Article originally appeared on www.westernjournal.com.
The New York Times published an opinion piece calling for all the criminal cases being brought against Donald Trump to be dropped in light of his victory in this month’s election.
Thomas Goldstein — former appellate attorney, publisher of the SCOTUS blog, and lecturer at Harvard Law School — wrote a Nov. 15 article titled, “End the Criminal Cases Against Trump.”
“With the election now over, the courts have to decide quickly whether to move forward with the criminal cases against Donald Trump. Although this idea will pain my fellow Democrats, all of the cases should be abandoned,” he began.
Goldstein, who represented former Vice President Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election case Bush v. Gore, noted that Trump made the criminal prosecutions a central issue in his campaign and the people have spoken.
The Republican won the Electoral College vote 312 to 226, and the popular …
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