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How to tell whether a government investigation or prosecution is “weaponized”
These key questions can help assess whether a government investigation or prosecution is appropriate — or an abuse of power.
October 28, 2022
Managing Director & Co-Founder
Justin Florence co-founded Protect Democracy and, as Managing Director, oversees the organization’s work to advance its mission, including legal, policy, advocacy and communications strategies. Justin previously served in the Office of the White House Counsel as Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel to the President; as Senior Counsel on the staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee; and in the Supreme Court and Appellate practices of two leading national law firms. Justin is a Lecturer in Law at Harvard Law School, where he co-teaches the Democracy and Rule of Law Clinic. His writings on democracy and rule of law issues have appeared in publications including The New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School.
These key questions can help assess whether a government investigation or prosecution is appropriate — or an abuse of power.
October 28, 2022
In this opinion piece, Justin Florence and Grant Tudor argue that “like any other power assigned to a branch of government, the power to pardon, according to the Supreme Court, cannot ‘offend the Constitution.’
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