Thursday, October 24, 2024

Federal Officer Removal

Two Eleventh Circuit decisions rejecting federal-officer removal of the Georgia prosecutions related to the 2020 election--one attempt by former assistant AG Jeffrey Clark and one by a group of fake electors. Check out Judge Rosenbaum in the latter case: "Defendants were no more presidential Electors simply because they give themselves the title than Martin Sheen was ever the President because he went by President Bartlet. See generally The West Wing (NBC television broadcast Sept. 22, 1999).