Rittenhouse verdict watch
I’m going to be traveling most of today, and if a verdict comes down there’s a good chance I may be out of computer coverage. So I’m putting up this thread just in case.
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Nick Sandmann reaches out to Kyle Rittenhouse
And as so often is the case with news of special interest to the US right, it’s a British paper that publishes it. Sandmann has learned more in a few years through the crucible of his personal experience than most … Continue reading →
Open thread 11/17/21
Did you ever wonder how they do it?
Continue reading →The Rittenhouse jury has gone home for the evening
They’re not sequestered, so “going home” for the evening means going home-home. I can’t predict what juries will do, ever. And in fact, I’m often wrong when I even try. I cannot figure out, however, why any thinking sentient being … Continue reading →
Why did the Zimmerman jury find him not guilty?
In watching the Rittenhouse trial, I have sometimes thought of George Zimmerman. The fact situation in Zimmerman’s case was hardly the same, but it was at least somewhat similar in that each defendant was in a generally protective mode, and … Continue reading →
Paralyzed mice walk again
[Hat tip: Instapundit.] This sounds extraordinary: Samuel Stupp at Northwestern University in Chicago and his colleagues created a material made of protein units, called monomers, that self-assemble into long chains, called supramolecular fibrils, in water. When they were injected into … Continue reading →
Reflections on the larger anti-self-defense goals of the left in bringing Rittenhouse to trial
It’s waiting time, and I’ve been reflecting on the big picture of where we are right now. I don’t think there’s any way the Rittenhouse trial would have occurred ten years ago and certainly not twenty years ago, and the … Continue reading →
Open thread 11/16/21
The law according to ADA Binger
(1) If you carry a gun you have no right to self-defense against an unarmed man, even if that person is trying to grab your gun. You have to take your chances that he won’t successfully grab it and use … Continue reading →
Andrew Sullivan, the human hyperbola
Not hyperbole; hyperbola. I used to follow Sullivan quite closely, even before I became a blogger. However, he really went off the deep end some time during the candidacy of Sarah Palin and developed a very singular theory about her … Continue reading →
Branca on today’s developments in the Rittenhouse trial: the judge’s jury instructions
A very important part of a trial is the judge’s instructions to the jury about the law. Such instructions can really help to shape the verdict – if jurors are paying attention – because they limit or expand the scope … Continue reading →
If you watch just one discussion about the Rittenhouse trial so far,…
…I suggest this one. I’ve cued it up to start around the time I think it gets interesting, and I’ve stopped it at the point where they change topics from the Rittenhouse trial. It’s long, so it you’re pressed for … Continue reading →