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19 Feb 2020, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
The Banana Republic ScenarioTrump’s recent intervention into the Roger Stone case, pressuring prosecutors to reduce the recommended sentence that the convicted felon should receive, set off alarm bells nationwide (and led career prosecutors to remove themselves from the case, with one resigning outright).Trump has now, in his characteristically blustering way, said: “I’m actually, I guess, the chief law enforcement officer of the country. [read post]
19 Feb 2020, 10:07 am by Quinta Jurecic, Andrew Kent
On Feb. 11, all four Justice Department attorneys prosecuting Trump associate Roger Stone withdrew from the case—and one resigned outright—after the department indicated that it would, following pressure from the president, reduce its recommendation for the length of Stone’s prison sentence. [read post]
19 Feb 2020, 6:46 am by David Oscar Markus
  They are being viewed as individual driven instead of being driven by the unfairness of the system (which is the same criticism of his Stone tweets). [read post]
16 Feb 2020, 9:38 am by Steve Lubet
My friend, colleague, and former dean David Ruder passed away on February 15 at age 90. [read post]
14 Feb 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Stone has been a friend and adviser to Trump since the 1980s. [read post]
13 Feb 2020, 1:00 am by CAFE
Adam Schiff Closing Argument in Senate Trial, 2/3/20   ROGER STONE Roger Stone initial sentencing memo, 2/10/20 Roger Stone updated sentencing memo, 2/11/20 Trump tweet congratulating AG Barr on Stone case intervention, 2/12/20 “Prosecutors quit Roger Stone case after Justice Dept. intervenes on sentencing,” The New York Times, 2/11/20 “Trump pulls nomination of former U.S. for Treasury post,” Axios, 2/11/12 See… [read post]
Attorney John Crabb Jr. wrote, “the government defers to the Court as to what specific sentence is appropriate under the facts and circumstances of this case. [read post]
10 Feb 2020, 2:19 pm
In the words of John Nichols, “Socialist ideas, now so frequently dismissed not just by the Tories of the present age but by political and media elites that diminish and deny our history, have shaped and strengthened America across the past two centuries. [read post]
8 Feb 2020, 4:22 am by Thomas Valenti
Two pieces are reminders to take advantage of the Stone Soup Project, geared to faculty resources. [read post]
6 Feb 2020, 12:01 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The complaint names district attorneys Allison Palmer and John Best and accuses their office of silencing Stone’s First Amendment views and retaliating against her for making the argument in a separate appeals case that plea bargains are unconstitutional.The Tom Green County DA's policy targeting a lone defense attorney for being too aggressive is “highly unusual and made up out of whole cloth," an expert told the Washington Post. [read post]
1 Feb 2020, 9:08 am by John Floyd
Senate is not a criminal proceeding, there is no etched in stone standard of proof to determine guilt. [read post]
27 Jan 2020, 6:42 am by Howard Iken
Alimony Reform Bill Clears FIrst Hurdle Without Bi-Partisan Support - vimeo Video Alimony Reform Bill Clears First Hurdle Without Bi-Partisan Support Video Transcript Andretti:   Thompson? [read post]
23 Jan 2020, 1:00 am by CAFE
On this episode of Stay Tuned, “POTUS on Trial & A Military Mind,” Preet answers your questions about: Whether foreign policy is exclusively in the purview of the executive branch and what that has to do with impeachment of President Trump Why Lev Parnas is able to sit for public interviews while out on bond while Roger Stone is bound by a gag order Whether Chief Justice John Roberts has veto power during the Senate trial The guest is Admiral James Stavridis. [read post]
20 Jan 2020, 12:53 pm by Michael B. Stack
It turns out that “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” is not exactly true. [read post]
6 Jan 2020, 5:45 am by Howard Bashman
” And EJ Dickson of Rolling Stone reports that “Women Who Claim They Were Scammed Into Performing in Porn Awarded $13 Million; 22 plaintiffs sued GirlsDoPorn.com for tricking them into shooting porn with fraudulent Craigslist ads. [read post]
31 Dec 2019, 4:40 am by Ben
So on behalf of Marie-Andree, John, Eleonora, Angela, Ken and Ben, can we thank you for supporting the 1709 Blog, and we wish you every happiness and success going forwards. [read post]