Frei and Barnes on Sharyl Attkissons’s attempt to sue
This is very disturbing on so many levels:
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The insurrection narrative meets the courts
NOTE: I have a busy day today and can’t give this the attention it deserves at the moment. But I wanted to put it out there anyway, probably to be revisited in greater depth in the future. We’re heard over … Continue reading →
Hunter Biden’s gun disposal
I am very surprised that this story has been allowed to appear in Politico. It goes like this: On Oct. 23, 2018, President Joe Biden’s son Hunter and daughter in law Hallie were involved in a bizarre incident in which … Continue reading →
Biden momentarily discovers there was actually a reason for Trump’s policy choices
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 →
Mass shooting in Colorado market
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 →
A look at New York Times Co. v. Sullivan in 2021
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 →
What can Republicans do to fight Biden’s border policy?
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 →
Two already-selected jurors in the Chauvin trial are dismissed for cause…
…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 →
The history of the 2020 election challenge cases
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 →
This payout by the city of Minneapolis won’t affect the Chauvin trial – no, not at all
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 →
Can HR1 pass in the Senate?
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 →
More HR1
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 →