#ArticleIII

#Wisconsin #judge arrested in #immigration case retains top conservative atty

A WI judge charged w/helping a man in her court briefly evade immigration authorities added prominent conservative atty & leading #SCOTUS advocate #PaulClement to her defense.

#HannahDugan, a #Milwaukee County circuit judge, was charged Friday w/obstructing a govt proceeding & concealing an individual to prevent arrest.

#law #Constitution #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #Trump
https://www.reuters.com/legal/wisconsin-judge-arrested-immigration-case-retains-top-conservative-lawyer-2025-04-29/

He recommended the case be dismissed “with prejudice”, meaning the charges could NOT be brought again.

“A dismissal without prejudice creates a palpable sense that the prosecution outlined in the indictment & approved by a grand jury could be renewed, a prospect that hangs like the proverbial sword of Damocles over the accused,” #PaulClement wrote in his filing.

Clement said he reached that conclusion in the face of the extraordinary circumstances of the #Trump #DOJ’s motion.

#law #QuidProQuo

Under #Trump’s #DOJ? Sure.

A lawyer who was asked to offer *independent* arguments on the #Justice Dept’s motion to dismiss #corruption charges against #NYC Mayor #EricAdams of told a judge on Friday that he should end the prosecution.

But the lawyer, #PaulClement, said the judge should not allow the Trump admin to use the threat of #criminal charges to compel Adams’ political support.

#law #QuidProQuo #immigration #DanielleSassoon
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/nyregion/paul-clement-adams-case-dismissal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=AD05C050-FABC-4A0E-B8CF-E411402E6B46

Lawyer Appointed in Adams Case Says Charges Should Be Dropped

Paul D. Clement also said a judge should not allow the Trump administration to use the court’s authority to compel Mr. Adams’s support in the White House’s mass deportation efforts.

The New York Times

A federal judge on Friday deferred ruling on the #DOJ’s request to drop the #corruption case against Mayor #EricAdams of #NYC, & appointed an outside lawyer to present #independent arguments on the motion, which was otherwise unopposed.

The lawyer the judge appointed, #PaulClement, is a political #conservative who was the US solicitor general during President George W. Bush’s admin.

#law #criminal #QuidProQuo #Trump #EmilBove

Sue's News: A Round-Up of F*ck Yous

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) celebrated white nationalists, Donald Trump can't stop defaming E. Jean Carroll, and other shit that pissed me off this week.

Jezebel