Waiting for Durham
We wait and wait, but my guess is that only the lawyer who hid the CIA-asset status of Carter Page will pay any real price. I hope I’m wrong and that bigger fish get caught, but my faith in that … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Law
“It wasn’t a real trial so it’s illegitimate and Trump is still guilty”…
…is one of the more bizarre of the Democrats’ criticisms of the goings-on in the Senate, if you go by the laws of logic. Impeachment trials use the word “trial” as a sort of shorthand for some sort of legal … Continue reading →
The Democrats’ race to the left: Warren, Pelosi, and company
Elizabeth Warren’s attempt to out-leftist Bernie Sanders.has her leaping over several sharks in a row with plenty of room to spare. First, she goes for the 9-year-old-trans vote: During a campaign event in Iowa Sunday, Warren said “a young trans … Continue reading →
By refusing to read the name of the whistleblower during the impeachment trial…
…didn’t John Roberts inadvertently reveal that this is indeed the whistleblower?: “It’s very important whether or not a group of Democratic activists, part of the Obama-Biden administration were working together for years looking for an opportunity to impeach the president,” … Continue reading →
Gorsuch does not ♥ nationwide injunctions from district judges
Here’s a good discussion of a recent SCOTUS decision, and in particular some remarks by Justice Gorsuch in a concurring opinion. The Court voted 5-4 to lift a nationwide injunction placed by a district court judge on Trump’s new rule … Continue reading →
Impeachment: to call witnesses or not to call witnesses?
Now that the NY Times has come out with another perfectly-timed “bombshell” based on “I heard it through the grapevine,” it seems that enough RINO senators are leaning towards voting to hear witnesses that the gambit of supposed Bolton revelations … Continue reading →
Trump’s defenders
I’ve only seen the briefest of clips, but I hear that yesterday Dershowitz and company were restrained, particularly compared to the feverish Democrats who preceded them. Of course, the president’s defenders can afford to give a more relaxed presentation because … Continue reading →
The Biden case
This article by John Solomon is well worth reading: [Joe] Biden’s memo argues there is no evidence that the former vice president’s or Hunter Biden’s conduct raised any concern, and that Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin’s investigation was “dormant” when the … Continue reading →
Law professor Terry Smith’s crusade to disenfranchise voters he sees as racist
I suppose at this point nothing that emanates from the race-baiting Trump-hating crew (some of whom are lawyers and law professors) should shock me. But Terry Smith’s efforts seem particularly pernicious. The following descriptive passage was written by Noah Berlatsky … Continue reading →
CNN settles with Sandmann
Nicholas Sandmann has made CNN pay up for its abominable treatment of him: CNN agreed on Tuesday to settle a lawsuit brought by Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann. Sandmann sought $275 million from CNN over its coverage of … Continue reading →
This is the sort of thing that got Joe Lieberman drummed out of the Democratic Party
Lieberman on Trump’s taking out Iran’s chief terrorist: “This is very clear from the Constitution and common sense,” former Senator Joe Lieberman said on Fox News, “that if a president decides to take action like this he doesn’t have to … Continue reading →
The new bail laws in NY are so bad…
…that even the leftist-in-charge says they need reforming: The Post reported Monday that de Blasio had convinced the state Office of Court Administration that revolving-door defendant Tiffany Harris — repeatedly arrested and released last month on misdemeanor assault and related … Continue reading →