The Trump deposition
Love him or hate him, there’s no one quite like him:
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Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy
This guilty verdict was a forgone conclusion, considering that the trial was held in DC and the judge refused to move it: A jury on Thursday convicted Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, and three allies of … Continue reading →
The Democrats’ war against the conservative justices on SCOTUS
The Democrat position is that the left should own SCOTUS. When I was in law school, they did. And that was true for a long time, or at least they often did because of so-called “swing” justices voting with the … Continue reading →
Vermont wants to corner the market on assisted suicide tourism
Vermont has long billed itself as the Green Mountain State. Is it now going to be known as the Green Pastures State?: Vermont removed its residency requirement for assisted suicide on Tuesday, officially opening the door for any American to … Continue reading →
Will the Supreme Court curb the power of federal regulatory agencies?
They’ve taken the first step, anyway, by agreeing to hear the case of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which is a process that could end up overruling Chevron: Nearly 40 years ago, in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, the … Continue reading →
North Carolina’s SCOTUS reverses previous rulings on redistricting and restores some voting safeguards
This is potentially important: In a trio of rulings Friday, the N.C. Supreme Court restored the state’s voter ID law, took state courts out of partisan gerrymandering disputes, and ended voting for felons who have not completed their sentences. Each … Continue reading →
The E. Jean Carroll versus Trump rape/defamation case
I haven’t followed the E. Jean Carroll versus Trump trial at all closely. You may not have followed it much, either. But plenty of people are following it with great interest, most of them hoping it will be one of … Continue reading →
Heather Mac Donald talks about crime and race
Most violent crime is intra-racial – that is, blacks mostly kill and/or violently attack blacks, whites mostly kill and/or violently attack whites. And the black-on-black violent crime rate is much much higher than the white-on-white violent crime rate. But the … Continue reading →
Legal education is indoctrination at Columbia and elsewhere, and has borne much fruit
On the Columbia Law School curriculum: Parents are paying $331,350 — or students are going into enormous debt — for what amounts to a three-year reeducation camp at Columbia to produce leftist social warriors who will, as Christian says, “upend … Continue reading →
The abortion pill: legal issues
I’ve read quite a few MSM articles on the SCOTUS ruling about the abortion pill, and the reporting lacked so many of the details I was looking for that I ended up turning to law blogs and the plaintiffs’ brief … Continue reading →
The Biden family gets a pass so far on its corruption
From Andrew C. McCarthy: A lawyer for the whistleblower has reported that “preferential treatment and politics” have been “improperly infecting decisions and protocols that would normally be followed by career law enforcement professionals in similar circumstances if the subject were … Continue reading →
The Biden coverup
It’s the crime and the coverup – and my cynicism tells me that there will be no consequences for either. Ace has a good summary here. An excerpt: Congress now has testimony from Mike Morrell — the CIA official who … Continue reading →