And the reason was not that he was a mean old SOB. The reason was that they made sense. At least, that’s what Biden appears to be saying here: While speaking to reporters on the south lawn of the White … Continue reading →
There was a terrible mass shooting yesterday in Boulder: Police on Tuesday identified a 21 -year-old man as the suspect who opened fire inside a crowded Colorado supermarket in an attack that killed 10 people, including an officer, and sent … Continue reading →
When I first learned about Sullivan back in law school aeons ago, I remember being disturbed by the case. It’s not that I had a better solution. But it was easy to see the problem: how best to balance the … Continue reading →
Sometimes I think that people on the right are more fond of bashing the Republicans in Congress than they are of bashing the Democrats. I understand and share some of that impulse – the lack of fight and/or of conservative … Continue reading →
…as a result of the civil suit settlement in the Floyd family’s case against the city of Minneapolis. The two stated that they knew of the settlement and “would no longer be able to be fair and impartial jurors.” The … Continue reading →
Here’s a summary: Courts Repeatedly Refused To Consider Trump’s Election Claims On The Merits: The losing side needed to know that a fair shake was given, and that justice prevailed, even if it wasn’t the outcome they wanted. That did … Continue reading →
The Minneapolis City Council has made a decision to settle a civil lawsuit: The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd’s family over the Black man’s death in police … Continue reading →
Commenter “Bauxite” writes: Can’t see how they pass HR 1 without nuking the filibuster. There’s no way that 10 Republicans will vote for it. The pressure will be on Manchin and Sinema, though. I’m going to start worrying if there … Continue reading →
Why wasn’t more attention paid during the 2020 election to the looming prospect of HR1? I was aware that this was high on the Democrats’ agenda – why wasn’t everyone made aware? It could have been used to argue against … Continue reading →
…and we’re only finding out about it now. I’m actually surprised we’re finding out about it at all. The more mail-in ballots you allow, the more opportunity for fraud. That seems to be a general rule, unless some very strong … Continue reading →
I was going to write a big long post on HR1 today, but I can’t bring myself to do it right now. Maybe tomorrow I’ll gird my loins and tackle it – tackle it again, that is, because I’ve written … Continue reading →
Just reminding you that Andrew Branca is reporting in-depth at Legal Insurrection on the Chauvin trial. His first two posts from yesterday are this and this. I believe the plan is for him to write at least one post every … Continue reading →