'Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President.'"

[LetMyPeopleVote]

I was following the National Archives/Jan. 6 committee executive privilege litigation and loved this line from this judge's opinion.

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https://apnews.com/article/trump-indictment-judge-tanya-chutkan-capitol-riot-9ba5c18d315697d759521425ea203012

Chutkan has also ruled against Trump before in a separate Jan. 6 case. In November 2021, she refused his request to block the release of documents to the U.S. House’s Jan. 6 committee by asserting executive privilege.

She rejected his arguments that he could hold privilege over documents from his administration even after President Joe Biden had cleared the way for the National Archives to turn the papers over. She wrote that Trump could not claim his privilege “exists in perpetuity.”

In a memorable line from her ruling, Chutkan wrote, “Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President.”

[Cha]

1. The Exact Opposite of Cannon..

Just Desserts Judge Chutkan was "appointed by Former Pres Obama and Confirmed by the Senate 95-0".

TY!

[malaise]

4. Ironically they are both immigrants

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Tanya was born in Jamaica and the loose canon (Cannon) was born in Colombia. Chutkan comes from an illustrious Jamaican family.

[Cha]

5. Mahalo for that info on Cannon.. I

knew Judge Chutkan was from Jamaica and thought that you must be so proud of her!

[malaise]

6. We are very happy - yes

So is St Andrew High School (one of the top High schools for girls in Jamaica) and the Mona Heights Community.

St. Andrew High School For Girls - Official
August 26, 2015 ·
Robynne and her sister, Tanya Chutkan recently visited SAHS. Both SAOGs, Robynne and Tanya are doing great things in Washington DC - Tanya was appointed by President Obama to the US District Court for the District of Columbia. SAHS Trailblazers for sure.

[Cha]

7. Aww.... Mahalo for that, too.. Brilliant!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. Thank you for posting this

I had not heard this information before

[Hekate]

2. Absolutely love this line

[sheshe2]

3. I like her!

[TNNurse]

8. I love this woman.

Direct, clear statement.

[lastlib]

9. One of my political science professors in college had a great formulation.

He came into classroom one day (it was the day we were discussing the SCOTUS decision in U.S. v. Nixon--the Watergate tapes case) and wrote on the blackboard*:

"LEX REX > REX LEX"

A few minutes into the class, he explained what it meant, translated roughly from Latin: "'The Law is King' is better than 'The King is Law'." i.e., better to live under the rule of law than under the law of the ruler."

Needless to say, he was a liberal Democrat, and he shaped me very significantly.



(*yes, there were blackboards on the walls in those days. With *chalk*.)

[republianmushroom]

10. I like it

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. For this thread

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