STORY: Special Counsel Jack Smith unveiled hugely-anticipated federal criminal charges against Donald Trump, accusing the former president of a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election.
to get more analysis on the wave of recent decisions, i spoke with shan wu, formerfederal prosecutor, emily birnbaum, bloomberg legal reporter and justin hansford, associate law professor at howard university. this would have given states almost unlimited power on election law. what was the judges reasoning in their decision? they said that, you know, the state had argued that the republican lawmakers in the state had argued that the constitution basically enabled this, this sort of off the wall theory that a lot of people have taken issue with, essentially that state legislature can always override state courts. they said this right exists in the constitution and the supreme