Barbara McQuade
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424 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 7 Feb
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That is an intent to discriminate on some improper purpose.
And in addition to race or religion, a political motive is an arbitrary and prohibited basis.
And so here is where Trump's messages could be very valuable to the defense team because you'd have to show an intent to treat someone differently on the basis of politics.
So all these things about Comey's a scumball or a slimeball or whatever the words that Trump has used, I think those could be strong evidence for that other element of intent.
Well, there are a couple of things.
One is we teach them the norms, right?
We teach them the rules of ethics.
We teach them what is in the DOJ's policies and principles of federal prosecution.
These are the expectations.
These are the norms.
And these, as a member of any bar, of any state, are your ethical obligations.
Every state has model rules of professional responsibility rules.
based on the American Bar Association's versions, including a rule, 3.8, that includes special duties of a prosecutor.
So we teach them those things.
I also have a segment in my class every day where we talk about things in the news, things that appear to be unusual and abnormal.
And although, you know, the president, does he have the power to do these things?
Some are untested.
As I said earlier, however, just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do something.
So I just ask the students to consider
whether this use of power is one, lawful, and two, ethical, and three, an appropriate use of power in a democracy.
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