The article discusses various legal aspects of obstruction of justice claims in America, focusing on issues related to legal venue, witness tampering, and an Omnibus Provision which is located in Section 1503 of the U.S. Code. Pending U.S. federal judicial proceedings and alleged efforts to ...
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Federal District Judge Samuel B. Kent Pleads Guilty to Charges of Obstruction of Justice and Resigns from the Bench:Ilya Somin
Washington— A divided Supreme Court wrestled on Tuesday withthe scope of a federal obstruction statuteused to prosecute hundreds of people who breached theCapitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a legal battle that could have ramifications for the election interference case against form...
The fallout from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack will land before the Supreme Court on Tuesday when the justices consider the scope of a federal obstruction statute.
The precedent that the Supreme Court cannot review impeachments was last settled in a 1993 decision in which an impeached federal judge sought to have his ouster overturned. Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote in the majority opinion that the framers of the constitution...
Other topics include corporate accountability, a defense of legal impossibility, and Section 1503 of the U.S. Code which is known as the Omnibus Obstruction Provision. Efforts to reduce the burden on the American judicial system are mentioned, along with federal judicial proceedings and various ...
Analysis: Frank Quattrone found guilty on federal charges of obstruction of justice and witness tamperingMELISSA BLOCK, ROBERT SIEGEL
in light of more recently enacted Section 1519, which imposes stiff penalties on anyone who knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, or covers up any record or document with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence any federal investigation, or in contemplation of such a proceeding. ...
1512(c), the new federal obstruction of justice provision. While 18 U.S.C. 1512(c) was part of an appropriate collective response to exigent social ills, close examination of its terms reveals a potential for abuse. Moreover, due to ambiguous language and loose construction of similar ...