I don’t have a definitive answer to the question posed by the title of this post. But I know that it’s an important question. ISIS is a modern phenomenon. Violence and terrorism is an old, old one, but the internet … Continue reading →
…and pointing with anger and derision at the revelations that Josh Duggar, now 27 and married with children, once sexually molested several minor girls and the issue was dealt with extra-judicially. I’ve written about the Duggars before, here. They are … Continue reading →
…as he was sentenced to death. I don’t think the jurors cried from sympathy. I think they cried from excess of emotion, relief, and exhaustion. It’s somewhat surprising that in Boston, a town where 62% had favored a life sentence, … Continue reading →
An excellent move: Nicole Eramo is seeking more than $7.5 million in damages from Rolling Stone; its parent company, Wenner Media; and Sabrina Rubin Erdely, the investigative journalist who wrote the explosive account of sexual assault on the campus in … Continue reading →
I understand the temptation to pass hate speech laws. But there’s a temptation to do a lot of things that are wrong and lead to an unacceptable loss of liberty. We are not free to do anything that harms another … Continue reading →
The ruling greatly increases the pressure on Congress to make significant changes””or end outright””the surveillance program. The judges not only ruled against the phone program, but sharply criticized many of the legal theories upon which the U.S. government has built … Continue reading →
Another Tweeter with an itchy Twitter trigger finger* learns that pausing to think before tweeting might be wiser: Chris Cuomo is co-host of CNN’s morning show. He’s also a former law and justice correspondent for ABC News. He has a … Continue reading →
The Baltimore Sun reports that an investigative Task Force of the Baltimore Police Department has found that, contrary to the assertion by prosecutor Marilyn Mosby, Freddie Gray’s knife was illegal (just as the arresting police had claimed): While Mosby said … Continue reading →
Anyone who follows the news knows by now that of the six officers who have been charged in Freddie Gray’s death, it is an even split in terms of race: three are white and three are black. The most severe … Continue reading →
If I were a NY firefighter—woman or man—this would make me very, very angry: The FDNY for the first time in its history will allow someone who failed its crucial physical-fitness test to join the Bravest, The Post has learned. … Continue reading →
I have been trying to find some very specific information on what the medical report on Freddie Gray actually said. But other than that there was a neck fracture, that he had a head injury that may have been caused … Continue reading →
Andrew Branca is a lawyer I highly respect who writes at the blog Legal Insurrection (full disclosure: I write there at times, too). He did yeoman’s service in blogging about the Zimmerman and Ferguson cases, as well as many others, … Continue reading →