Stanton Jones

Got to believe it’s getting better. Opinions mine. RT = I was interested and thought you might be as well. #JusticeforMariee #IStandWithRavi #EndGerrymandering

[Stanton Jones @RStantonJonesDC]

@JuliusGoat It’s giving Charlottesville

[Stanton Jones @RStantonJonesDC]

Proposed Bill: Any Michigan college football team ranked #2 nationally that loses to a 6-5 rival as a 21-point favorite shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by indefinite shame and the revocation of all tailgate parties.

[Rep. Josh Williams @JoshWilliamsOH]

I am proud to introduce the O.H.I.O Sportsmanship Act to make flag planting at midfield a felony in the state of Ohio.

Behavior that incites violent brawls and puts our law enforcement officers in danger has no place on the football field.

[Stanton Jones @RStantonJonesDC]

Business idea: An orphanage in Baltimore for children there whose parents disown them this afternoon when they root for the Chiefs cuz of Taylor Swift.

[Stanton Jones @RStantonJonesDC]

@_sbrett_ Congrats Sharon!

[Harry Litman @harrylitman]

A few points about the jurisdictional argument for dismissing Trump immunity appeal and returning case to Chutkan.

1. Both parties want the court to rule on merits, but panel nevertheless showed real interest in the jurisdictional argument.

[Stanton Jones @RStantonJonesDC]

@alegalnerd No best case scenario is scotus denies cert

[Stanton Jones @RStantonJonesDC]

Prediction: DC Circuit unanimously dismisses appeal for lack of jurisdiction; 2 judges concur to say they’d also reject Trump’s arguments on the merits; maybe separate concurrence by third judge saying accept presidential immunity but reject Impeachment Judgment Clause argument.

[Stanton Jones @RStantonJonesDC]

@alegalnerd There’s no reason for SCOTUS to grant cert in Trump’s case and address only jx and hypo jx. It would be transparently causing massive delay to Trump’s advantage. If SCOTUS does that, they were always going to delay everything anyway.

[Stanton Jones @RStantonJonesDC]

@alegalnerd This is the DC Circuit decision that SCOTUS reviewed in Nixon v Fitzgerald where they decided both jx and the merits of Nixon’s immunity arg.

[Stanton Jones @RStantonJonesDC]

This is the DC Circuit decision that the Supreme Court reviewed (and reversed) in Nixon v. Fitzgerald:

[American Oversight @weareoversight]

The questions raised by the judges in oral argument in U.S. v. Trump today go to the heart of a bedrock principle of our democracy — that no one is above the law. In a democracy, a president cannot sell pardons or order the killing of a political opponent with impunity.

[Stanton Jones @RStantonJonesDC]

Agree

[Harry Litman @harrylitman]

Fairly strong interest from panel in jurisdictional argument (Midland Asphalt), and in brief neither party buried the idea, which remains an option, especially if court also rules “hypothetically” on the merits, as it’s permitted to do.

[Harry Litman @harrylitman]

DC Circuit raises jurisdiction and Midland Asphalt out of the box. We don’t have an “explicit” constitutional provision. Trump lawyer says it is explicit, and rests in particular on presidential power.

[American Oversight @weareoversight]

Trump's election interference trial is on hold while the D.C. Circuit hears his appeal on immunity. But it shouldn't be.

@AWeissmann_, @JoshuaGKolb and AO's Heather Sawyer explain why: https://t.co/0skYlBNsFX

[Lawfare @lawfare]

On today's Lawfare Podcast, @AnnaBower talked to Ben Wittes, @qjurecic, @RStantonJonesDC, and @Matt_Seligman about tomorrow's oral arguments on Trump's presidential immunity defense, the merits of Trump’s appeal and how the D.C. Circuit might rule. https://t.co/BfrEStMQwc

[Andrew Weissmann (weissmann11 on Threads/Insta)🌻 @AWeissmann_]

Trump’s election interference trial is on hold. It shouldn’t be. https://t.co/u7MpecrHqo

[Joshua Kolb @JoshuaGKolb]

@NormEisen is right! @AWeissmann_, @weareoversight's Heather Sawyer & I explain @MSNBC the law behind criminal interlocutory appeals, why Trump's may not be proper now, and how the DC Cir can rule on the merits against Trump's immunity claim anyway
https://t.co/MUuxS5fCH9

[Harry Litman @harrylitman]

OK sports fans, there’s a possible appellate version of a Perry Mason moment looming in the immunity case next week, and it would send the case back to Chutkan pronto,

Opinion: This surprise argument could derail Trump’s effort to delay the Jan. 6 trial https://t.co/EYtkmT0kKe

[Stanton Jones @RStantonJonesDC]

In his reply brief last night, Trump acknowledges he needs an explicit textual guarantee against trial for the DC Circuit to hear his immunity appeal now (before trial). He doesn’t have that. Not even close. The Vesting Clause, seriously? DC Circuit must dismiss the appeal.