[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post. It was written in the springtime some years ago, on a visit to New York. I thought it especially relevant today, though, because I see our liberties as increasingly threatened.] I’ve … Continue reading →
A funny but bittersweet joke from Richard Landes: When a fly falls into a cup of coffee…
Continue reading →This is the way it works: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status is something that we attorneys on the border have been getting CLE training in for a while, but largely it has not been well known outside of CPS attorney work. … Continue reading →
Want to see how stupendously, destructively, and deliberately messed-up our immigration system is? And don’t forget that the background to the following information is that for years the federal government, which is in charge of enforcement, has refused to effectively … Continue reading →
[BUMPED UP—last time for this go-round.] Time passes so quickly when we’re enjoying ourselves, doesn’t it? But it’s been a while since I asked you to donate to a semi-worthy cause: this blog. And so I’m going to ask you … Continue reading →
Taking advantage of the crisis: House Democrats and other immigration reformers are calling on President Obama to go big when it comes to administrative changes in deportation policy. For months, liberal reform advocates on and off Capitol Hill have urged … Continue reading →
Ruth Marcus thinks the female SCOTUS justices do. And she thinks that’s a good thing: How did the Supreme Court manage to agree unanimously that police must obtain a warrant before searching cellphones, yet split on whether employers must offer … Continue reading →
Say what?
Continue reading →Would you put this ring back on your finger?
Continue reading →When the news of the killing of the three Israeli teenagers came out, I was very puzzled as to why their abductors would have killed them right away. It made no sense at all. I had figured they would be … Continue reading →
Commenter “J.J.” wrote a comment that has much in it with which I agree. But I question this: The Founders never envisioned that the citizens would elect a man with no ethics. A man who would not follow the law. … Continue reading →
…he was right about this. Remember the Republican debates in early 2012, and George Stephanopoulos’ seemingly out-of-the-blue and off-the-wall question? Conservative commentator Dick Morris believes that the Democrat party is covertly trying to convince voters that Republicans want to “ban … Continue reading →