Because the person defamed was not a public figure, the standard was lower: A Florida jury found CNN liable on Friday in a high-stakes defamation trial against U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young, who alleged that the network maligned him as … Continue reading →
At least, here are some that have been arrested so far. I bet they didn’t expect to be caught, considering the way California usually treats thieves, and considering the chaos of the situation. Still, they might just get a mild … Continue reading →
This was expected, but it is still news: Judge Juan Merchan sentenced President-elect Donald Trump to unconditional discharge. In New York, an unconditional discharge means the court found someone committed the crime but thinks a punishment doesn’t serve a purpose. … Continue reading →
It’s an understatement to say that Alan Dershowitz sounds unhappy with Democrats these days. He is especially unhappy with their lawfare against opponents and particularly with their lawfare against lawyers who make arguments they don’t like. And he’s not the … Continue reading →
And yet he also seems to be signaling that the case will be discharged without jail or probation. If that’s true, why do this at all? Simple, says Jonathan Turley: The sentence will finalize the case and allow for an … Continue reading →
And notice that to these two lawyers, “our democracy” isn’t so very precious: Evan Davis, the former editor-in-chief of the Columbia Law Review, and David Schulte, the former editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal, argue in a joint column in … Continue reading →
… the 25th Amendment is crying out for revision. It clearly doesn’t work in its present form. Despite the amendment and despite Joe Biden’s obvious mental decline and inability to discharge the duties involved in being President of the United … Continue reading →
A president’s pardon and commutation power only extends to federal convictions and sentences. Now Biden – or the people telling him what to do – has commuted the life sentences of almost all the federal lifers, with three exceptions. The … Continue reading →
A description: A migrant from Guatemala has been arrested for allegedly lighting a sleeping subway rider on fire in Brooklyn on Sunday morning — then watching as his innocent victim burned to death in what the New York’s top cop … Continue reading →
I’ve discussed this before, but Lee Smith is on point about it. The parallels are strong:
Continue reading →It’s about time: The Court of Appeals of Georgia disqualified Fulton County DA Fani Willis from President-elect Donald Trump’s election case over her relationship with former special prosecutor Nathan Wade. “The remedy crafted by the trial court to prevent an … Continue reading →
This is what I’m referring to: As chief counsel, Patel had no idea [between 2017 and 2018] that the subject of his investigation — the FBI — was collecting his data and increasing the visibility of witnesses he was communicating … Continue reading →