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Silence of the lambs: Youngkin, Miyares and the rule of law

Summary by Virginia Mercury

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Attorney General Jason Miyares have either endorsed President Donald Trump's actions or remained silent as he has attempted to strip funding from Virginia's medical research, health clinics and other agencies and institutions. The two men are shown here with their wives, Suzanne Youngkin (far left) and Page Miyares, at a campaign rally when they were campaigning in 2021. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)The…

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emptywheel

Aggressive Defense Of The Rule Of Law - emptywheel

Trump and his henchmen have declared war on the rule of law. Defending it will require aggressive responses. It’s time for heavy use of Rule 11 Here are the relevant provisions of Rule 11: (b) Representations to the Court. By presenting to the court a pleading, written motion, or other paper—whether by signing, filing, submitting, or later advocating it—an attorney or unrepresented party certifies that to the best of the person’s knowledge, info…

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Virginia Mercury

Silence of the lambs: Youngkin, Miyares and the rule of law

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Lawyers, Guns & Money

Ilya Shapiro and Josh Blackman defend the rule of law - Lawyers, Guns & Money

I’m deriving a certain grim amusement from the unnatural intellectual acts that right wing law professors with an eye to the main chance are currently performing, in the face of the most corrupt and most public quid pro quo in the history of the American presidency. First we have Ilya Shapiro on the PBS Newshour, which needless to say is trying to Both Sides the un-Both Sideable: Well, I think it’s a disagreement of political judgment between d…

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TheFlume.com

Is the rule of law imperiled?

Preserving a free society via ethical concepts, the rule of law for example, borrowed from English Common Law and promulgated by the framers, becomes relative – they don’t apply within the context of the MAGA agenda if they apply at all in the Trump Era.

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