A hung jury is a defeat for the prosecution, especially when they needed William Porter to make some of these other cases, now, it's not impossible that at least some of these other cases can go to trial without William Porter, but his testimony was going to be important.

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Even in Madison’s day, the practice of gerrymandering for partisan advantage was familiar. In the late seventeen-eighties, there were claims that Patrick Henry had tried to gerrymander Madison himself out of the First Congress. The term was coined during Madison’s Presidency, to mock Elbridge Gerry, the governor of Massachusetts, who in 1811 approved an election district that was said to look like a salamander.

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The United States, like any great power, is always going to have an intelligence operation, and some electronic surveillance is obligatory in the modern world.

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There were times when David Souter thought of Bush v. Gore and we... by Jeffrey Toobin

There were times when David Souter thought of Bush v. Gore and wept.

It's always interesting to see what judges do when their legal philosophy conflicts with their political views.

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The assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy led directly to the passage of a historic law, the Gun Control Act of 1968.

My own career reflects a strange dichotomy between the world weve long known and the world that will become.

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Everyone wants to be paid well - I know that I certainly do. But there are lots of other satisfactions that we get from our work. To feel needed. To feel accomplishment. To believe that our work matters. Being a lawyer gives you a rare chance to experience that kind of success.

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Judges can receive gifts as long as they report them. by Jeffrey Toobin

Judges can receive gifts as long as they report them.

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Barr put out a misleading summary, designed to spin it in a much more pro-Trump direction -- to shape the perception of the Mueller report forever.

The President has shown through pardoning( Arizona sheriff) Joe Arpaio, through pardoning( conservative author and filmmaker) Dinesh D'Souza, that The President uses the pardon power to help out The President friends. So it is not surprising that they went out there trying to get a pardon. I don't think it was even inappropriate.

In the United States, the government is immune from many lawsuits, their products never violated any existing law, because the emission of carbon in the atmosphere was not, and still is not, illegal.

The UN has long recognized that an adequate standard of living is a human right, we're talking about energy businesses supplying what the world is asking for, what the world needs.

But now it's in their interest to sort of muddy the waters and say,' Well, you know, they respect precedent,' no. They don't respect that precedent. Roe v. Wade is going to be overturned by one of those four people, along with four other justices on the court.

If Anthony Scaramucci look at those four names that are the finalists, all of them will overturn Roe v. Wade.

They can watch and hope and keep fighting that this could be a message to Paul Manafort, this could be a message to Michael Cohen that,' Hang in there and the cavalry will come sooner or later,'.

This is something that is not within the American political tradition, that firing led indirectly but certainly to the resignation of President Nixon.

Now they fired the FBI director, i mean, what kind of country is... by Jeffrey Toobin

Now they fired the FBI director, i mean, what kind of country is this?

If anyone thinks that a new FBI director is going to come in and the agency will just take over and continue their investigation as if this had never happened, that's not how it works, they will put in a stooge who will shut down this investigation.

It's a grotesque abuse of power by the President of the United St... by Jeffrey Toobin

It's a grotesque abuse of power by the President of the United States.

They will continue their investigations unless and until a new boss tells them to stop, i mean, the real power of a US attorney is not to control investigations day-to-day but to say, 'Look, we're not pursuing X or we are pursuing Y.' And 'I will not sign an indictment or I will sign an indictment.' The real question will be who comes in to replace him long-term and whether that person has a similarly aggressive attitude.