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Government

Jul. 24, 2023

John Eastman went to the guillotine for Trump. His law license may be next

The bar is arguing that Eastman conspired with Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election results with the purpose of keeping Trump in office when he had no “tenable basis” for arguing that any fraud or misconduct changed the outcome.

A. Marco Turk

Emeritus Professor
CSU Dominguez Hills

Email: amarcoturk.commentary@gmail.com

A. Marco Turk is a contributing writer, professor emeritus and former director of the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding program at CSU Dominguez Hills, and currently adjunct professor of law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law.

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This is a combined perspective piece considering both the recent SCOTUS ruling in Moore v. Harper (regarding the independent state legislature theory permitting state legislatures the sole authority to establish federal election laws without review by state courts or governors); and, the current Cal-Bar disbarment proceedings involving "accused Trump lawyer and former Chapman University law school dean, John Eastman, who has "gone to the g...

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