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Donald Trump ought to notice that an impartial judiciary is to his profit too, as a result of if it weren’t for Federalist Society judges, he can be in jail proper now. [I]t was the Roberts Court docket that mentioned former presidents simply can’t be prosecuted for crimes. And I believe as a result of Roberts, as a result of Thomas Alito, as a result of notably Barrett, Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch usually are not seen as simply rubber stampers for Trump, the Supreme Court docket makes that call, that debate is over and Donald Trump can run for workplace and win within the 2024 election.
— Professor John Yoo of UC Berkeley Legislation, in feedback given throughout the WSJ’s Potomac Watch podcast, the place he spoke out about Donald Trump’s attacks against Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society. Yoo continued, saying, “He appoints among the folks now that we fear he’ll appoint to the bench — former protection attorneys on his staff, former associates who helped him legally when he was a on line casino proprietor — and he might not win that case. He may be sitting in jail proper now and Joe Biden or whoever his successor can be, can be President proper now.“
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