Contemplating HR1
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 →
Category Archives: Law
Legal Insurrection: the Chauvin trial
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 →
Durham who?
Talk about “too little, too late”: In the second half of the interview (full interview here), Solomon revealed that his sources (which have been excellent) indicate that a senior member of the FBI leadership group around Comey and Strzok has … Continue reading →
Orwellian “equity”
Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is a work of genius. But I think its greatest element of genius lies in Orwell’s basic insight about the left’s use of language as a tool for leading the public to believe a very bad thing … Continue reading →
Andrew Branca will be covering the Chauvin trial at Legal Insurrection
Branca’s in-depth day-to-day coverage of the Zimmerman trial was the best around, so this is good news.
Continue reading →In no surprise, HR1 passes in the House…
…along strict party lines. This is the Democrats’ top priority, something I’ve written about several times before on this blog (see this, for example). One would think that if Democrats cared to fix the fact that half the nation doesn’t … Continue reading →
Gascon and Newsom, together at last
There’s now a recall effort underway involving Los Angeles County’s DA George Gascon, for his loathsome bait and switch. He is a disaster for LA, but I don’t know if the effort will be successful I’ve already written about Gascon … Continue reading →
Remember Derek Chauvin? His trial is coming up
Here goes: On March 8, 2021, jury selection will begin in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin for the alleged murder of George Floyd, and the city and state governments are preparing for another round of violence, … Continue reading →
The radical “Equality Act”
The Democrats are now bent on codifying at the federal level the so-called “Equality Act,” which if passed would do the following: This bill would require Americans to consider gender identity and even biological sex a personal choice, not an … Continue reading →
The quality of mercy
Commenter “Lee Also” writes this: I have always felt that, as doctors take the Hippocratic Oath when they receive their degree, Portia’s Speech should be administered to freshly minted JD’s as an oath: “The quality of mercy is not strained; … Continue reading →
Remove that blindfold: a metaphor for “equity”
[Hat tip: commenter “huxley”.] It strikes me that this is a good metaphor for what’s been happening to the idea of justice at the hands of the campaign for “equity” [emphasis mine]: For decades leading symphony orchestras have used “blind … Continue reading →
Remember back when Merrick Garland was described as being a moderate?
Here’s what a “moderate” looks like these days, from Garland’s statement on his nomination to be Biden’s AG: That mission remains urgent because we do not yet have equal justice. Communities of color and other minorities still face discrimination in … Continue reading →