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Retired Federal Judge J. Michael Luttig said Sunday on MSNBC’s “Velshi” that the Supreme Court was fiddling as former President Donald Trump’s immunity claims are an “existential threat to America’s democracy.” Luttig said, “The Supreme Court has now fiddled while the Rome has almost burned to the ground, all but trivializing the existential threat to America’s democracy and the rule of law facing the country. America’s democracy and rule of law are the heart and soul of the nation. It’s our democracy and the rule of law that have made America the beacon of freedom from the world for almost...

Corporate Lawyer in New Jersey Is Chosen as Federal Prosecutor By LAURA MANSNERUS EWARK, Dec. 7 — President Bush said today that he would nominate Christopher J. Christie, a lawyer who served as counsel to the president's 2000 campaign in New Jersey, as the next United States attorney for the state. Mr. Christie's nomination, expected for months, had drawn criticism from some lawyers because he lacks experience in criminal law. In addition, Mr. Christie would be the first United States attorney chosen for New Jersey who has not worked in the office. But Mr. Christie enjoyed widespread support from ...