Oh fer chrissakes.
***It is a well-established axiom that “[m]en must turn square corners when they
deal with the Government.” Rock Island A. & L. R. Co. v. United States, 254 U.S. 141,
143 (1920) (Holmes, J.). But an important corollary to this principle is that “‘the
Government should turn square corners in dealing with the people.’” United States
v. Winstar Corp., 518 U.S. 839, 886 n.31 (1996) (quoting Heckler v. Cmty. Health
Servs. of Crawford Cnty., 467 U.S. 51, 61 n.13 (1984)). The latter principle is a key
assumption undergirding the “‘presumption of regularity’” that courts afford government officials, and which “presume[s]” such officials “have properly discharged
their official duties.” United States v. Armstrong, 517 U.S. 456, 464 (1996) (quoting
United States v. Chem. Found., Inc., 272 U.S. 1, 14-15 (1926)).
In this sui generis case, however, there is reason to doubt that this presumption
of regularity should be afforded to the decisions of the Biden Administration in connection with the raid of, and seizure of documents from, the personal residence of
President Trump. The district court recognized as much by appointing a special master to review the set of documents at issue...
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