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Special counsel in Trump case unconstitutional, former Reagan AG says

Special Counsel Jack Smith has no more constitutional 'authority' than Taylor Swift, says former President Reagan AG Ed Meese in brief


Former Attorney General Ed Meese has presented arguments to the Supreme Court that they should reject Special Counsel Jack Smith’s requests because he was unconstitutionally appointed in the first place.

Meese, along with law professors Steven G. Calabresi and Gary S. Lawson, filed a friend-of-the-court brief Wednesday to present the case that Attorney General Merrick Garland’s appointment of Smith — a private citizen — is in violation of the Appointments Clause of the Constitution. ---More...

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