The topic is way outside of my field of expertise, but this position of Jeff Sessions sounds like a bad, bad idea: Attorney General Jeff Sessions should reconsider his plan to expand the use of civil asset forfeiture in the … Continue reading →
See this at Legal Insurrection for some of the details. The gist of it is that “The majority stayed only part (as to refugees), but not the absurd expansive definition of close family used by the District Court.”
Continue reading →Another fatal shooting by a police officer, of a civilian who doesn’t seem to have been doing anything wrong. But this one has a twist that defies the expectations of the usual activists, although they are creative enough to try … Continue reading →
This Bloomberg article isn’t happy about it, but its headline gets the phenomenon correct: “One of the Biggest Reasons Republicans Stick by Trump.” Indeed, this is why: Although he’s been thwarted so far on his legislative agenda before Congress, most … Continue reading →
Sarah Palin has sued the NY Times for defamation based on an editorial in the paper shortly after the Scalise shooting. In it, the Times had made this false claim: In 2011, when Jared Lee Loughner opened fire in a … Continue reading →
McCarthy writes: What [Trump] told Comey, in substance, was that Flynn had been through enough. A combat veteran who had served the country with distinction for over 30 years, and who had not done anything wrong by speaking with the … Continue reading →
…for defamation: Former Governor of Alaska and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is suing the New York Times for defamation over a recent editorial tying one of her political action committee ads to a 2011 mass shooting that severely wounded … Continue reading →
Well, well, well: The Supreme Court agreed Monday to let portions of President Donald Trump’s travel ban executive order take effect, a partial victory for the White House that could come as a relief after a string of lower court … Continue reading →
Maybe I should just link to each of Andrew C. McCarthy’s articles as they come down the pike, because every one I’ve read lately brings clarity to the murky situation vis a vis all the investigations going on these days. … Continue reading →
Or perhaps it’s become a PC tool. I prefer the first explanation, but the second could be correct. What am I talking about? This: The FBI’s briefing appears so contrary to the facts as to be insulting. When a man … Continue reading →
Here’s an excellent, excellent article by my go-to guy for legal matters, Andrew C. McCarthy. The subject is the enormous and nearly-unlimited fishing expedition that is the Mueller investigation: Into an investigation that was already fraught with political tension, the … Continue reading →
The 80s and 90s featured a great deal of hysteria about child abuse in daycare, and there were a number of high-profile miscarriages of justice, most notably the McMartin case and Fells Acres in Massachusetts. In large part, the convictions … Continue reading →