| − | '''Mar-a-Lago raid litigation''' included an emergency application to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] filed by [[Donald Trump]] on October 4,<ref>https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22A283/242439/20221004150805615_22-%20Application%20for%20Stay.pdf</ref> concerning the unprecedented [[Mar-a-Lago raid]] on Trump's residence. The application cites 69 precedents in favor of overruling the [[Eleventh Circuit]] decision that partially stayed a good district court ruling: | + | '''Mar-a-Lago raid litigation''' included an emergency application to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] filed by [[Donald Trump]] on October 4, 2022<ref name="Application">https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22A283/242439/20221004150805615_22-%20Application%20for%20Stay.pdf</ref> concerning the unprecedented [[Mar-a-Lago raid]] on Trump's residence. The application cites 69 precedents in favor of overruling the [[Eleventh Circuit]] decision that partially stayed a good district court ruling: |
| − | The factual statement by Trump's attorneys in their emergency application to the [[Supreme Court]] on Oct. 4, 2022, early in its Factual and Procedural Background section, is a home run: | + | The factual statement by Trump's attorneys in their emergency application to the [[Supreme Court]] on Oct. 4, 2022, early in its Factual and Procedural Background section, is a home run:<ref name="Application"/> |
| | {{cquote|As Justice Jackson long ago recognized, the wheels of justice grind to an ignominious halt when a person—not just the political rival of the sitting administration— is targeted for “being attached to the wrong political views” or “being unpopular with the predominant or governing group.” Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654, 727 (1988)(Scalia, J., dissenting) (quoting R. Jackson, The Federal Prosecutor, Address Delivered at the Second Annual Conference of United States Attorneys, April 1, 1940). Here, the Government has chosen to treat President Trump in a manner apparently quite different from the deference and collegiality afforded to other former Presidents to manage and control their personal and Presidential Records. For instance, as part of a cooperative effort, truckloads of records from the Obama administration were relocated to what had previously been a furniture store in | | {{cquote|As Justice Jackson long ago recognized, the wheels of justice grind to an ignominious halt when a person—not just the political rival of the sitting administration— is targeted for “being attached to the wrong political views” or “being unpopular with the predominant or governing group.” Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654, 727 (1988)(Scalia, J., dissenting) (quoting R. Jackson, The Federal Prosecutor, Address Delivered at the Second Annual Conference of United States Attorneys, April 1, 1940). Here, the Government has chosen to treat President Trump in a manner apparently quite different from the deference and collegiality afforded to other former Presidents to manage and control their personal and Presidential Records. For instance, as part of a cooperative effort, truckloads of records from the Obama administration were relocated to what had previously been a furniture store in |
| | suburban Chicago and President George W. Bush had millions of documents transported from the White House to a warehouse in Texas. See Jennifer Schuessler, The Obama Presidential Library That Isn’t, N.Y. TIMES, (Feb. 20, 2019), https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/arts/obama-presidential-center-librarynational-archives-and-records-administration.html; see e.g., David McMillen, Moving Out, Moving In (last accessed, October 1, 2022), available at | | suburban Chicago and President George W. Bush had millions of documents transported from the White House to a warehouse in Texas. See Jennifer Schuessler, The Obama Presidential Library That Isn’t, N.Y. TIMES, (Feb. 20, 2019), https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/arts/obama-presidential-center-librarynational-archives-and-records-administration.html; see e.g., David McMillen, Moving Out, Moving In (last accessed, October 1, 2022), available at |