…as we saw yesterday, prosecutors make a seemingly politically-motivated decision not to prosecute a case even though the offense that has been committed satisfies all the elements of the crime and then some. And sometimes, as we’ve seen in the … Continue reading →
{NOTE: See my previous post today on certain other aspects of the Comey announcement. The present post deals with some of the legal issues.] When I first read the Comey statement I wondered why he was talking so much about … Continue reading →
In announcing that the FBI does not recommend bringing charges against Hillary for matters related to her private email server, Director James Comey said in effect she’s a fool, not a knave. The complete text of Comey’s statement can be … Continue reading →
Why did Bill Clinton and AG Loretta Lynch have a chat this past Monday? No one knows, although that doesn’t stop everyone from speculating. Lynch says it was purely social—golf, grandkids, you know the drill. For about 30 minutes. The … Continue reading →
Why did I put the words “abortion law” in quotes? First take a look at what occurred:
Continue reading →Today is a big law news day. Not only do we have the Goodson acquittal, but we have two important SCOTUS rulings. One involves race-conscious admissions policies in colleges. The case dealt with the University of Texas, and this was … Continue reading →
Officer Caesar Goodson’s acquittal is the second “not guilty” verdict for the six defendants in the notorious Freddie Gray case. Three defendants haven’t been tried yet, and one was due to be re-tried. Goodson was the van driver, against whom … Continue reading →
Four measures—two by Democrats, two by Republicans—went down to defeat: The measures Monday each went down in succession on largely party line votes. The 60-vote threshold required for passage prevented even Republicans, who control the chamber, from pushing through their … Continue reading →
Omar Mateen was adorned with red flags, absolutely festooned with them. We already know that law enforcement was warned about Mateen, investigated him, and decided there was nothing they could do because he had not acted on his beliefs. But … Continue reading →
In the debate about Paul Ryan’s supposed threat to sue Donald Trump if Trump were to issue an executive order banning Muslim immigration, let’s start with what Ryan said—not what we imagine he said based on our pre-existing opinion of … Continue reading →
We already know that the FBI had investigated Orlando shooter Omar Mateen twice, and that although he had made very suspicious remarks to his colleagues at work, nothing raised enough red flags to cause the authorities to take him off … Continue reading →
For a while, Freddie Gray’s death was the talk of every blog and every political talk show and every newspaper. It wasn’t even that long ago; you probably remember the furor. Now that the political purposes of the incident have … Continue reading →