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Rhiannon12866

(204,779 posts) Tue Sep 6, 2022, 08:21 PM Sep 2022

Legal implications of decision to appoint special master to review Trump documents - PBS NewsHour

Former President Trump scored a legal victory when a federal judge announced she would appoint an outside legal expert to review files seized by law enforcement from Mar-a-Lago. John Yang discussed the legal implications of the decision with Barbara McQuade, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School and a former federal prosecutor. - Aired on 09/06/2022.

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Legal implications of decision to appoint special master to review Trump documents - PBS NewsHour (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Sep 2022 OP

Seeing that the Supreme Court has abandoned the principle of stare decisis, TexasTowelie Sep 2022 #1

Can they also lie? That's what happened with the latest spate of Supremes?? Rhiannon12866 Sep 2022 #2

TexasTowelie

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1. Seeing that the Supreme Court has abandoned the principle of stare decisis,

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Thu Sep 8, 2022, 12:07 AM

Sep 2022

the DOJ shouldn't have any fear of precedent being set by an appellate court. Future judges will always be able to ignore the prior appellate court ruling and say it was a bad decision such as SCOTUS did with Roe v. Wade.

Rhiannon12866

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2. Can they also lie? That's what happened with the latest spate of Supremes??

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 8, 2022, 12:21 AM

Sep 2022

But I think you're right, precedent has been set.

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