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Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment in the election interference case. Time for Trump’s SCOTUS pals to ride to the rescue again! And in Georgia, local election officials are preparing to gum up the works if voters don’t give them what they want.

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Trump DC superseding indictment

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.226.0_38.pdf

Trump DC original indictment

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.1.0_10.pdf

US v. Trump (DC) August 8, 2024 status report

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.209.0_3.pdf

DOJ 2024 memo EYS

https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1359366/dl

DOJ 2012 memo EYS

https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/oip/legacy/2014/07/23/ag-memo-election-year-sensitivities.pdf

DOJ 2008 memo EYS

https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/ag/legacy/2009/02/10/ag-030508.pdf

5 USC 2374

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/7324

June 13, 2019 OSC report Kellyanne Conway

https://osc.gov/Documents/Hatch%20Act/Reports/Report%20of%20Prohibited%20Political%20Activity,%20Kellyanne%20Conway%20(HA-19-0631%20%26%20HA-19-3395).pdf?csf=1&e=aMNhry

DOJ OIG report June 2018

“A Review of Various Actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice in Advance of the 2016 Election”

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/4515884/DOJ-OIG-2016-Election-Final-Report.pdf

Trump v. US

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf

Fischer v. US

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-5572_l6hn.pdf

Here’s How Pro-Trump Georgia Officials Wrote New Rules to Deny Election Results

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-how-georgia-officials-wrote-rules-deny-election-results-1235089385/ 

Abhiraman v. State Election Board — Complaint

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25074852/georgia-state-election-board-rules-lawsuit.pdf

Heekin Petition

https://sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/forms/Rule%20Petition%20-%20Heekin_redacted.pdf

Grubbs Petition

https://sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/forms/Petition%20-%20Grubbs_Redacted.pdf

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The stolen documents case is back! Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the charges against Trump and his goons in July on the theory that special counsels are illegal, and Monday Special Counsel Jack Smith filed his brief to the Eleventh Circuit explaining why she is very obviously wrong. Plus, RFK Jr. dropped out and endorsed Trump. Does that mean he’s off the ballot everywhere?

Links:

Jack Smith 11th Cir Brief

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca11.87822/gov.uscourts.ca11.87822.18.0_1.pdf

Trump v. US

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf

18 USC 599

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/599

ADLF Complaint re: Trump/Carson

https://static.politico.com/83/4d/90f795464ab58210ca25aa3a1af7/adlf-complaint.pdf

NRS 293.202

https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-293.html

New Yorker profile

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/12/robert-f-kennedy-jr-profile-presidential-campaign

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Project 2025 is the right’s manifesto on how to break the government and turn America into a Christian nationalist state. It’s also deeply weird — just like the guys who wrote it. We’ll break down 20 of the craziest policy proposals, and then take a deep dive into the plan to replace the civil service with an army of MAGA loyalists.

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GOP Whines That It’s No Fair That Kamala Gets Joe’s Money

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/gop-whines-that-its-no-fair-kamala

Project 2025

https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf

Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883, 5 U.S.C. Chapter 23

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/part-III/subpart-A/chapter-23

Trump Executive Order 13957

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-10-26/pdf/2020-23780.pdf

Biden EO 14003 (repealing Trump EO 13957)

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-01-27/pdf/2021-01924.pdf

5 CFR Parts 210, 212, 213, 302, 432, 451, and 752

https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-06815.pdf

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Biden is out, Kamala is all but in, and the GOP is freaking out. We’ll break down potential Republican legal challenges to a Harris candidacy. Subscribers will get an extended curbstomping of Jonathan Turley’s galaxy brain plan to 25th Amendment Biden out of the last six months of his term.

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Louisiana notice of compliance

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.lamd.64943/gov.uscourts.lamd.64943.32.0.pdf

DNC 2024 Call For the DNC

https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2024-Call-for-Convention.pdf

DNC 2024 Delegate Selection Rules

https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2024-Delegate-Selection-Rules.pdf

DNC Charter and bylaws

https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DNC-Charter-Bylaws-03.12.2022.pdf

25th Amendment

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxxv

Constitution, Art. II, Section 1, Cl. 6 (“Succession Clause”)

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S1-C6-1/ALDE_00013693/

3 USC § 19

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/19

52 USC § 30102

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/30102

11 CFR § 103.4

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/11/103.4

Revised FEC Form 1 “Harris for President”

https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00703975/1805326//

Heritage Foundation June 21 memo

https://x.com/OversightPR/status/1805239354505257196

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Rudy Giuliani discovers that getting out of bankruptcy court is harder than falling on your keyster at the RNC. And New Mexico prosecutors discover one weird trick to blow up a criminal case. (It is the Brady rule!) Plus Patreons get an update on the Louisiana ten commandments mandate.

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NMSA 30-2-3

https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/chapter-30/article-2/section-30-2-3/

NMSA 30-7-4

https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/chapter-30/article-7/section-30-7-4/

Alec Baldwin docket

https://caselookup.nmcourts.gov/caselookup/app?component=cnLink&page=SearchResults&service=direct&session=T&sp=SD-101-CR-202400013

Baldwin MTD Failure to state an offense

https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/May-6-2024-Defendant-Alex-Baldwin-Motion-to-Dismiss-the-Indictment-for-Failure-to-Allege-a-Criminal-Offense-10-53-pm.pdf

Baldwin MTD Destruction of evidence

https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/May-6-2024-Defendant-Alex-Baldwin-Motion-to-Dismiss-the-Indictment-with-Prejudice-Based-on-the-State-Destruction-of-Evidence-10-32-pm.pdf

Baldwin Addendum re destruction of evidence

https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/June-17-2024-Addendum-to-Defendants-Motion-to-Dismiss-based-on-the-Destruction-of-Evidence-456p.pdf

Baldwin June 24 MTD Brady

https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/June-24-2024-Defendants-Motion-for-Relief-for-States-Brady-and-State-Law-Disclosure-Violations-Related-to-Non-Firearm-Discovery-240p.pdf

Baldwin July 11 MTD Brady

https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/July-11-2024-Defendants-Motion-for-Dismissal-and-Sanctions-under-Brady-Giglio-and-Rule-5-501-752p.pdf

Roake v. Brumley - Louisiana Ten Commandments - Status update

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.lamd.64943/gov.uscourts.lamd.64943.31.0.pdf

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Judge Cannon blows up the documents case by declaring special counsels illegal. All she had to do was ignore 50 years of precedent, five federal statutes, and two Supreme cases. Glove up for a deep dive, with Liz and Andrew.

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A Trump trial judge decides to overturn Supreme Court precedent on home distilling. And speaking of sobriety … we’ll check in on Rudy Giuliani’s attempt to replicate Alex Jones’s stunning success in the bankruptcy court. Patreons get an extra field trip to Congress, where Oversight Chair James Comer invites the Biden administration to say where it would like to be kicked. 

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Wait, The Fifth Circuit Is Snatching Cases From Other Circuits Now?

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/the-fifth-circuit-is-snatching-cases

26 USC 5178

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/5178

26 USC 5601

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/5601

HDA complaint

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.384014/gov.uscourts.txnd.384014.1.0.pdf

HDA docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68073961/hobby-distillers-association-v-alcohol-and-tobacco-tax-and-trade-bureau/

HDA decision

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.384014/gov.uscourts.txnd.384014.49.0_1.pdf

FRCP 26

https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_26

Freeman v. Giuliani (DC docket)

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/61642105/freeman-v-giuliani/

Giuliani stipulation

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720.84.2_1.pdf

11 USC 362

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/11/362

Giuliani May MOR

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064.267.0.pdf

Giuliani May exhibits

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064.267.4.pdf

House GOP Letters to Biden Agencies Post-Chevron

https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/07.10.2024-Letters-to-federal-agencies-regarding-Loper-Bright-v.-Raimondo.pdf

Distillers Want to Decriminalize Making Booze at Home

https://www.texasobserver.org/distillers-decriminalize-home-booze/

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Today we have a deep dive into the absolute havoc SCOTUS’s immunity ruling will wreak in Trump’s document theft case — even though he was out of the White House when he committed his crimes! But first, the election denying weirdos and their election denying lawyers are Froot Looping all over the docket in the Dominion defamation case. And for subscribers: a discussion of the Alex Jones bankruptcy debacle.

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18 USC 333

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/333

John Case in 2015

https://www.evanscase.com/john-case-senior-partner-at-evans-case-llp-attorney-named-colorado-super-lawyer/

John Case today

https://www.johncaselaw.com/

Trump v. US

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf

18 USC 793

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/793

Trump SDFL Motion to Dismiss for Selective and Vindictive Prosecution

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.508.0.pdf

Alex Jones bankruptcy docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66583024/alexander-e-jones-and-official-committee-of-unsecured-creditors/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc

Alex Jones Ch. 7 Trustee Emergency Motion

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.459750/gov.uscourts.txsb.459750.720.0_1.pdf

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Liz and Andrew talk to Tech Freedom’s Corbin Barthold about two recent SCOTUS decisions involving conservative efforts to claim victimhood on social media. In Murthy v. Missouri, Missouri and Louisiana complained about the Biden administration’s efforts to push back against covid misinformation on social media. And in Moody v. Netchoice, Florida and Texas attempted to impose state controls on what social media platforms may restrict.

Links:

Murthy v. Missouri (SCOTUS)

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-411new_7mio.pdf

Missouri v. Biden (5th Cir)

https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/23/23-30445-CV0.pdf

Moody v. Netchoice (SCOTUS)

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-277_d18f.pdf

The Fifth Circuit is Snatching Cases From Other Circuits Now?

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/the-fifth-circuit-is-snatching-cases

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SCOTUS gives Trump everything his heart desires and more. Not only does he get to stay out of jail, he gets to be king if he wins again. Liz and Andrew break down the disaster.

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Trump v. US

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf

The Court’s Fischer Ruling Is a Symbolic Setback for the Justice Department—But One With Modest Consequences — by Roger Parloff

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-court-s-fischer-ruling-is-a-symbolic-setback-for-the-justice-department-but-one-with-modest-consequences

Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf

Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-1008_1b82.pdf

City of Grants Pass v. Johnson

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-175_19m2.pdf

Fischer v. United States

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-5572_l6hn.pdf

SCOTUS Fall 2023 Term opinions

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/slipopinion/23

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