SCOTUS speaks: a 2nd Amendment victory
No wonder the left is so enraged at SCOTUS. Today’s big big SCOTUS news is on gun rights. You can read about the Court’s 6-3 ruling here as well as here. The gist of it is that New York has … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Law
Overview on yesterday’s Uvalde testimony from McCraw
Last night I watched the entirety of Texas DPS head Steve McCraw’s testimony in front of the Texas Senate, including the question-and-answer period. It’s a lot to digest; something like four and a half hours. I could probably write a … Continue reading →
We finally get lots of detail on Uvalde, and what it says about the police reaction – and the general preparedness of the school – is terrible
In Uvalde, as more information has come out, it has looked worse and worse for the police. But until now I have refused to come to any conclusions about guilt and responsibility except to say that, from the start, when … Continue reading →
Uvalde and all the rest: on reading press coverage carefully – ever so carefully [BUMPED UP: scroll down for newer posts]
The tragic events in Uvalde have been interesting in many ways, but one of those ways is how the response has acted as a reminder that most people – including people who know that the press often prints “facts” that … Continue reading →
Why has the right judged the Uvalde police so quickly?
Commenter “SHIREHOME” writes on the discussion of the Uvalde school shooting and the police reaction: Instapundit commentors have been rabid in their comments about the Police. Started right away and no amount of REAL information will change their minds. I … Continue reading →
“Everyone Hates Soros-Backed LA DA George Gascon…Including His Own Prosecutors’
That’s the title of this piece at BattleSwarm Blog about the possible recall of George Gascon. I submit, however, that it actually should read “especially his own prosecutors.” Lawyers don’t – or at least, until the last few years, didn’t … Continue reading →
Show me the man and I’ll show you…
…the crime the administrative violation. Reality must be made to conform to pro-Democratic propaganda whenever possible. We can’t have the propagandists turn out to be liars. For example: The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to discipline “multiple” horseback Border … Continue reading →
Those locks on classroom doors
In discussions of what happened during the Uvalde school shooting, the issue of doors and locks has come up several times. In my research on previous school shootings, I noticed that in a lot of those cases the classroom doors … Continue reading →
The uses of the January 6th Congressional hearing: setting the scene for the criminal indictment of Trump?
Let’s talk about January 6th, say Democrats and a few NeverTrumpers. Let’s talk about it again and again and again. Perhaps the House will decide to impeach Trump for the third time; they seem rather addicted to it. And now … Continue reading →
The death of Patrick Lyoya: does this story sound familiar?
A white police officer in Grand Rapids, Michigan has been charged with second-degree murder for shooting Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old black man he had stopped for a traffic violation. The father of the dead man says, “We strongly believed there … Continue reading →
School police chief Arredondo speaks
“Everybody knows” that the cowardly Uvalde cops sat in the hall for over an hour while children were being shot and school police chief Arredondo gave the order to stand down, although of course the officers could have gotten the … Continue reading →
Michigan elections, Michigan justice: Part I
The FBI and DOJ are not even pretending to be delivering equal justice. It’s all political now. Exhibit A is the FBI arrest of Michigan GOP governor candidate Ryan Kelly for four misdemeanors allegedly committed on January 6, 2021. His … Continue reading →