The New York state abortion law
Here’s my quick take on the law just passed on abortion in New York state. My first observation is that it’s an attempt to get a law in place that will set state rules for abortions if Roe v. Wade … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Law
Some statistics on how many illegal immigrants never show up for their hearings
This information was compiled by US immigration courts and recently given to Congress. The numbers apply to fiscal year 2017: —43 percent of all aliens free pending trial failed to appear for court in 2017. —Since 1996, 37 percent of … Continue reading →
Defamation lawsuit, here we come: my hat is off to Attorney Robert Barnes
It’s not a MAGA hat (I don’t own one and have no plans to), but my metaphorical hat is off to Robert Barnes, who has taken the Covington defamation case pro bono: On Fox and Friends Wednesday morning, Barnes, who … Continue reading →
Constructing the FISA warrant application: handled with care
The big guns were apparently called in for the task of composing the FISA application based on the sketchy Steele dossier. This was completely out of the ordinary in terms of protocol [emphasis mine]: A former top FBI lawyer [James … Continue reading →
The Dutch way of voluntary death
This is a long and very chilling report on how legalized euthanasia operates in the Netherlands. I’ve read about the phenomenon before, but not in as much depth. The suffering that can occur, particularly at the end of life, can … Continue reading →
Part umpteen of lies and the lying liars
The Steele dossier was a lie. Bruce Ohr told the FBI and DOJ at the outset that it was most likely a lie. The FBI used the dossier anyway to apply for a FISA warrant, and did not disclose its … Continue reading →
Buzzfeed feeds the buzz: Michael Cohen says that Trump asked him to lie to Congress, and Mueller says…
The left and Trump’s other opponents keep trying to find the fatal stake to drive through the vampire Trump’s heart. I have completely lost track of all the sequential stories that have gotten them so excited, thinking the task was … Continue reading →
Representative Adam Schiff: about Bruce Ohr’s testimony
NOTE: This post is a companion piece to an earlier post of mine today describing how Bruce Ohr had informed the FBI and DOJ long ago about Christopher Steele’s bias and Fusion GPS’ conflicts of interest, and yet they concealed … Continue reading →
More on Fusion and FISA and the FBI and DOJ
The plot thickens, and it was already plenty thick: A senior Department of Justice official says he repeatedly and specifically told top officials at the FBI and DOJ about dossier author Christopher Steele’s bias and his employer Fusion GPS’ conflicts … Continue reading →
Radar creep
This is a description of the insidious tightening of the state’s grip on France via radar on the roads. The process is a goodly part of what the yellow vests are protesting. Things like this often start with something that … Continue reading →
What we know and don’t know about pot use
We don’t know all that much about pot, but much of what we do know is that it appears to be bad for some people: Over the past couple of decades, studies around the globe have found that THC—the active … Continue reading →
Does the president have the legal authority to declare a crisis and build a border wall?
Unquestionably, lawyers and law professors can argue on either side of this issue and make a convincing case. But here are some of the arguments Trump’s side will probably use if it comes down to that: It’s likely that President … Continue reading →