States turned on venue: Justice Elena Kagan wrote that a defendant charged under 18 U.S. Code § 1519 must be tried where the falsification happened, not where investigators built the case.That sounds procedural only if you ignore what procedures are for. Venue is not a…
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