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Elie Honig

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Presidential Immunity Is Not As Ridiculous As You’ve Heard

Go ahead and laugh off Donald Trump’s immunity argument. He’ll probably lose, eventually, and you’ll end up being right. But it’s not as...

19.04.2024 6

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Elie Honig

The Idea of Presidential Immunity Is Not As Ridiculous As You’ve Heard

Go ahead and laugh off Donald Trump’s immunity argument. He’ll probably lose, eventually, and you’ll end up being right. But it’s not as...

19.04.2024 6

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Donald Trump’s Trial Is a Rorschach Test

Donald Trump is about to face trial for conduct that happened eight years ago; if you have kids in college now, they may have been in elementary...

12.04.2024 7

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Donald Trump’s Trial Is a Rorschach Test

Donald Trump is about to face trial for conduct that happened eight years ago; if you have kids in college now, they may have been in elementary...

12.04.2024 4

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How on Earth Do You Pick a Jury for a Trump Trial?

“Jury selection,” a grizzled New York criminal defense lawyer once snarled at me, “is the whole ball game.” This was during one of my first...

05.04.2024 6

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How on Earth Do You Pick a Jury for a Trump Trial?

“Jury selection,” a grizzled New York criminal defense lawyer once snarled at me, “is the whole ball game.” This was during one of my first...

05.04.2024 4

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The Texas Immigration Law Is Doomed

The political firecracker known as SB-4 — a Texas law that would give state-level officials the power to enforce U.S. immigration law — is,...

29.03.2024 7

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The Texas Immigration Law Is Doomed

The political firecracker known as SB-4 — a Texas law that would give state-level officials the power to enforce U.S. immigration law — is,...

29.03.2024 20

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What Are the Odds Trump Goes on Trial Before the Election?

Today should, by all rights, be Trial Haircut Day. This is the sacred ritual wherein prosecutors go see the barber or stylist and get tidied up,...

22.03.2024 6

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What Are the Chances Trump Goes on Trial Before the Election?

Today should, by all rights, be Trial Haircut Day. This is the sacred ritual wherein prosecutors go see the barber or stylist and get tidied up,...

22.03.2024 10

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The Failure of DOJ’s Special Counsel System

Quick show of hands: Who’s satisfied with the work done by our past five special counsels: Robert Mueller, John Durham, David Weiss, Jack Smith, and...

15.03.2024 5

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The Failure of DOJ’s Special Counsel System

Quick show of hands: Who’s satisfied with the work done by our past five special counsels: Robert Mueller, John Durham, David Weiss, Jack Smith, and...

15.03.2024 9

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Why Joe Biden Might Pardon Donald Trump

If you were president, would you pardon your own child? How about your worst enemy? Joe Biden might end up doing both. Before we get to the thorny...

08.03.2024 10

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Why Joe Biden Might Pardon Donald Trump

Dear Reader, If you were president, would you pardon your own child? How about your worst enemy? Joe Biden might end up doing both. Before we get to...

08.03.2024 2

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The 14th Amendment Effort Only Ended Up Helping Trump

Our brief national dalliance with the 14th Amendment is now officially over, though it was plain from the start that the effort to disqualify Donald...

04.03.2024 3

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The 14th Amendment Effort to Get Trump Off the Ballot Was Dumb — and Doomed

Our brief national dalliance with the 14th Amendment is now officially over, though it was plain from the start that the effort to disqualify Donald...

04.03.2024 3

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Supreme Court Doesn’t Give a Damn About Jack Smith’s Timeline —and It Shouldn’t

Let’s start with the bottom-line, brass-tacks question that’s surely on your mind: Now that the Supreme Court will hear Donald Trump’s immunity...

29.02.2024 4

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Why the Supreme Court Ignored the Trump Prosecution Timeline

Let’s start with the bottom-line, brass-tacks question that’s surely on your mind: Now that the Supreme Court will hear Donald Trump’s immunity...

29.02.2024 3

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Michael Cohen’s Moment of Truth Has Arrived

The first criminal trial of a former U.S. president is really, truly, actually happening, and soon — 31 days from now, to be precise. Judge Juan...

23.02.2024 3

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Michael Cohen’s Moment of Truth Has Arrived

The first criminal trial of a former U.S. president is really, truly, actually happening, and soon — 31 days from now, to be precise. Judge Juan...

23.02.2024 6

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The Real Biden Documents Scandal (It’s Not Old-Man Stuff)

It’s not the “feeble old man” part that matters most in the incendiary report by special counsel Robert Hur. It’s that Joe Biden knew he had...

16.02.2024 9

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The Real Biden Documents Scandal (It’s Not the Old-Man Stuff)

It’s not the “feeble old man” part that matters most in the incendiary report by special counsel Robert Hur. It’s that Joe Biden knew he had...

16.02.2024 4

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Donald Trump Has a Jury Problem

One of the first and most important lessons I learned as a prosecutor was this: The jury is just 12 regular people (New Yorkers in my case), they’re...

09.02.2024 2

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Fani Willis Has Problems (Upon Problems)

For over a year now, Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis’s prosecution of former president Donald Trump has been headed toward the shoals....

02.02.2024 8

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How Merrick Garland Saved E. Jean Carroll’s Case — and His Own Trump Prosecution

Any moment now, a federal jury in New York will return a verdict in a lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll, who alleged that former president Donald...

26.01.2024 6

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The Word Jack Smith Will Never Say

It’s obvious by now to any sentient earthling that Jack Smith is possessed by his desire to try Donald Trump before the approaching November 5,...

19.01.2024 2

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The Supreme Court’s Silver-Bullet Solution to the 14th Amendment Problem

Nobody knows for sure how this is going to go. No practitioner, no law professor, no retired judge, no Twitter icon, no TV analyst or former...

12.01.2024 6

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