Sussmann’s trial for allegedly lying to the FBI is being heard in the same District of Columbia federal courthouse where former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn and others faced the very same charge brought by another special counsel. However, with Sussmann, prosecutors clearly have concerns over whether they, rather than the defendant, will get a fair trial. When pleas are counted, federal prosecutors can report as high as 95 percent conviction rates. Prosecutors ordinarily have a massive advantage with juries despite the presumption of innocence. jury: “Whatever your political views might be, they cannot be brought to your decisions.” The opening statement by Deborah Brittain Shaw reflected the curious profile of the Sussmann case. The criminal trial of Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann began this week with a telling warning from prosecutors to the D.C. For John Durham, it may seem that the only person missing from the jury at this point is Chelsea Clinton. Those negative rulings continued during the trial, including a refusal to dismiss a juror whose daughter is playing on the same team with Sussmann’s daughter. A jury of your peers is not supposed to literal with an array of fellow Clinton supporters. The court has limited the evidence available to the prosecution, the scope of questioning, and cleared a jury that includes three Clinton campaign donors. States can always show their CSA flags with pride by choosing to opt-out of federal funding.Judge Christopher Cooper Judge Emmet Sullivanīelow is my column in The Hill on the Sussmann trial and the striking comparisons with prior prosecutions of Trump officials like Michael Flynn. And for those who still sing from the states’ rights hymnal, the American Flag Protection Act operates no differently than the expansion of Medicaid under Obamacare. Under AFPA’s “Posthumous Amnesty” provisions, all Confederate soldiers are pardoned for their treason against the United States, an act of compassionate forgiveness to be marked by the display of the Star-Spangled Banner alone over their graves. AFPA would ban federal, state and local governments, as well as any organization receiving federal funds, from flying a Confederate banner from any building, site or facility. That’s where the American Flag Protection Act (AFPA) of 2015 comes in. With many supporters of flying the Confederate flag in retreat or temporarily in hiding, now would be a fitting time for Congress to right an egregious, 150 year-old wrong. We’re gonna put up a new American flag over the capital to signify the new world order” says Desmond Balim an individual who signed a petition.
I support the new American flag for the new world order. “A lot of people are offended by the American flag, I’ll sign this shiyyt man. When all Americans are treated as equal, we are all more free.Īccording to recent reports more than 10,000 people have signed a petition to change American flag to rainbow flag. On the surface, the image appears to capture the intense battles oppressed groups have overcome in recent days, marking a celebratory victory for all. The Confederate flag was torn from its pole by an activist less than 24 hours after the president sang Amazing Grace.Ī cartoon in five panels, side-by-side, shows a Confederate flag lowered as a rainbow flag is raised. The ruling brings to an end more than a decade of bitter legal battles. The US Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex marriage is a legal right across the United States. The flag is used as a symbol of gay pride and is now used worldwide. The rainbow flag, commonly the gay pride flag and LGBT pride flag, is a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) pride and LGBT social movements.