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6 Jul 2007, 2:40 pm
Vuitton et Fils, S.A., 481 U.S. at 820, this legislative prosecution authority is a constitutional anomaly of sorts -- a "limited power of self-defense" for Congress, permissible because "any other course 'leads to the total annihilation of the power of the House of Representatives to guard itself from contempts, and leaves it exposed to every indignity and interruption that rudeness, caprice, or even conspiracy, may meditate against… [read post]
27 Sep 2022, 12:18 pm by Jennifer Mascott
Vuitton et Fils S.A., 481 U.S. 787 (1987), this Court blessed the judicial practice of appointing private lawyers to try criminal contempts that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has declined to prosecute. [read post]
2 Jun 2019, 7:44 am by Eugene Volokh
Vuitton et Fils S.A., 481 U.S. 787, 816 n.2 (1987) (Scalia, J., concurring in the judgment), no history exists of any congressional prosecution of federal crimes. [read post]
1 Dec 2023, 8:29 am by Sasha Volokh
Vuitton et Fils S.A., a party was thought to have violated an injunction, so the court granted the opposing party's attorney's request to be appointed as special counsel to represent the government in investigating and prosecuting a criminal contempt action. [read post]
20 Jan 2024, 9:24 pm by Norman L. Eisen
Questions about gifts and related matters go to Willis’s and Wade’s obligations to the Fulton County District Attorney’s office, and have no connection to assuring the defendants a fair trial. [read post]
23 Sep 2021, 1:09 pm by Sasha Volokh
Fraternities and sororities would have a massively worse bargaining position, and might have little choice but to yield to universities' demands, no matter how unreasonable. [read post]