The IRS —up to its old tricks again: The Washington, D.C., Circuit Court, overturning a June lower-court decision, let the suit go forward because, as LSU law professor Philip Hackney noted in the Surly Subgroup blog, “it found that the … Continue reading →
When the recent police shootings in Dallas were in the news I was singularly impressed by Dallas Police Chief David Brown. In his public statements he was consistently calm yet intense, forceful yet articulate, during a time of great stress. … Continue reading →
…that the three posts below this one for today are all on the theme of people being released by the legal system or of charges against them being dismissed. Some involve the guilty (Hinckley). Some involve the already-guilty but then … Continue reading →
Adel Kermiche, the young ISIS sympathizer in France who killed an 84-year old priest by slitting his throat as he performed mass, previously had been detained for wishing to go to Syria. Kermiche was also wearing electronic monitoring, so the … Continue reading →
…and goes to live with his elderly mother: John Hinckley is now 61 years old, and as the judge wrote, “suffering from arthritis, high blood pressure, and various other physical ailments like many men his age.” That’s irrelevant, IMHO, although … Continue reading →
Prosecutors in the Freddie Gray cases have now dropped all charges against the remaining three police officers out of the six they have used as scapegoats: Prosecutors dropped all remaining charges against three Baltimore police officers accused in the arrest … Continue reading →
It’s deja vu all over again in the most recent of the Freddie Gray trials: …Lt. Brian Rice was acquitted of charges involuntary manslaughter, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment… Previous Freddie Gray trials have resulted in one hung jury … Continue reading →
The killer is black separatist and former Marine Gavin Long, who murdered three police officers and wounded three more on his 29th birthday, and was in turn killed. He was also a former member of the Nation of Islam and … Continue reading →
Her anti-Trump comments seem to have struck a nerve. Ginsburg has now made an attempt at walkback: “On reflection, my recent remarks in response to press inquiries were ill-advised and I regret making them,” the associate justice said in a … Continue reading →
I have rarely felt so repulsed by Congressional testimony as I did yesterday on watching some of Loretta Lynch’s answers before the House. I used the word “answers,” but they were really the most astoundingly verbose double-talk I’ve ever heard. … Continue reading →
…performs the extremely-limited extremely-modified hangout. See also this and this. And although it’s not directly related, what’s up with Ruth Bader Ginsburg going on and on lately about the awfulness of Donald Trump? In this case, Trump is the one … Continue reading →
Hillary Clinton’s decision to use an alternate and insecure email system has never been adequately or convincingly explained. Her initial excuse was nonsensical and/or mendacious (wanting to use one device), and people have speculated ever since on the real reasons. … Continue reading →