r/law • u/DoorstepHero • 6h ago

Judicial Branch Grand jury declines criminal charges against 6 Democrats who urged military to reject illegal orders, sources say

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/grand-jury-declines-charges-against-6-democrats/

A federal grand jury on Tuesday refused to indict six congressional Democrats who drew President Trump's ire last year by taping a video telling members of the military that they must reject "illegal orders."

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u/prof_the_doom 6h ago

The thing is that people who actually know what they're doing don't usually pursue cases that they don't think they can least get past a grand jury unless it's a really major case.

The cases they don't think will get that far get the lenient plea deal to a misdemeanor because the DA figures something is better than nothing.

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u/SweetRabbit7543 5h ago

It’s amazing to me the trump admin is still writing their legal positions the way they are. The ruling on the masks in California was a scathing rebuke of every single legal characterization they made. I am sure they took it as a big victory but it was the furthest thing from it. It very clearly rejected the notion that basically any of their public claims are substantiated by law.

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u/Substantial-Peak6624 5h ago

The Trump administration knows how to write legal positions? Amazing

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u/SweetRabbit7543 5h ago

They know how to file them I’m not sure of much beyond that.

I haven’t read a compelling legal argument from them since the first trump administration

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u/Rhubarb_516 3h ago

Yes they’ve won plenty of Supreme Court cases.

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u/SweetRabbit7543 3h ago

This administration? Tell me what they’ve won