There are at least three elements involved in the case of Noa Pothoven, a 17-year-old girl in The Netherlands who was widely reported to have received state euthanization for severe depression and related suffering. The first is the girl’s illness … Continue reading →
First Dershowitz, and now Turley: The concerns over Mueller’s motivations was heightened by the justifications that he has offered for some of his decisions like not reaching a conclusion on the weight of the evidence on obstruction. Many of us … Continue reading →
Law professor Ilya Somin makes a very poor analogy between Trump’s Mexican tariffs and the Berlin Wall in this article entitled and subtitled, “Trump’s Plan to Force Mexico to Lock In its Own People: The President’s effort to coerce Mexico … Continue reading →
Bill Barr gave a long interview to Jan Crawford, and you can find a transcript here and the recording here. I haven’t read the entire thing nor have I listened to it, but Ace has taken the time and trouble … Continue reading →
From Dershowitz [emphasis mine]: The statement by special counsel Robert Mueller in a Wednesday press conference that “if we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said that” is worse than the statement … Continue reading →
William Jacobson of Legal Insurrection writes this about Robert Mueller’s final remarks (supposedly final) on the guilt or innocence of Donald Trump: Robert Mueller’s statement today could have served only one purpose — to breath life into Democrat attempts to … Continue reading →
Christopher Steele, author of the dossier that played a key role in the Trump-Russia inquiry, will not assist Attorney General William Barr’s investigation of the investigators, according to a new report. …[T]he British ex-spy “would not cooperate” with nor answer … Continue reading →
The New Yorker has an interesting article about the changes in the economy and society (I almost wrote “culture” there, but realized that the word has a double meaning in this context) of Humboldt County, California as a result of … Continue reading →
The alleged killers had been in detention in Maryland, but that state doesn’t have a policy of cooperation with ICE’s requests to turn illegal immigrant offenders over for possible deportation. Thus we have this: Last week, police arrested two teenagers, … Continue reading →
That’s the trillion dollar question, isn’t it? I used to think I was rather cynical. And I was. But in recent years I’ve become more so. I’ve seen people get away with much more than I had thought they’d be … Continue reading →
Seems as though we’ve been hearing this sort of thing for a long time now, doesn’t it?: Republican Congressman and House Oversight Committee Member Mark Meadows there will be more information showing that President Trump was set up by senior … Continue reading →
Actually, it was Lynch vs. Comey close to half a year ago, but the testimony wasn’t made public till now: Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch denied to congressional investigators last year that she ever instructed former FBI Director James Comey … Continue reading →