The public won’t like it. And the Republicans can’t come up with anything better. So don’t do it; you hear? Forget about the legal arguments; these are the ones we want you to listen to.
Continue reading →This was the case that virtually no one was defending: that of a policeman who killed a fleeing suspect by shooting him in the back. Now the South Carolina policeman (who is no longer with the force), Michael Slager, has … Continue reading →
Let’s rename a couple of government agencies. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement department (ICE) will henceforth be known as U.S. Immigration and Customs Non-Enforcement (ICN). The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will now be known as the Department of … Continue reading →
Isn’t it interesting how Josh Duggar’s sealed juvenile records were leaked to the media and published, but no one could manage to get Michael Brown’s? [ADDENDUM: I wrote “leaked” above, but it turns out the records were released by the … Continue reading →
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Dias Kadyrbayev were college pals and roommates. Both were originally from countries bordering the Caspian Sea—the former from Chechnya, the latter from Kazakhstan. And both are spending some time in prison: A college friend of Boston Marathon … Continue reading →
After all, they’re New Black Panthers who had planned to kill a prosecutor and the police chief in Ferguson, Missouri. So, let’s give them a light sentence in a plea deal: That means both men will be back on the … Continue reading →
Republicans are in a pickle, and have been since the moment Obamacare was passed. You might think they’re in a good position, because the Supreme Court is considering overturning the state Obamacare exchanges and subsidies because of wording in the … Continue reading →
Ross Ulbricht received a very heavy sentence for his creation of the black market internet site Silk Road: Ross W. Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, a notorious online marketplace for the sale of heroin, cocaine, LSD and other illegal … Continue reading →
…says Orin Kerr, law professor at George Washington Law School and expert in criminal procedure and computer crime law: If I understand the history correctly, in the late 1990s, the President was impeached for lying about a sexual affair by … Continue reading →
This article on Minneapolis indicates how powerfully the idea of disparate impact has taken over debate about possible racism in policing. Flawed science is used to prove racism, according to John Hinderaker at Powerline: But one thing may already have … Continue reading →
When I first heard about the charges against Dennis Hastert, I was puzzled. There’s a law against withdrawing your own money from the bank in cash and not reporting the transaction? How many people have ever heard of such a … Continue reading →
A majority are in favor of doing just that: The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that one-out-of-three Likely U.S. Voters (35%) now believes that illegal immigrants should be allowed to vote if they can prove they live in … Continue reading →