Random ¶ in Paul Clement's filing in the Eric Adams case. What are you doing here, Clement? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 😎 - ThreadSky

emptywheel.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Random ¶ in Paul Clement's filing in the Eric Adams case.

What are you doing here, Clement?

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.628916/gov.uscourts.nysd.628916.158.0_4.pdf

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lorigb.bsky.social•1 day ago

Explanation? (Not a lawyer)

billejzak.bsky.social•1 day ago

Clement points out that the Supreme Court has held that courts can appoint a prosecutor where a party has engaged in contempt of court by violating a court order. That point is tangential to the Adams case, but front and center in current cases where the fed govt itself is violating court orders

jrgilbert.bsky.social•1 day ago

A) He’s giving the court something to hang its hat on should it choose to act. It very likely won’t. In which case . . .

B) This will be the fuel that lights the fire to create the most painful dismissal order ever written.

ewigeliberal.bsky.social•1 day ago

arguendo of "[contempt] citations should not be issued" (notion: Article II failing to comply with a judicial order), you're advocating a strong unitary executive authority.

ewigeliberal.bsky.social•1 day ago

"What are you doing here, Clement?" Marcy asks rhetorically...

Clement esq is revealing to us all his imperialist jurisprudence, and strong unitarian (sic) philosophical basis. He and Adrian Vermeule (anti liberal) can start a law school together and then go play tag on the fucking freeway 🐍

pderush.bsky.social•1 day ago

Adams is off the hook for this - but can be held accountable by voters?

lincolnskayak.bsky.social•1 day ago

& Will New Yorkers be able to have a free and fair election?

chriswintersva.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh, HELLO.

anaphoristand.bsky.social•1 day ago

I guess maybe that answers my question?
https://bsky.app/profile/anaphoristand.bsky.social/post/3ljt2exyouk2w

gchance60.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just throwing it out there…

billejzak.bsky.social•1 day ago

I suspect we'll be seeing more citations to Young v. US ex rel Vuitton as authority for courts to appoint prosecutors where the federal government violates court orders.