How one federal judge, with one simple order, showed how the rule of law can stand in the way of the Republican party’s march toward authoritarianism.
written pleadings, two hours worth of courtroom arguments, and multiple social media posts by Trump that doubled down on his insults and veiled threats against nearly anyone who could be associated with the case.–who Trump regularly refers to as being “deranged”–plus Smith’s staff–who Trump refers to as “thugs”–the judge, President Biden, Trump’s own former Vice President, as well as General Mark A. Milley, who served as chair of the Joints of Staff during Trump’s term.
Trump cannot target the Special Counsel or his staff, the court’s staff and support personnel, or any other “reasonably foreseeable witness or the substance of their testimony.” Legal precedent was sparse but even the cases Trump relied upon recognized that the First Amendment was not omnipotent and “that First Amendment rights must yield to the imperative of a fair trial.” Chutkan noted the seminal U.S. Supreme Court decision inwhich stated that, “Although litigants do not surrender their First Amendment rights at the courthouse door, those rights may be subordinated to other interests that arise in this setting.
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