In the matter of Zimmerman and Martin…
…some new evidence emerges. It’s not determinative, but it certainly tends to buttress Zimmerman’s claims.
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Stop and frisk, race, and crime
Has New York’s stop and frisk law really reduced crime? After all, remember that correlation is not causation. And are black men unfairly targeted by it, or is the proportion just about right considering the demographics of crime? And speaking … Continue reading →
The Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial: starting over
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, mastermind of 9/11, is now on trial along with four accomplices. And it’s in a military court rather than the civilian courts the Obama administration would have preferred. Thank goodness. One of the worst excesses of the … Continue reading →
Reasonable doubt?
Don’t blame Verrilli
Remember the SCOTUS hearings on Obamacare? The Obama administration’s Solicitor General, Donald Verrilli, was widely seen as incompetent in his defense of the statute’s constitutionality. Now he’s arguing for the administration in the Arizona immigration law case, and it’s not … Continue reading →
Europe’s still there
It’s easy to concentrate on the election here and miss what’s happening in Europe, such as, for example, Sarkozy’s threatened ousting in the impending French election by socialist challenger Hollande. It’s all about the economy, stupid: With the highest joblessness … Continue reading →
Alan Dershowitz and the Zimmerman prosecutor
Noted liberal law professor and pundit Alan Dershowitz has not taken up the PC line in the Zimmerman case. Au contraire. Something about prosecutor Angela Corey’s behavior has really gotten his goat, as was evident in this video. Now Dershowitz … Continue reading →
“There is nothing in this affadavit…
…that suggests a crime.” Shocking. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Continue reading →Zimmerman case and second-degree murder
One of the odd things about the latest announcement in the Zimmerman case is that the charge was second-degree murder. That’s much heftier than was expected, but it could have been done in order to temporarily placate those crying for … Continue reading →
George Zimmerman…
…has been arrested and charged with 2nd degree murder. You may have noticed that so far I have refrained from drawing any conclusions about Zimmerman’s guilt or innocence, because we just don’t know enough about the facts of the case. … Continue reading →
To Obama, the precedent is Wickard v. Filburn, not Marbury v. Madison
[NOTE: Bumped up. Scroll down for new posts.] My new article is up at PJ. I urge you to go there and read it. Not just because I wrote it, but because I think it deals with something vitally important: … Continue reading →
I don’t know what’s worse
Is it that the author of this piece, David Dow, is actually a professor of law? Or that he actually might believe what he’s saying? Or that perhaps he doesn’t, but is just saying it to stir up ye olde … Continue reading →