I didn't go to law school, but my grandfather, father and brother did. My dad and brother were proud Stanford graduates while my grandfather received his law degree from Harvard. That's the same law school John Sauer, former president Donald Trump's attorney, attended.
I mention Harvard for a reason. That's because as I listened to Sauer's arguments before the D.C. Court of Appeals Tuesday, I couldn't help but wonder how he came up with his theory that a president can only be criminally charged and tried following a conviction for alleged actions in the Senate. Did he learn that at Harvard?
(Recall, many senators, including Mitch McConnell, relied on the notion that it would be up to the Justice Department to handle an investigation into Trump’s actions following the 2020 election when they were considering whether to convict 45 following his impeachment in the House.)
Sauer may be considered an expert lawyer, but I found his presentation full of holes. So much so, I began talking over his answers to the judges' various questions. "Did this guy really go to law school? It must have been in Russia, Iran or North Korea." As we all know, very little, if anything, happens to the leaders of those countries when they want a political opponent arrested or worse.
I'm surprised Sauer didn't have a better answer to the question about a president ordering the assassination of a political opponent. If any of Sauer’s former law professors still are teaching, I’m guessing they would have been shocked to hear his convoluted reply. Not that they could grade him now, but they probably would be giving Sauer an F.
-DF
Well, Harvard, Stanford, whatever. When you're reduced to scraping the bottom of the barrel to find lawyers willing to work for you (knowing they will likely not get paid), you get what you get. I wonder how high up in class standing J. Sauer, Esq. was at Harvard.
My brother, too, was a Stanford law grad, and found out that criminals tend not to pay when they're convicted and sent to prison. And The Donald doesn't pay even when not in jail.