U.S. Supreme Court
Mar. 28, 2023
Supreme Court rejects disbarred lawyer’s challenge to prosecution
Steven Donziger challenged his conviction for criminal contempt on the grounds that a New York judge’s decision to hire private prosecutors was unconstitutional.
Disbarred attorney Steven Donziger lost his writ petition to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday challenging his conviction for criminal contempt on the grounds that a New York judge’s decision to hire private prosecutors was unconstitutional.
Two justices dissented, with Justice Neil M. Gorsuch – an appointee of President Donald Trump – writing that he would have granted certiorari because “the prosecution in this case broke a basic constitut...
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