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Lise Latulippe
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 27m
Smith, serving as special counsel, had indicted Trump on2 fronts in 2023: one alleging efforts2overturn the 2020 election, &another accusing improper retention of classified documents at Mar‑a‑Lago.
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'Nothing like it has ever happened': Jack Smith rips DOJ’s politicization under Trump
Former special counsel Jack Smith has, for the first time, publicly defended the investigation he led into President Donald Trump, calling it “ludicrous” to suggest the work was politically motivated....
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 27m
His scrutiny deepened after reports that Smith’s team requested FBI analysis of the phone records of several R lawmakers during the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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'Nothing like it has ever happened': Jack Smith rips DOJ’s politicization under Trump
Former special counsel Jack Smith has, for the first time, publicly defended the investigation he led into President Donald Trump, calling it “ludicrous” to suggest the work was politically motivated....
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 30m
"A grand jury found him guilty, not the prosecutor! R really like 2distort the facts!
In a Tues letter, Rep. Jim Jordan (R‑OH) accused Smith’s Trump prosecutions of being “partisan &politically motivated.”
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'Nothing like it has ever happened': Jack Smith rips DOJ’s politicization under Trump
Former special counsel Jack Smith has, for the first time, publicly defended the investigation he led into President Donald Trump, calling it “ludicrous” to suggest the work was politically motivated....
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 33m
Meanwhile, R on the House Judiciary Committee asked Smith Tues2sit4a hearing as part of a broader GOP push against Trump’s perceived opponents.
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'Nothing like it has ever happened': Jack Smith rips DOJ’s politicization under Trump
Former special counsel Jack Smith has, for the first time, publicly defended the investigation he led into President Donald Trump, calling it “ludicrous” to suggest the work was politically motivated....
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 34m
Smith made these remarks on Oct 8 during a panel discussion at University College London. They gained renewed attention Tues after being highlighted on MSNBC.
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'Nothing like it has ever happened': Jack Smith rips DOJ’s politicization under Trump
Former special counsel Jack Smith has, for the first time, publicly defended the investigation he led into President Donald Trump, calling it “ludicrous” to suggest the work was politically motivated....
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 34m
This case in NYC, where the case against [NY Mayor Eric Adams] was dismissed in the hopes that he would support Trump’s political agenda. I mean, just so you know, nothing like it has ever happened that I’ve ever heard of,” he said.
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'Nothing like it has ever happened': Jack Smith rips DOJ’s politicization under Trump
Former special counsel Jack Smith has, for the first time, publicly defended the investigation he led into President Donald Trump, calling it “ludicrous” to suggest the work was politically motivated....
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 35m
“I worked in the department4years — R, Dem, R. I was the acting U.S. attorney in the first Trump adm in Tennessee. Nothing like what we see now has ever gone on.
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'Nothing like it has ever happened': Jack Smith rips DOJ’s politicization under Trump
Former special counsel Jack Smith has, for the first time, publicly defended the investigation he led into President Donald Trump, calling it “ludicrous” to suggest the work was politically motivated....
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 36m
Former SC Jack Smith has, 4the first time, publicly defended the investigation he led into Donald Trump, calling it “ludicrous” 2suggest the work was politically motivated. He also criticized the current DOJ actions.
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'Nothing like it has ever happened': Jack Smith rips DOJ’s politicization under Trump
Former special counsel Jack Smith has, for the first time, publicly defended the investigation he led into President Donald Trump, calling it “ludicrous” to suggest the work was politically motivated....
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 38m
'Nothing like it has ever happened': Jack Smith rips DOJ’s politicization under Trump. By Ailia Zehra
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'Nothing like it has ever happened': Jack Smith rips DOJ’s politicization under Trump
Former special counsel Jack Smith has, for the first time, publicly defended the investigation he led into President Donald Trump, calling it “ludicrous” to suggest the work was politically motivated....
www.alternet.org
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 1h
"Fair maps, free elections, &a representative Congress remain the most powerful tools we have2stop the Trump regime’s push4authoritarianism — but only if we use them," the writer concluded.
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Supreme Court could hand Trump 'powerful tool' that guarantees GOP 27 safe House seats
The Supreme Court is set to hear Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday, marking a rare re-argument in a voting rights dispute that could undermine one of the last protections against racial vote dilution ...
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 1h
Fixing racial discrimination is discrimination itself. It’s an Orwellian logic that would make it nearly impossible2challenge unfair maps."
He added: "The result would essentially be a return2the pre-1965 Jim Crow playbook, masked in pseudo-constitutional language."
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Supreme Court could hand Trump 'powerful tool' that guarantees GOP 27 safe House seats
The Supreme Court is set to hear Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday, marking a rare re-argument in a voting rights dispute that could undermine one of the last protections against racial vote dilution ...
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 1h
Flugrath warned: "If the far-right justices’ reasoning prevails, politicians who gerrymander2silence voters of color will have a new defense:
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Supreme Court could hand Trump 'powerful tool' that guarantees GOP 27 safe House seats
The Supreme Court is set to hear Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday, marking a rare re-argument in a voting rights dispute that could undermine one of the last protections against racial vote dilution ...
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 1h
He described this as a new defense of discriminatory maps that would block challenges not only2congressional maps but also2redistricting in state legislatures, city councils &school boards nationwide.
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Supreme Court could hand Trump 'powerful tool' that guarantees GOP 27 safe House seats
The Supreme Court is set to hear Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday, marking a rare re-argument in a voting rights dispute that could undermine one of the last protections against racial vote dilution ...
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 1h
Flugrath argued that if the court sides with the challengers, lawmakers who design maps to 2
suppress minority participation could claim that race-conscious remedies themselves violate constitutional equal protection.
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Supreme Court could hand Trump 'powerful tool' that guarantees GOP 27 safe House seats
The Supreme Court is set to hear Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday, marking a rare re-argument in a voting rights dispute that could undermine one of the last protections against racial vote dilution ...
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 1h
He also referred2Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s suggestion that race‑based protections under Section 2 cannot persist indefinitely, indicating they may support stripping its authority.
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Supreme Court could hand Trump 'powerful tool' that guarantees GOP 27 safe House seats
The Supreme Court is set to hear Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday, marking a rare re-argument in a voting rights dispute that could undermine one of the last protections against racial vote dilution ...
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 1h
"The danger isn’t theoretical," the writer said.
He noted that Thomas is saying that even proven racial discrimination in political maps cannot justify race-conscious remedies.
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Supreme Court could hand Trump 'powerful tool' that guarantees GOP 27 safe House seats
The Supreme Court is set to hear Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday, marking a rare re-argument in a voting rights dispute that could undermine one of the last protections against racial vote dilution ...
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 1h
Flugrath cited Justice Clarence Thomas’ dissent from the rehearing order, which he said frames the choice as either allowing what Thomas calls “patent racial gerrymandering” or admitting that a Section 2 violation “is insufficient2justify a race‑based remedy.”
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Supreme Court could hand Trump 'powerful tool' that guarantees GOP 27 safe House seats
The Supreme Court is set to hear Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday, marking a rare re-argument in a voting rights dispute that could undermine one of the last protections against racial vote dilution ...
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 1h
He observed that l-courts had accepted it, &that both Louisiana’s R leaders &original plaintiffs had pushed 4overturning the ruling — though after the court agreed2 rehear the matter, the same officials reversed course2ask the justices2invalidate Section 2 outright.
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Supreme Court could hand Trump 'powerful tool' that guarantees GOP 27 safe House seats
The Supreme Court is set to hear Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday, marking a rare re-argument in a voting rights dispute that could undermine one of the last protections against racial vote dilution ...
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 1h
Flugrath condemned the logic of that suit, calling its reasoning a twist on the very constitutional amendments designed to guard against racial exclusion.
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Supreme Court could hand Trump 'powerful tool' that guarantees GOP 27 safe House seats
The Supreme Court is set to hear Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday, marking a rare re-argument in a voting rights dispute that could undermine one of the last protections against racial vote dilution ...
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 1h
When state lawmakers complied &produced a remedial map, Flugrath recounted, a group of non‑Black voters sued again, claiming that the remedy itself constituted unconstitutional racial discrimination.
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Supreme Court could hand Trump 'powerful tool' that guarantees GOP 27 safe House seats
The Supreme Court is set to hear Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday, marking a rare re-argument in a voting rights dispute that could undermine one of the last protections against racial vote dilution ...
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 1h
He noted that in Louisiana, the case began when a court ruled the state’s map unlawfully weakened Black voters’ influence, ordering legislators2redraw it2include a second majority-Black district.
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Supreme Court could hand Trump 'powerful tool' that guarantees GOP 27 safe House seats
The Supreme Court is set to hear Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday, marking a rare re-argument in a voting rights dispute that could undermine one of the last protections against racial vote dilution ...
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 1h
with at least 19 of those directly linked2the loss of Section 2 protections — locking in 1‑party control of the House 4, acc2analyses from Fair Fight Action &Black Voters Matter Fund.
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Supreme Court could hand Trump 'powerful tool' that guarantees GOP 27 safe House seats
The Supreme Court is set to hear Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday, marking a rare re-argument in a voting rights dispute that could undermine one of the last protections against racial vote dilution ...
www.alternet.org
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 1h
Flugrath warned that eliminating Section 2 would have sweeping consequences.
He said that combined with R gerrymandering efforts, its removal could enable the GOP2seize as many as 27 additional safe House seats —
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Supreme Court could hand Trump 'powerful tool' that guarantees GOP 27 safe House seats
The Supreme Court is set to hear Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday, marking a rare re-argument in a voting rights dispute that could undermine one of the last protections against racial vote dilution ...
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 1h
Flugrath said by reopening arguments, the court’s cons majority appears2telegraph an intent2strike down a core legal tool used2challenge maps that dilute the voting power of communities of color.
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Supreme Court could hand Trump 'powerful tool' that guarantees GOP 27 safe House seats
The Supreme Court is set to hear Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday, marking a rare re-argument in a voting rights dispute that could undermine one of the last protections against racial vote dilution ...
www.alternet.org
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Lise Latulippe @liselatulippe.bsky.social · 1h
"If the justices remove the Voting Rights Act, it will hand the Trump regime a powerful tool2permanently weaken fair representation," the article read.
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Supreme Court could hand Trump 'powerful tool' that guarantees GOP 27 safe House seats
The Supreme Court is set to hear Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday, marking a rare re-argument in a voting rights dispute that could undermine one of the last protections against racial vote dilution ...
www.alternet.org