When I was in law school many many years ago, I studied Criminal Law my first year, as did virtually all law students at the time. As part of that course, there were three criminal doctrines I found disturbing – … Continue reading →
Interesting split: 6-3 against OSHA mandate, with liberals dissenting. 5-4 in favor of CMS mandate, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, dissenting. (In other words, Roberts and Kavanaugh voted with the liberal bloc on CMS.). The OSHA mandate is the one for … Continue reading →
We already knew this, but I’m surprised that they’re saying it: Democrats are warning that they could box themselves out of winning Senate races in key states unless they change the legislative filibuster and pass voting rights and election reform … Continue reading →
The concern about Ray Epps isn’t just whether he was “a law enforcement agent or informant” (we’ll get to that phrase in a moment). It’s also these three things: (1) Why was he high on the “wanted” list for a … Continue reading →
Actually, I think we already knew the gist of this was true even though we didn’t know every detail: [Biden’s] Education Secretary Miguel Cardona solicited the much-criticized letter from the National School Boards Association that compared protesting parents to domestic … Continue reading →
Ted Cruz isn’t perfect and wasn’t perfect even before he made his remarks about the January 6th defendants being “terrorists.” But he’s long been one of the most consistently conservative members of Congress. He’s also unusually smart, and rarely makes … Continue reading →
…and they are very extreme. Ordinarily, life sentences – and especially life without parole- are reserved for the most heinous of premeditated, purposeful,, callous murders. No more. If you’re a white guy who looks like he might be a member … Continue reading →
Read the list of things that SCOTUS justices have gotten wrong about COVID during oral argument questioning today. It’s mind-boggling. The vast majority of the errors are from the liberal justices, and all in the direction of overemphasizing the dangers … Continue reading →
…it’s got a new Soros-backed DA named Alvin Bragg. And you know what that means: Bragg took over on January 1. On January 4, Bragg promised to instill new rules similar to those in San Francisco and Philadelphia, both of … Continue reading →
Food for thought: Democrats backing abortion rights predict a “revolution” of outraged voters ousting anti-abortion Republicans in elections for state legislatures and Congress. At least some Republicans are nervous about such a backlash… Today, the leading pro-abortion rights constituency is … Continue reading →
Commenter “Bauxite” writes in the Whitmer entrapment thread: If the facts show that the feds sought out these defendants because they were weak and vulnerable, that will increase my sympathy for them. They will still have a very tough task … Continue reading →
This is somewhat my attitude, too, and has been from the start: Our burden of proof standards are backwards because we are conditioned to think of trials. But the world is not a trial. If any part of your election … Continue reading →