ABOUT TRUMP’S APPEAL IN THE IRS IMMUNITY CASE
by Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. – attorney, law professor emeritus, and author of Federal law
Trump’s appeal in the Trump v. IRS case has *just* been docketed by the 11th Circuit. Trump has until *September 14th* to submit their brief to the Court. That’s nearly a month and a half away. Until that happens (they could do it sooner, they could do it not at all) the lower Court’s ruling is in place. I expect that they will attempt to appeal on jurisdictional grounds, saying that the Court didn’t have jurisdiction and so it doesn’t matter what the Court said.
BUT – and this is *very important* – the appeal is about the *sanctions* imposed (remember I wrote that up two weeks ago – how the Court issued financial sanctions *and* sanctions against the attorneys). NOT about “is it illegal” – it clearly is illegal. Remember, appeals are *procedural* – appeals courts do *not* rule on the merits of the case, nor on the underlying facts.
There is NO question that the attempted “settlement” and the attempted IRS immunity were dick moves (yes, that’s a legal term) that are *banned* by Federal law, along with various bits of the Constitution.
Put another way, the Court *noted* that this was all illegal, then the Court ordered *sanctions* *because* they acted in, and I quote “bad faith”, colluded, and tried to commit fraud on the Court, and the appeal is about the sanctions.
You can read my very detailed explanations here:
https://annepmitchell.substack.com/p/bam-pow-biff-court-calls-out-trump
and here:
https://annepmitchell.substack.com/p/oh-yeah-and-the-hits-just-keep-coming
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(The above was provided by me, Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. – attorney, law professor emeritus, and Federal law author.)
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