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The real reason the GOP is pushing so hard for a quick confirmation
Gamble v U.S.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamble_v._United_States
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The case has been analyzed in the context of the Special Counsel investigation into the Trump campaign; if the separate sovereigns doctrine is overturned, a pardon of federal charges from Donald Trump may prevent state prosecution
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https://www.theusconstitution.org/li...united-states/
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In Gamble v. United States, the Supreme Court is considering whether the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment, which prohibits any person from being prosecuted for the same offense more than once, bars a federal prosecution for a criminal offense when the defendant has already been prosecuted for the same offense in state court.
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/201...-U-S-No-17-646
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It’s a given that, with Kav seated as the fifth partisan Republican judge on the Supreme Court, he will be the deciding vote to overturn the seperation sovereignty exception, thus giving Trump and the GOP a get-out-of-jail card.
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Expected to be on the SC docket in October.
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