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Ryan Goodman
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Co-editor-in-chief @justsecurity.org. Chaired Prof at NYU Law. Former Chaired Prof Harvard. Former Special Counsel Defense Dept.

https://www.justsecurity.org/author/goodmanryan

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Ryan Goodman is an American legal scholar who is the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Professor of Law at NYU School of Law and is the founding co-editor-in-chief of its website Just Security, which focuses on U.S. national security law and policy. Goodman joined the NYU faculty in 2009. .. more

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 58m
Understanding Senator Eric Schmitt.

His track record includes bringing this expensive litigation chock-full with misinformation all the way to Supreme Court.

My article with @justinhendrix.bsky.social in 2024:

A Conspiracy Theory Goes to the Supreme Court: How Did Murthy v Missouri Get This Far?
A Conspiracy Theory Goes to the Supreme Court: How Did Murthy v Missouri Get This Far?
Murthy v Missouri may become a landmark case in which Supreme Court justices are led astray on the basis of a disinformation-laden record.
www.justsecurity.org

Reposted by Peter Holmes, Ryan Goodman

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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 20h
From WSJ - The taxpayer money used to fund the ads that started airing last week came from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, an arm of DHS that oversees the Border Patrol and customs and immigration at airports, the people said.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
www.wsj.com

Reposted by Matthew Bunn, Daniel W. Drezner, Michael Kevane

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 1d
How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal?

I explain why it is 10/10 clear.

Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official.

GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 1d
2/ "Olsen’s resignation was among a wave of staffing shake-ups the probe has seen in recent days, those people said, as multiple attorneys who had been dispatched to Florida to work on the case returned to previous assignments or left for new ones."

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
DOJ probe into Trump foes sees another prominent departure
Kurt Olsen, who previously worked as Trump’s election security czar, resigned from the so-called “grand conspiracy” investigation Monday.
www.washingtonpost.com

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 1d
"Two of the people said Olsen had become frustrated by pressure from Justice Department officials in Washington to increase the pace of the investigation and secure grand jury indictments.

The third person said Olsen left after issues arose with his security clearance."
DOJ probe into Trump foes sees another prominent departure
Kurt Olsen, who previously worked as Trump’s election security czar, resigned from the so-called “grand conspiracy” investigation Monday.
www.washingtonpost.com

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 1d
"A senior prosecutor working on the so-called grand conspiracy investigation into a wide array of President Trump’s enemies has resigned from the case, adding to the turmoil that has recently plagued the inquiry"

On the heels of diGenova's departure.

Along with lead FBI agent's departing the team.
Second Prosecutor Quits Trump’s ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case
The resignation adds to the setbacks to the most sweeping effort by the Justice Department to fulfill the president’s desire to take revenge against the federal officials who have investigated him.
www.nytimes.com