Flaw and order: Trump classified documents case suffers snags
By
Ashley Oliver
May 16, 2024 6:00 am
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Former President Donald Trump’s four criminal cases have created an unprecedented legal gauntlet for him to run before voters have a chance to decide if he should return to the Oval Office. While Democrats cheer what they see as long-overdue accountability for the former president, some legal experts have expressed concerns that the cases — half are brought by partisan district attorneys, and the other half are overseen by the Biden Justice Department — are built on novel and unfair interpretations of the law. In this series, the Washington Examiner will take a look at the flaws that could unravel the cases against Trump. Part one explored the Fulton County case. Part two will look at the Florida case.

A straightforward indictment alleging former President Donald Trump hoarded national defense information in Florida has unraveled into a hurdle-plagued case with no clear end in sight.

The case has become rife with concerns of missteps on the part of special counsel Jack Smith, while Trump’s arguments that his charges should be dropped continue to weigh heavily as the court process plays out.

The judge has also done no favors for Smith, who has urged an expeditious prosecution at every turn. When the judge released a schedule this month, she not only left out a trial date but also pushed already-delayed deadlines out several weeks.

Below is a look at the case’s top issues.

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Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog 5/15/2024

Another day, another Texas lawsuit against the Biden Administration over regulatory overreach.

    A coalition of Republican-led states is suing the Biden administration and the State of California in an attempt to prevent new electric vehicle mandates on truck owners and operators throughout the country from going into effect.

    Two legal challenges were filed over the new emissions rules, Nebraska Attorney General Hilgers said in a statement on May 13.

    They include a petition for review filed by a coalition of 24 states in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit which challenges the Biden administration’s new regulation setting stronger greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles.

Texas isn’t mentioned in the article, but it is in the filing:

    Under 42 U.S.C. § 7607(b)(1), Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 15, and D.C. Circuit Rule 15(a), the States of Nebraska, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming petition this Court for review of the final agency action taken by Respondents United States Environmental Protection Agency and Michael S. Regan, in his official capacity as Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, titled “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles—Phase 3,” published at 89 Fed. Reg. 29,440 (April 22, 2024). A copy of the agency action is attached to this petition.

    Petitioners will show that the final rule exceeds the agency’s statutory authority and otherwise is arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and not in accordance with law. Petitioners thus ask that this Court declare unlawful and vacate the agency’s final action.

Back to the article:

    That petition lists the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its administrator Michael Regan as defendants.

    In the legal filing, plaintiffs argue the EPA’s rule imposing stringent tailpipe emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles effectively forces manufacturers to produce more electric trucks and fewer internal combustion trucks.

    The EPA has said the new rules, which are set to take effect for model years 2027 through 2032, are needed to help combat climate change and will help avoid up to 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the next three decades.

    However, the infrastructure needed to support such vehicles is “virtually nonexistent” and they also have shorter ranges and require longer stops, according to Mr. Hilgers.

    The new regulation will also negatively impact the economy and put extra pressure on power grids, according to the lawsuit.

More: https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=58085

Under normal circumstances, I would say this guy will have plenty of time to better plan his "enterprises," but with this administration he may be back in business in a short time.

The Post & Email by Robert Spencer 5/15/2024

 It’s also the result of the Muslim Brotherhood infiltration of his administration.

The pressure on the Biden regime over its ostensible but hollow (at best) support for Israel has been high for months. The regime’s betrayal of Israel has been widely explained as a capitulation to threats from Muslim leaders that Old Joe would receive no Muslim votes in November unless he stabbed the Jewish state in the back. That consideration likely had a great deal to do with the betrayal, but the pressure also comes from within the regime: his handlers have appointed Muslim Brotherhood-linked haters of Israel to numerous positions of influence, and that influence is being felt.

The pressures from inside and outside the Biden regime ultimately emanate from the same source. Middle East Eye reported in Oct. 2020 that Biden released a video message to Muslim Advocates, the group that was responsible in 2011 for the Obama administration’s removal of all mention of Islam and jihad from counterterror training. Biden vowed: “My administration will look like America, Muslim Americans serving at every level.” Middle East Eye also noted that “while Muslims represent a small minority of the American electorate, their communities are concentrated in key swing states that Trump won by a small margin in 2016, including Michigan.”

Muslim leaders in the U.S. kept that fact firmly in mind. In Nov. 2023, Nihad Awad, executive director of the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), who infamously said that he was “happy” about Hamas’ Oct. 7 jihad massacre of 1,200 Israelis, declared at a pro-Hamas rally: “No cease-fire, no votes. No votes in Michigan, no votes in Arizona, no votes in Georgia, no votes in Nevada, no votes in Wisconsin, no votes in Pennsylvania. No votes for you anywhere if you don’t call for a ceasefire now.” A ceasefire, like cutting off Israel’s arms shipment, would allow Hamas to survive. That’s why Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Ramallah) agreed with Awad: “The American people won’t forget. Biden, support a ceasefire now. Or don’t count on us in 2024.”

More: https://www.thepostemail.com/2024/05/15/biden-regimes-betrayal-of-israel-is-not-just-to-get-votes/

Biden looks to pivot on inflation, but it may be too late
By
Haisten Willis
May 16, 2024 6:00 am
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President Joe Biden wants to talk about falling inflation. Whether voters believe him could decide the outcome of the 2024 election.

Biden likes to point out that inflation has tumbled from its high of 9% in June 2022, even claiming it was that high when he came into office. But prices are still rising and are far above where they were when Biden entered the White House.

“On Wednesday, the country hit a sad milestone: Inflation under President Biden hit 20%,” Job Creators Network CEO Alfredo Ortiz said following the latest consumer price index report. “As a result, ordinary Americans face a cost-of-living crisis and declining living standards, with price increases outpacing wages.”

With that figure in mind, Republicans are going to harp on “Bidenflation” as an evil force zapping away earnings regardless of what happens from here until Election Day.

“Not one thing is cheaper under Crooked Joe — food, gasoline, cars, trucks, rent, and mortgages are all through the roof,” Trump said in a video released Wednesday morning. “Biden’s price hikes are killing the American dream.”

Biden is still holding out hope the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates before November, giving him a win he can sell on the campaign trail as “Bidenomics.” The April CPI report was a step in the right direction as inflation fell slightly to 3.4% year-over-year.

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