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Bobby Jones welcomed former Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer — who was fired by none other than Todd Blanche — to break down the good, the bad, and the ugly of the SCOTUS rulings this week.
While the Court struck down Trump’s effort to eliminate birthright citizenship, it wasn’t unanimous, which is problematic. The New York Times [ [link removed] ] wrote that the court’s ruling was “… keeping the 14th Amendment intact.” The Supreme Court’s mandate isn’t to decide which Amendments to “keep intact.” But here we are.
In NRSC v. FEC, the Court lifted limits on what political parties could spend on ads, et. al, in coordination with candidates. Finally! We can jam more money into politics!
These cases and more are worth breaking down. Oyer is one of the clearest, most cogent voices on legal Substack, or anywhere.
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