Anyone surprised by this? Not me. Smollett was granted a release on bond from the Cook County Jail in Illinois pending the appeal of his conviction. A panel of three appellate judges came down with the ruling in a 2-1 … Continue reading →
I would have liked to have seen a longer sentence, but at least he got one: Embattled actor Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in jail and 30 months probation on Thursday for falsely reporting to police that he … Continue reading →
This court case is ongoing: … Lucas Denney, is being held illegally. He was arrested in Texas on December 13, 2021, and brought before a federal magistrate, who ordered him detained without bond on a criminal Complaint. It then took … Continue reading →
Here’s the story: In its 6-3 ruling, the high court rejected arguments by Tsarnaev’s lawyers that his trial judge erred in barring certain questions to prospective jurors, and in blocking evidence of his brother Tamerlan’s role in a prior triple … Continue reading →
It seems like a long time ago – doesn’t it? – that the 2020 election occurred. Maybe that’s because Biden has managed to do so much damage in the time that he’s been president that it makes it hard to … Continue reading →
Commenter John Tyler asks: There never is a shortage of jack-booted enforcers to impose a government’s will upon the citizenry. This time Canada is the venue. So, ladies and gents, what is about the Canadian personality or culture that enables … Continue reading →
I was going to write a post about the topic that’s the subject of this post, but it would have taken me quite some time to study the wording of the Act and the wording Trudeau’s government employed when it … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Yesterday I noticed that there is a new entry in the JFK assassination conspiracy rolls. And then later, commenter “John Tyler” posted a link to it, wondering what to make of it. I gave a perfunctory answer, but then … Continue reading →
A saying that became popularized in relation to Watergate was, “It’s not the crime, it’s the coverup.” For Watergate, that was apropos. The actual crime of breaking into Democratic National Committee headquarters palled compared to the efforts to cover it … Continue reading →
…is ongoing, and recently one of the Times’ editors made a funny (emphasis mine): James Bennet, the former New York Times editorial page editor, said Wednesday that an error he wrote into a 2017 editorial about Sarah Palin stung particularly … Continue reading →
It’s probably somewhat fitting, I guess – although it took some forty years – for CRT to become part of the curriculum of every law school that wants accreditation. By saying it’s “fitting,” I don’t mean it’s good. I actually … Continue reading →
This is unsurprising: Mohammed al-Qahtani, who planned to hijack planes on Sept. 11, 2001, for al Qaeda but was denied entry into the United States, will be transferred to Saudi Arabia following the Biden administration’s decision late last week to … Continue reading →