Appeals Court Deals Blow to Voting Rights Act in Live US Politics Hearing

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The three-judge panel challenges Trump’s position on restricting prejudicing the case

Trump’s lawyer argues that prosecutors had not met their evidentiary obligations for a gag order

The panel points out a clear pattern of Trump’s statements leading to threats and harassment

The circuit judge presses Trump’s lawyer on why the district court should wait for threats to come before taking action

Appeals court challenges Trump’s position on restricting prejudicing the case

On Monday, at the hearing, the three-judge panel repeatedly suggested they found untenable Trump’s position that there could be no ‘prophylactic’ provision to ensure Trump was restricted from prejudicing the case until after it had already taken place.

Clear pattern of Trump’s statements leading to threats and harassment

The panel interjected that there was a clear pattern with Trump stretching back to the post-2020 election period that when he named and assailed individuals, they invariably received death threats or other harassment from his supporters.

The Trump lawyer responded that posts from three years ago did not meet the standard required for a gag order, as he argued the supreme court has held that a ‘heckler’s veto’ – gagging a defendant merely because of fears about how a third party might act – was not permissible rationale.

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