An example:
https://thomasresurgence.substack.com/p/the-craven-surrender-of-jenna-ellis

From what I read, the previous lawyer was self agrandizing, and did not due to duty to his client. Some would characterize it as betraying his client’s interests. His reputation in his home town is great.

This is a challenge. Not all lawyers are equally good. Some are incompetent, self centered, and lack time and resources and will sell you down the river. Others are amazing. The OJ Dream Team showed me that money makes a huge difference in the court. It’s often about who has the more resources, and better lawyer. Not about justice.

AesopFan on March 20, 2023 at 2:47 am said:

“I’m reading something FAR more nefarious into Chansley’s first lawyer’s behavior.
Given the totality of the context, as described by Mr. Shipley, is it possible that Watkins was a DOJ stooge?”

I didn’t read “The Mad Scientists’ Club” but I did read all the Danny Dunn “scientific mysteries”. Good stuff.

Other childhood favorites: the “We Were There” series of YA historical novels, Rosemary Sutcliff’s “Warrior Scarlet”, Lloyd Alexander’s “Chronicles of Prydain” series, Esther Forbes’ “Johnny Tremain”, and, eventually, Tolkien. I spent the entire summer of 1969 reading “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” in sequence.

And yes to your comment on the treatment of the January 6th protesters. The Left are masters of lawfare. We need to catch up. For an example of somebody doing what needs to be done, see Bill Jacobson’s Equal Protection Project at https://equalprotect.org/.

“Up Periscope” was my second favorite Scholastic paperback as a ten-year-old. “The Mad Scientists Club” was #1.

The Democrats are Big Brother.

One of my favorite YA authors was Robb White, father of NPR (alas) commentator Bailey White. “The Lion’s Paw”, “Secret Sea”, “Up Periscope”, “Torpedo Run”, “The Survivor”, “Silent Ship, Silent Sea” (inspired by the case of the USS Jarvis). Well-written and accessible to young readers without being patronizing. All available for $.35 or $.50 apiece through Scholastic Book Services. Prices for used copies have been driven way up by Boomer nostalgia.

I’m reading something FAR more nefarious into Chansley’s first lawyer’s behavior.
Given the totality of the context, as described by Mr. Shipley, is it possible that Watkins was a DOJ stooge?

RAH got a LOT of things right (not everything, but still…).
His books were my earliest remembered reading material in elementary school.
“The juveniles,” the publishers called them, but it seems to me they introduced a lot of sophisticated thought in easily understood stories.
Readable by adults and children, then and now.

Books have always been used to “brainwash” children, but the style, plots, and principles were better back then.

“Political tags — such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth — are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort.”

Other relevant quotes at https://fee.org/articles/33-of-the-best-robert-heinlein-quotes-on-liberty-politics-and-culture/

And it shows the corruption of the uniparty system where the San Jose victims got an apology, where blm rioters get a payout.

Shipwrecked article on Chaneys defense is interesting. He has another post on donating to Jan 6 defense. Seems lots of scammers are out there.

https://shipwreckedcrew.substack.com/p/revisiting-the-factual-and-procedural

Julie Kelly recently called out the silence of the gop establishment on the Jan 6 prisoners, including at a state level (ie DeSantis).