floofloof@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoSupreme Court action already upending January 6 rioter sentencings, being looked at by Trump defensewww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down16
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minus-squarewalter_wiggles@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·9 months agoI don’t get it, how would Congressional proceedings not be federal proceedings?
minus-squareAnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months agoThe article does a poor job of communicating what the case is about. The questions presented: “Did the D.C. Circuit err in construing 18 U.S.C. § 1512© (“Witness, Victim, or Informant Tampering”). Which prohibits obstruction of congressional inquiries and investigations. to include acts unrelated to investigations and evidence?"[1] https://ballotpedia.org/Fischer_v._United_States
I don’t get it, how would Congressional proceedings not be federal proceedings?
The article does a poor job of communicating what the case is about.
https://ballotpedia.org/Fischer_v._United_States
Semantics.