They’re not common but they’re also not rare. More often, defendants are not incredibly corrupt loudmouth morons, don’t have any public following, or are in jail, and it’s not needed.
The gag order doesn’t apply to Judge Engoron. Both he and Judge Chutkan in the DC case specifically exempted themselves from being covered by their respective gag orders. The logic is that the 1st Amendment protects criticism of federal judges. He can’t, however, threaten federal judges, so it’ll be interesting to see how far he pushes it. Unfortunately, in the past he’s shown a surprising amount of restraint in skating just up to the line, but not actually crossing it.
They haven’t prevented him from saying anything. They prevent him from attacking witnesses and court employees which is well within scope of a gag order.
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You try it and see how far the 1st amendment gets you. Most defendants don’t get to trash the judge with no consequences.
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They’re not common but they’re also not rare. More often, defendants are not incredibly corrupt loudmouth morons, don’t have any public following, or are in jail, and it’s not needed.
You know that a gag order is a specific restriction on free speech that courts can issue, right? That’s literally what they are for.
The gag order doesn’t apply to Judge Engoron. Both he and Judge Chutkan in the DC case specifically exempted themselves from being covered by their respective gag orders. The logic is that the 1st Amendment protects criticism of federal judges. He can’t, however, threaten federal judges, so it’ll be interesting to see how far he pushes it. Unfortunately, in the past he’s shown a surprising amount of restraint in skating just up to the line, but not actually crossing it.
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Gag orders on indicted felons who can’t shut up are extremely common. He isn’t likely to prevail on that.
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They haven’t prevented him from saying anything. They prevent him from attacking witnesses and court employees which is well within scope of a gag order.
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“Congress shall make no law…”.
This is the judiciary: different branch of government.
The executive could also issue an order that restricts free speech and not violate the first amendment.
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