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Once again, Donald Trump's ego is "getting in the way of his legal defense," writes appellate attorney Chris Truax. |
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Truax believes Trump's defense attorneys are doing a pretty good job of playing the cards they've been dealt. "Unfortunately," writes Truax, "one of those cards is a client who is making them do things they'd rather not do." For example, Trump insists that his lawyers "go all-in on attacking Stormy Daniel's credibility and arguing that she made the whole thing up." This despite that whether Trump and Daniels actually had sex is not directly relevant to the case. So instead of a case about accounting and financial disclosure, with Daniels's testimony, the public learned more than they ever wanted to know about the former president's extramarital sex life. Trump is also ignoring his attorneys' advice by acting up in court and violating his gag order. Then there's the biggest decision of all – whether Trump will testify in his own defense – which Truax calls "the big kahuna, the tour-de-force of bad client decisions." Trump says he will testify. Donald Trump once said his "gut tells me more sometimes than anybody else's brain can ever tell me." "Maybe that works for him in politics," says Truax, "but it isn't working for him in court. Perhaps he ought to pop a few antacids and start listening to his lawyers instead." Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
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By Fred Upton, former U.S. representative (R-Mich.) |
Greene's selfish charade has much to teach us about the broken incentives that have pushed both parties toward the extremes. While few politicians are as shameless as she is in acquiescing to these incentives, most are swayed by them, nonetheless. |
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By Daniel Buck, policy associate at the Fordham Institute |
When I entered the Palestine protest encampment on UW-Madison's campus, I didn't know what to expect. After the chaos I had read about at other such college encampments, I certainly didn't expect "pathetic" to stick out as the most descriptive word when I walked away an hour later. |
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By Chris Ferguson, professor of psychology at Stetson University |
If social media were causing an increase in teen suicides or other mental health problems, we'd expect to see this pattern across countries that have high technology adoption. But we don't. |
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By Will Marshall, president of the Progressive Policy Institute |
A new spirit of secession is fracturing our country. Republicans are carving out a red-state confederacy where they can impose their own laws and social mores in defiance of national majorities. |
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