Hello all. This is a thread for those who, like me, are stressed out by the U.S. election season. These final weeks before Election Day can be psychologically grueling. Both campaigns are going flat out. The MSM won’t stop its horse race approach; if anything, they seem determined to double down on it. Meanwhile, Trump increases the toxicity of his brew of misogyny, racism, and xenophobia. He escalates his commitment to making the U.S. a martial dictatorship. 1/

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@mcnees let’s celebrate the anniversary of her 13th month; you can edit the thread accordingly and leave it up!

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One last quote, but then do read the entire letter, not only for more crisp nuggets but also to learn about separation of powers, state police powers, U.S. federalism, prosecutorial functions and ethics, and more.

“As it seems you have a personal interest in the Fulton County District Attorney's Office, you should consider directing the USDOJ to investigate the racist threats that have come to my staff and me because of this investigation.” — #FaniWillis, letter to Jim Jordan 6/6 #LawFedi

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Then, #FaniWillis offers Jim Jordan some additional responses. Here’s one … 4/

After this opening salvo, first half of #FaniWillis letter to Jim Jordan supplies sophisticated legal analysis, written in clear plain English, explaining all the problems with Jordan’s interference in the #FultonCounty prosecution of Trump and others. 3/

‘…there is no justification in the Constitution for Congress to interfere with a state criminal matter, as you attempt to do. Furthermore, your note calls to mind another letter recently submitted to a House select committee: “This unprecedented action serves no legitimate legislative purpose and would set a dangerous precedent for future Congresses . . . the American people deserve better.” See Letter from Rep. Jim Jordan to Chairman Bennie Thompson dated January 9, 2022.’ 2/

This letter from #FaniWillis to Jim Jordan is giving me life. You really must read it in its glorious entirety to fully appreciate it, but in this short thread, I share some choice quotes. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23941234/jim-jordan-letter.pdf 1/ #LawFedi

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@mcnees Super interesting. Thanks for sharing.

@mcnees I love that the mouse looks as large as a brick!

@mcnees Perfectly reasonable.

I long to give as an exam question: write an exam question that you think would elicit answers worth reading. [I'd hear from the powers that be so fast it would make my head spin, but it would be a great exam question.] #teaching #lawTeaching #lawProfs

@mcnees So great to see another of these, over here on the ‘don.