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Eric S. Fish is a law professor at the University of California, Davis. 1.000

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Simplified: Eric S Fish is a law professor at the University of California Davis

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They would strengthen public confidence in the criminal justice system by ensuring that indictments are well supported. 0.900

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Simplified: Reforms would strengthen public confidence in the criminal justice system by ensuring indictments are well supported

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He was the San Francisco district attorney from 2020 to 2022. 1.000

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Simplified: Chesa Boudin was the San Francisco district attorney from 2020 to 2022

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This week, a grand jury rejected an effort by the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington to indict the six members of Congress who appeared last year in a video underscoring the obligation of service me... 0.950

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Simplified: This week grand jury rejected effort to indict six members of Congress

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We need procedural reform to create remedies when illegally obtained evidence is presented so constitutional violations have consequences for prosecutors. 0.950

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Simplified: Procedural reform needs to create remedies when illegally obtained evidence is presented so constitutional violations have consequences for prosecutor...

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Chesa Boudin is the executive director of the Criminal Law and Justice Center at the University of California, Berkeley. 1.000

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Simplified: Chesa Boudin is the executive director of the Criminal Law and Justice Center at the University of California Berkeley

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Colonial grand juries often refused to enforce British revenue and sedition laws, including the infamous Stamp Act. 0.950

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Simplified: Colonial grand juries often refused to enforce British revenue and sedition laws including Stamp Act

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Another federal grand jury in Virginia declined at least one charge against James Comey, the former F.B.I. director; the prosecutor later improperly filed a version of the indictment the full grand ju... 0.950

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Simplified: Another federal grand jury in Virginia declined at least one charge against James Comey

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These reforms wouldn’t hamper legitimate prosecutions. 0.900

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Simplified: These reforms would not hamper legitimate prosecutions

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The adage that a prosecutor could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich isn’t colorful rhetoric but statistical reality. 0.900

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Simplified: Adage that prosecutor could get grand jury to indict ham sandwich is statistical reality

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In Chicago, grand jurors have declined to indict in several felony cases stemming from a similar operation; prosecutors seemed to get the message and dismissed additional cases. 0.950

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Simplified: In Chicago grand jurors declined to indict in several felony cases stemming from similar operation

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Grand juries are exercising their power to reject criminal charges in high-profile cases. 0.950

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Simplified: Grand juries are exercising power to reject criminal charges in high-profile cases

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See Rebecca R. Ruiz et al., A Conservative Agenda Unleashed on the Federal Courts, N.Y. Times (Mar. 16, 2020), https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/us/trump-appeals-court-judges.html [https://perma.cc/8... 1.000

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Simplified: Rebecca R Ruiz et al wrote A Conservative Agenda Unleashed on the Federal Courts in N Y Times March 16 2020

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See Robin Bradley Kar & Jason Mazzone, Essay, The Garland Affair: What History and the Constitution Really Say About President Obama’s Powers to Appoint a Replacement for Justice Scalia, 91 N.Y.U. L.... 1.000

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Simplified: Robin Bradley Kar & Jason Mazzone wrote The Garland Affair What History and the Constitution Really Say About President Obama’s Powers to Appoint a Re...

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See id. (discussing Epps & Sitaraman, How to Save the Supreme Court, supra note 1, at 193–200). 1.000

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Simplified: Epps & Sitaraman wrote How to Save the Supreme Court at 193–200

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See U.S. Const. art. III, § 1. 1.000

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Simplified: U S Const art III § 1

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See Neal Devins & Lawrence Baum, Split Definitive: How Party Polarization Turned the Supreme Court into a Partisan Court, 2016 Sup. Ct. Rev. 301, 301, 309, 317–21 (2017). 1.000

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Simplified: Neal Devins & Lawrence Baum wrote Split Definitive How Party Polarization Turned the Supreme Court into a Partisan Court in 2016 Sup Ct Rev 301 301 30...

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See Doerfler & Moyn, supra note 1, at 1724 (discussing Theodore Voorhees, It’s Time for Merit Selection of Supreme Court Justices, 61 ABA J. 705 (1975)). 1.000

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Simplified: Doerfler & Moyn discussed Theodore Voorhees It’s Time for Merit Selection of Supreme Court Justices in 61 ABA J 705 in 1975

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See Alicia Bannon & Michael Milov-Cordoba, Brennan Ctr. for Just., Supreme Court Term Limits 1–4 (2023). 1.000

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Simplified: Alicia Bannon & Michael Milov-Cordoba wrote Supreme Court Term Limits 1–4 in 2023

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See Molly Ball & Tessa Berenson, Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Fight Exposes Major Problems with the Nation’s Most Powerful Court, TIME (Sept. 27, 2018, 6:13 AM), https://time.com/5407920/supreme-cou... 1.000

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Simplified: Molly Ball & Tessa Berenson wrote Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Fight Exposes Major Problems with the Nation’s Most Powerful Court in TIME September...

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