Be Mayor Durkan fool, be she knave, or be she both? Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant joined a large group of protesters outside the CHOP zone who marched to [Seattle Mayor] Durkan’s house on Sunday afternoon. You mean, they didn’t … Continue reading →
…from William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection.
Continue reading →Consider the alternative: vigilante “justice”. Those who think otherwise are either fools or knaves or both – that is, stupid or evil or both. At some point – perhaps after the police are gone or totally corrupt and corrupted – … Continue reading →
Here’s an article that’s well worth reading. Towards the end the author says that if you think that things have gone too far – that wokeness has become “a danger to the traditional American understanding of civic law and liberty” … Continue reading →
…that he has decided to become him. There’s some interesting legal reasoning from Roberts in the case, which struck down a Louisiana law requiring abortionists to have hospital admitting privileges. Roberts was relying on precedent: “The legal doctrine of stare … Continue reading →
This is the kind of New Yorker I remember from my youth. You didn’t mess with them. The young man doesn’t quite know what hit him: Somewhere I read that the lady in the video is named Vickie Paladino, and … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a slightly revised repeat of a previous post – and today’s attempt to get away from politics.] When I was in junior high school, there was a large poster of the Periodic Table of the Elements that … Continue reading →
…take part in this event at Legal Insurrection tomorrow evening at 8 Eastern Time.
Continue reading →Recommended, especially the first half hour or so:
Continue reading →Last night I was watching a YouTube video by Bret Weinstein and his wife Heather Heying. Weinstein is the guy who defied the Evergreen crowd a while back. He’s on the left but with a strong libertarian streak. One thing … Continue reading →
The NY Times and the left (but I repeat myself) would have you believe that America’s founding principle of the most basic kind was slavery, and that all along slavery and racism have been the driving forces behind the US. … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The following is a somewhat revised version of a post that has appeared previously on this blog.] Unbelievable that it’s been eleven years since commenter FredHJr died suddenly and tragically. As time passes, the number of readers here who … Continue reading →