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Trump ally John Eastman should not be disbarred for election challenge

Last week, the California Supreme Court upheld the disbarment of John Eastman. It is a decision that will prevent Eastman from practicing law – the most serious punishment the California State Bar can deliver.

Eastman is the former dean of the law school at Chapman University in California. He represented President Donald Trump in some of his election challenges in 2020.

In 2020, I publicly disagreed with Eastman’s legal theory that Congress could block the certification of President Joe Biden.

However, Eastman’s disbarment should be a concern for everyone who values the rule of law and free speech.

After the election, various legal advisers told Trump that there wasn’t enough evidence of fraud to overturn the election –– as some of us in the media also said.

But Eastman and other lawyers believed there were still arguable grounds to challenge the certification.

In the past, Democrats in Congress had moved to block the certification of Republican presidents, and Eastman believed that their playbook was legal, or at least defensible.

Election disputes are often difficult to resolve in court because time is quite limited.

As the date for the 2020 certification approached, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and others made sensational claims about voting........

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