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What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law
Margarine, Meadows, and Removal
Sep 19, 2023
Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is indicted in a criminal case aiming to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. He cites a 1899 margarine case to justify his desire to have his case tried in federal court instead of state court. The podcast explores the history of margarine, analyzes the Georgia case, discusses Trump's indictment and criminal organizations, explores Meadows' defense and removal to federal court, and raises the legal questions surrounding presidential pardon power.
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- The indictment against Trump and his associates includes charges of lying, intimidating, and creating fake documents to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.
- Mark Meadows is trying to get his case tried in federal court instead of Georgia state court by invoking a 1899 case about margarine.
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The Origins of the Margarine War
The war on margarine began in the Paris World Exhibition of 1866 when Napoleon III sought a cheaper substitute for butter. Margarine, initially unappealingly gray, gained popularity when the Dutch patented it and colored it yellow to resemble butter. However, by the 1880s, the dairy industry convinced many states to outlaw margarine, claiming it was dangerous and unwholesome. Some states even required that margarine be colored pink to prevent fraudulent sales as butter.
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