Judges dubious of Mark Meadows' bid to avoid facing charges in Georgia state court

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : "We normally have a presumption that the separate sovereign of a state and its courts are equally faithful to the Constitution of the law and can be trusted.
51% : The scope of Meadows' formal duties is important because, under federal law, U.S. officials have the right to transfer a case from state court into federal court if the case is based on their official acts.
46% : With many conservative judges and attorneys regularly championing the use of "textualism" -- or a strict adherence to the text -- as the best way of interpreting laws, Meadows' case put Terwilliger in the awkward position of trying to persuade the judges to read language into the removal statute that would sweep in former officers despite the fact they aren't mentioned in the relevant part of the law.
46% : Terwilliger did that by warning of grave consequences if the courts rule that state prosecutions of former federal officials are permitted.
41% : Judge Nancy Abudu, an appointee of President Joe Biden, noted that a different federal law, known as the Hatch Act, prohibits government officials from engaging in political activity in their official capacity.
35% : If Meadows is ultimately allowed to transfer his prosecution to federal court, his lawyers have signaled they will quickly file a motion to throw the case out altogether for interfering with federal prerogatives.
32% : While generally skeptical of Meadows' reading of the law, all three judges on the panel mused about whether allowing state prosecutions of former federal officials would have a "chilling effect" on current federal officials.

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