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The Right Coast
For Trump, a week of sudden shocks
The Constitution likely protects Trump from indictment, Republican senators form a bulwark against removal by impeachment. But as of this week, Trump s ability to avoid the political equivalent of…
PrawfsBlawg
SCOTUS Term: Free Thoughts on Trump v. Hawaii
Main Tuesday, June 26, 2018SCOTUS Term: Free Thoughts on Trump v. Hawaii1. I was wrong. I predicted at a conference last month that the Court would uphold the proclamation either…
The Faculty Lounge
Trump v. Hawaii
In a 5-4 decision along partisan lines, the Supreme Court just upheld the travel ban. What is most striking to me is the Court’s standard of review on the Establishment…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Former US Pardon Attorney explains why “Trump’s pardons are really not out of the ordinary”
Main June 10, 2018Former US Pardon Attorney explains why "Trump’s pardons are really not out of the ordinary"Margaret Colgate Love, who served as U.S. pardon attorney from 1990 to 1997,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Prez Trump reportedly “obsessed” with pardons and “may sign a dozen or more in the next two months”
Main June 5, 2018 Prez Trump reportedly "obsessed" with pardons and "may sign a dozen or more in the next two months"The latest dispatch from inside the Beltway on the…
PrawfsBlawg
Law Professor Letter to Flood and McGahn
Main Tuesday, June 05, 2018Law Professor Letter to Flood and McGahnSeveral law professors from across the political spectrum jointly drafted a letter to Flood and McGahn in an effort to…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Trump Lawyers Claim Breathtaking Power, Privilege in Mueller Investigation
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe New York Times released a memo penned by Trump lawyers to Special Counsel Robert Mueller earlier this year outlining their theory of executive…
PrawfsBlawg
Contempt and the recalcitrant President
Main Saturday, May 26, 2018Contempt and the recalcitrant PresidentPaul Rosenzweig at The Atlantic games out what would happen if Robert Mueller subpoenas the President and the President refuses to comply.*…
PrawfsBlawg
New Constitutional Law Jot: “#Resistance, With Candor”
Main Wednesday, May 16, 2018New Constitutional Law Jot: "#Resistance, With Candor"Jotwell, of which I am a co-editor of the Constitutional Law section, specializes in calling attention to new articles we…
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Trump Is Plotting a Diabolical Budget Double-Cross, reads the headline on an uplifting story in The Nation this week. The political left is getting nervous because a virtuous and lawful…