JonathanTurley

AUGUST 9, 2024

The question is whether Smith is considering a drastic move in light of the calendar and the ruling. That would certainly go against the grain of Smith, who has always pushed both the law and the calendar to the breaking point. His overloaded criminal complaints created this disaster for his team.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 7, 2022

In their appeal to the justices, the legislators relied on the independent-state-legislature theory, which rests on the idea that two clauses in the Constitution give state legislatures the power to regulate federal elections in their states. The Supreme Court is no stranger to the theory.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 30, 2023

Of course, Willis is not the only person with a challenging calendar. Trump potentially faces four major prosecutions in the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia and New York before the 2024 election. It remains controversial that Willis waited more than two years to bring this prosecution just before the next presidential election.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 3, 2024

Bush, criticizing the Florida Supreme Court’s decision during the 2000 election. Supreme Court, when it stopped the recount ordered by the four Florida justices and effectively called the election for Bush. justices as being, in the words of law professor Cass Sunstein, “ illegitimate, undemocratic, and unprincipled.”

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

However, there are laws on the books allowing for the prosecution of such cases. Smith has pushed for a trial before the election and the court inexplicably shoehorned the trial into a crowded calendar just before the Super Tuesday election. More importantly, this is no typical case.

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