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onenote

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23. agreed

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #22)

Wed Dec 18, 2019, 02:42 PM

Dec 2019

I wasn't questioning the validity of the NY law that gives broader protection against double jeopardy than what the SCOTUS has ruled is required. Just elaborating on the extent to which the new pardon provision (which isn't really relevant here) is prospective.

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Manafort NY fraud case dismissed by Judge [View all] OliverQ Dec 2019 OP

was the judge bdamomma Dec 2019 #1

Turtle doesn't get to directly appoint judges ... marble falls Dec 2019 #2

oh okay bdamomma Dec 2019 #3

This is not even a federal court jberryhill Dec 2019 #5

Like I said, Turtle doesn't get to appoint judges. Not even in a state court. Not even in Kentucky marble falls Dec 2019 #11

Senators don't appoint judges, and anyhow state court judges are appointed by governors The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #8

You believe that Constitutional protections against double jeopardy are unfair? jberryhill Dec 2019 #4

Dual Sovereignty OliverQ Dec 2019 #6

Surprisingly enough, that dictionary is not the law of the State of New York jberryhill Dec 2019 #9

New York State OliverQ Dec 2019 #10

NYS didn't overturn its double jeopardy statute. They added a new exception to it... Princess Turandot Dec 2019 #12

Whether the Supreme Court has overturned it or not is irrelevant jberryhill Dec 2019 #13

I'm not sure that is correct. onenote Dec 2019 #20

I think we got off track jberryhill Dec 2019 #22

agreed onenote Dec 2019 #23

If it was that obvious, why bring the case ? OnDoutside Dec 2019 #14

It's not "that obvious" which is why it will be appealed onenote Dec 2019 #17

Who said it was obvious? jberryhill Dec 2019 #19

I don't understand the total dismissal Mz Pip Dec 2019 #7

Because the NY law says a person can't be prosecuted twice for the same offense onenote Dec 2019 #16

We might not like the result in this case, but it is based on a law favored by civil libertarians onenote Dec 2019 #15

hmm generally federal and state prosecutions are separate Evergreen Emerald Dec 2019 #18

Yes, a federal pardon is possible onenote Dec 2019 #21