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Some ~personal~ news: I wrote a book about the last Supreme Court term and TODAY is the first day it is available at Amazon. Major cases and Justice Kennedy's retirement... and what it all means for the court at this moment.https://www.amazon.com/dp/0812250850/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_1gPKBbCGBZ9E7 …
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A former colleague says DOJ veteran Doug Letter knows "every trick in the book" when it comes to how the executive branch can resist Congress's demands. Now, he'll be using those insights to help lawmakers hold tje Trump administration to accounthttps://www.npr.org/2019/01/04/682349986/house-democrats-hire-new-top-lawyer-to-defend-affordable-care-act …
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NEW IN THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION: The chief judge of the DC District Court has extended the term of the grand jury used by Mueller for indictments. They were set to expire Jan. 6. Now could sit for up to 6 more months.
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Here's the deep data dive on partisan gerrymandering from me and
@RandyLeonard from when the Supreme Court considered the issue last term (pretty graphics included!)https://www.rollcall.com/news/supreme-court-republican-gerrymandering …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
On that,
@rickhasen is among election law experts not optimistic that the Supreme Court is ready or willing to step into the issue now. But at some point they will have to.https://twitter.com/rickhasen/status/1081014891094237189 …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Last term, with Justice Kennedy as the key vote, the Supreme Court did not rule on the merits of partisan gerrymandering challenges. Now there is Justice Kavanaugh, who hasn't ruled on these issues.
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SCOTUS will again weigh in on whether congressional districts can be struck down as too partisan. The justices announce they would hear arguments in March for challenges to maps in North Carolina and Maryland.pic.twitter.com/XdsHQQQDet
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Strange to see that without
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Here's the Senate Republicans on the Judiciary Committee in the 116th Congress. First women ever for the party:
@SenJoniErnst and Marcia Blackburn. Also new: Josh Hawley.pic.twitter.com/rxcl6GAgth
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HUGE NEWS: Matthew Charles should be going home soon!!Defender filed for reduction based on First Step crack retroactivity and govt does not oppose! Judge was inclined to reduce before and almost certainly will now. Awesome! Real lives impacted.
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The push for criminal justice changes after last month's overhaul bill starts again with the new Congress, as the general counsel of Koch Industries outlines in an op-ed. https://morningconsult.com/opinions/the-first-step-act-is-just-the-beginning/ …pic.twitter.com/AsKkNNnkAM
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NEW: Remember that mystery grand jury subpoena case argued last week in the DC Circuit? A decision is out, and it's public, sort of — it's about a company (unnamed) owned by a country (unnamed). Court upheld the denial of a motion to quash the subpoena https://www.scribd.com/document/395974126/12-18-18-DC-Circuit-Grand-Jury-Subpoena …pic.twitter.com/5CzjpLY1cb
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And that's it everybody. TLDR: Flynn decided to delay sentencing so Sullivan can consider his continued cooperation with the government.
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DID FLYNN COMMIT TREASON? Sullivan is now asking the special counsel's office whether it ever considered charging Flynn with treason. Prosecutor Brandon Van Grack struggles to answer, saying it wasn't considered.
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Judge Emmet Sullivan to Michael Flynn: "I'm going to be frank with you: This crime is very serious" Judge says he'll taken into consideration government service and cooperation, but also the "aggravating circumstances," which he described as serious.
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@NRA lawyers could have their sights on the rule, and a senior DOJ official said the agency is prepared to defend the rule.@SenFeinstein has said legislation is the only way to ban bump stocks. Her bill to do so has 41 cosponsors, all Democrats.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
The rule amends the regulatory text of machine gun in two federal gun control laws to include devices that allow semi-automatic weapons such as an AR-15 to harness the recoil to fire more than once with each trigger pull.
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Just now: DOJ announces final rule to bans possession of a bump stocks. Officials estimate there are thousands of devices that the public will need to destroy or turn into ATF within 90 days after it is published.
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By the way,
@ToddRuger has been following Grassley's influence on criminal justice reform for years. Grassley wasn't always a supporter: local advocates -- and President Obama -- helped get him on board:https://www.thegazette.com/grassley-resistant-to-criminal-justice-overhaul-but-says-hes-willing-to-talk-20150416 …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
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ON THE PHONE| CQ Roll Call's Todd Ruger previews Senate action this week on criminal justice reform legislation Join the conversation here: https://cs.pn/2rFK0Yg pic.twitter.com/t1CwLJOub8
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