It was predicted, and it has come to pass with an extremely mild plea deal agreement. Back in May here was Ted Cruz’s prediction: “That will be the tell if they focus on individual crimes related to Hunter and they … Continue reading →
Dershowitz writes: There is a nefarious group that calls itself The 65 Project that has as its goal to intimidate lawyers into not representing Trump or anyone associated with him. They have threatened to file bar charges against any such … Continue reading →
Scott Johnson of Powerline relates the story: Attorney General Merrick Garland came to town yesterday to indict the Minneapolis Police Department for racism, find it guilty, and announce the terms to which municipal authorities have agreed. The Department of Justice … Continue reading →
A dangerous development, and perhaps something that will be spreading: Several groups and opponents to AB 957 and other bills making it through the California Legislature stood on the Capitol grounds to voice their opposition. AB 957, in particular, concerns … Continue reading →
The burning curiosity of the FBI regarding allegations about the Bidens knows no bounds. From Chuck Grassley: With respect to the 1023 shown to that House Committee [about the informant’s bribery allegations regarding Hunter and Joe Biden], from what I’ve … Continue reading →
Commenter “Bauxite” writes: On page 5 [of the Presidential Records Act] – “NARA takes legal custody of records at the end of the President’s term.” The documents can be stored in a presidential library, eventually, but the presidential library has … Continue reading →
Trump has always been a fabulous showman. And so far his trial is giving him the opportunity for a lot of publicity. He stopped at a famous Cuban restaurant in Miami right after his arraignment, saying “Food for everyone!” Cuban … Continue reading →
I don’t agree with Barnes on a host of things such as foreign policy or the JFK assassination, but I have long found him to be very sharp on legal matters – after all, that’s his area of expertise. I … Continue reading →
Good news: The publicly funded health service in England has decided it will not routinely offer puberty-blocking drugs to children at gender identity clinics, saying more evidence is needed about the potential benefits and harms. The National Health Service said … Continue reading →
From Red State, we have a post with the title “Oops! Democrats Did It Again – Trump Surges in Polls After Indictment.” Here’s the first paragraph: A classic definition of insanity goes something like this: doing the same thing and … Continue reading →
I think it’s always interesting to hear what Dershowitz has to say on any issue of law and politics, for the obvious reason that although he’s a lifelong Democrat he’s a reasonable and knowledgeable person. That doesn’t mean I always … Continue reading →
There’s a lot to digest today, all of it incomplete. So I’ll start with a little discourse on law. No system of law can be perfect or anything close to it. In the end, justice – or any approximation of … Continue reading →