[ichabod1]

Ought to make Levin happy, he was railing last night that they all should be attacking the cases based on the defective appointment. Sounds like it isn’t working for Manafort.

[Cboldt]

Manafort filed a similar motion in both cases. It was pretty clear that Jackson was going to reject it, for the reasons she gave. ith Ellis the answer is not so clear.

The rationale that Levin is giving is different from the rationales advanced by Manafort. The rationale suggested by Levin will never fly in court. See MOrrison v. Olsen wehre an even WORSE system for an independent counsel was upheld.