Mark Meadows’s Motion for Removal: How NOT to Make a Legal Argument to a Court
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The day after Mark Meadows was indicted in the Trump prosecution in Georgia, Meadows’s lawyers filed a motion to remove the state prosecution to federal court pursuant to a statute intended to prevent state officials from interfering with the activities of the federal government. 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1). In their motion, the lawyers violated two cardinal rules of advocacy: (1) don’t misstate the facts or law of a case you are citing to the court; and (2) don’t ignore cases that are adverse to the argument you are making to the court.
Mark Meadows’s Motion for Removal: How NOT to Make a Legal Argument to a Court
Mark Meadows’s Motion for Removal: How NOT to…
Mark Meadows’s Motion for Removal: How NOT to Make a Legal Argument to a Court
The day after Mark Meadows was indicted in the Trump prosecution in Georgia, Meadows’s lawyers filed a motion to remove the state prosecution to federal court pursuant to a statute intended to prevent state officials from interfering with the activities of the federal government. 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1). In their motion, the lawyers violated two cardinal rules of advocacy: (1) don’t misstate the facts or law of a case you are citing to the court; and (2) don’t ignore cases that are adverse to the argument you are making to the court.