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  Pat Robertson Tried It While Campaigning. Will Trump Fare Any Better? But he shouldn’t. Joyce Vance Oct 6 The Eleventh Circuit moved up the date for oral argument in a case where two news organizations are asking the court to let them argue for the release of Volume II of Jack Smith’s special counsel's report. We discussed the situation and the need to have intervening parties in the case last week in this post: Volume II. Finally. Volume II is the report for the Mar-a-Lago classified documents prosecution. The new date, November 2, is one day before the midterm elections. The case is set for argument in the Elbert P. Tuttle Courthouse in Atlanta. The coffee in the lawyers’ ready room is always good, the bench is hot (the judges are well prepared and full of questions), and Donald Trump now says he can’t be there. Trump’s case is set for oral argument in Atlanta. We discussed this case, where the current issue on appeal is whether the news organizations should be permitted to in...

  UNFTR Weekly Roundup Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up here!   Max Notes Trump’s Economy Is a Giant Zit It starts as a little blemish. A teensy bit reddish and slightly raised. You scrub before bed hoping it goes away but when you wake up, there it is. No denying that round red bump with a yellowish hue at the tip. That’s the pus brimming below the surface. This is no mere pimple. It’s a full-on zit. And it’s ready to pop.   You disgusted yet? Great. Mission accomplished. Because that’s what this economy is right now. A big, giant, disgusting zit.   The administration is trying to pass it off as a beauty mark, but if you live in the real world, you know better. But to be fair, the administration had a leg to stand on last week because in the beginning it was one good report after another. A veritable winning streak. Until it wasn’t.   Construction beat estimates, as did private payrolls . These were legitimately good numbers for this era. Third-qua...