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The Dog

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  1. 2 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Well, initially, you would consider issuing a subpoena to where someone legally resides, which for him would be SC.

    He may certainly "be found" or be domiciled in DC, which would probably be fully legal.  But, legislators enjoy a shit ton of immunity from service of things like subpoenas, so that might be a big pain in the ass.

    Yeah was wondering about that.

    Regardless I think he sings like a canary (and the rest will too after going through some bullshit). 

  2. 2 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Subpoenas usually have some sort of territorial limitations, initially.  For a state court, it's usually the state itself.

    However, because of the Full Faith and Credit clause of the constitution, there are usually ways to make subpoenas effective for out-of-state or otherwise out of jurisdiction witnesses.

    In many cases, they are directed to a court that has jurisdiction over the witness and that court then assumes jurisdiction over the subpoena and either issues its own or a similar order that the witness comply with the subpoena, with whatever "inconvenience" mitigation things (travel fees, etc.) the court orders or provided by state law.  Nominally, the local court can refuse to enforce the subpoena if it would somehow offend the sovereignty of the state, but, historically, that doesn't happen very often.

    These days, if a Fulton County grand jury subpoena hit a Magat judge in South Carolina for Lindsey Ladybugs, it wouldn't surprise me at all if that judge refused to enforce it.

    Except he's in DC most of the time and I don't think there are many MAGA judges there...

    But I could be wrong about this. Not a lawyer just a dude with a keyboard.

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