Category Archives: Law
New facts about the Correspondents’ Dinner shooter, but gaps remain
Charges have been filed against Cole Tomas Allen, and yet there are still some significant gaps in the record. Awaiting ballistics tests, we still don’t know whether he fired the shot that struck the agent in his protective vest, although … Continue reading →
SCOTUS rules on gerrymandering on racial grounds
It’s considered a huge decision, and it’s considered to generally favor the GOP. But if you deeply understand the details of today’s SCOTUS decision on drawing districts on racial lines, my hat is off to you. I’ve read four or … Continue reading →
Monk bust
I must say this story rather surprised me: Twenty-two Sri Lankan monks returning from Thailand were arrested on Sunday at the main international airport in Sri Lanka with a record 242 pounds of powerful cannabis, officials said. A Sri Lanka … Continue reading →
The line of succession vulnerability at the White House Correspondents’ Dinnner
I heard the news of the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shortly after it happened – hot off the press, as it were. First I saw photos of Trump, then Vance, and I thought “Oh wow; Vance was … Continue reading →
SPLC: self-perpetuating propaganda machine
Once upon a time, long long ago, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) actually did decent work in the field of civil rights. But for a long long time now it’s functioned as a partisan finger-pointer to effectively target many … Continue reading →
The Virginia gerrymandering referendum and SCOTUS
If you’ve been following the news on the recent Virginia redistricting referendum, you know that a lower court judge recently ruled it invalid and it will be appealed, so that it’s almost certain that the Supreme Court of Virginia will … Continue reading →
Law, law, and more law
Today I was going to write yet another post on the SPLC case – I have a lot more to say. But I decided to postpone it, probably till tomorrow, because you know what? I got tired of writing about … Continue reading →
California’s highest court has allowed the Eastman disbarment
It should come as no surprise that the California high court showed attorney John Eastman no mercy: The Golden State’s Supreme Court blessed this position when, on April 15, it denied the conservative lawyer’s petition for review of the state … Continue reading →
The courts and the Virginia referendum: redux
Why was the lower court in Virginia so quick to rule the referendum unconstitutional? This wasn’t the referendum’s first rodeo through the Virginia court system; it had been ruled unconstitutional in a lower court before. See this article from February … Continue reading →
SPLC indictment and coverage: point and counterpoint
? BREAKING: Acting AG Blanche and FBI Director Patel announce a grand jury has INDICTED leftist NGO Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 COUNTS This is MASSIVE! SPLC said they were "fighting white supremacy," but they were "MANUFACTURING the extremism … Continue reading →
It’s just a circuit court, and might be overruled, but the Virginia gerrymander vote has been declared unconstitutional
It’s a start: A circuit court in Virginia just ruled that the newly passed but incredibly biased gerrymandered congressional map is unconstitutional. Former Virginia attorney general and Homeland Security official Ken Cuccinelli II posted on X Wednesday about the gerrymandered … Continue reading →