I never practiced law period. And never much cared for Holiday Inn Express. But it's painful to see how the judicial system is letting Trump play the court's like a fool. Based on your cite, it seems the case could have just as easily been pursued in D.C., the place where the purloined documents resided. Who packed up the docs and who mo…
I never practiced law period. And never much cared for Holiday Inn Express. But it's painful to see how the judicial system is letting Trump play the court's like a fool. Based on your cite, it seems the case could have just as easily been pursued in D.C., the place where the purloined documents resided. Who packed up the docs and who moved them are beside the point. They were removed from D.C. and wound up in Florida. If Willie Sutton robbed a bank in D.C. and spent the money in Miami, wouldn't the D.C. courts have jurisdiction over where the money was spent? Trump has been afforded more legal leeway than any other political criminal defendant ever witnessed. To me this says that our judicial system is a sham for not being able to stop a dictator in waiting. I hope I'm proven wrong.
The more I read comments in this string, the more I realize I don’t need to read them or share my thoughts as a retired attorney. Folks are here to vent, and so be it. There are other comments strings, some on other Substack posts, where most folks are there to understand and talk about legal concepts. Butting out now….
I wish you wouldn’t butt out because I personally very much appreciate another attorney’s perspective. I retired from the federal court system several years ago (not as an attorney) and truly miss the intellectual stimulation of a good legal argument AND I’ve been waiting for a good legal argument from the defense side of all four cases of Turnip’s and have yet to hear one.
Thanks. Maybe I just shouldn’t respond to folks who’re clearly wanting to vent, an understandable desire nowadays. Joyce is amazing, isn’t she! As an emeritus member of the Bar, I can’t get enough of this either!
I never practiced law period. And never much cared for Holiday Inn Express. But it's painful to see how the judicial system is letting Trump play the court's like a fool. Based on your cite, it seems the case could have just as easily been pursued in D.C., the place where the purloined documents resided. Who packed up the docs and who moved them are beside the point. They were removed from D.C. and wound up in Florida. If Willie Sutton robbed a bank in D.C. and spent the money in Miami, wouldn't the D.C. courts have jurisdiction over where the money was spent? Trump has been afforded more legal leeway than any other political criminal defendant ever witnessed. To me this says that our judicial system is a sham for not being able to stop a dictator in waiting. I hope I'm proven wrong.
The more I read comments in this string, the more I realize I don’t need to read them or share my thoughts as a retired attorney. Folks are here to vent, and so be it. There are other comments strings, some on other Substack posts, where most folks are there to understand and talk about legal concepts. Butting out now….
I wish you wouldn’t butt out because I personally very much appreciate another attorney’s perspective. I retired from the federal court system several years ago (not as an attorney) and truly miss the intellectual stimulation of a good legal argument AND I’ve been waiting for a good legal argument from the defense side of all four cases of Turnip’s and have yet to hear one.
Thanks. Maybe I just shouldn’t respond to folks who’re clearly wanting to vent, an understandable desire nowadays. Joyce is amazing, isn’t she! As an emeritus member of the Bar, I can’t get enough of this either!