From Alan Dershowitz; very instructive: As I thought, he says the lawsuit won’t work in the US. One reason is that an entity like Israel can’t sue under US law; it has to be a person who was harmed. Plus, … Continue reading →
This is why. The accusation was that he had raped actress Jessica Mann in 2013. However: Mann, now 40, broke down several times during her painful testimony as she faced off against her abuser for the third time after a … Continue reading →
I know I’ve already written about the Kristof article and the report on the sexual crimes of Gazans on 10/7. But I want to highlight this article by Guy Goldstein, because it offers a great deal of relevant historical background … Continue reading →
Every aspect of this story is so terrible that it’s hard to face. I tried to deal with it yesterday in a perfunctory manner by putting it in a roundup post. But I find that simply won’t work. It’s too … Continue reading →
You can find the horrendous story here: Embattled former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax killed his estranged wife and himself inside their million-dollar home outside the nation’s capital early Thursday, cops said. The 47-year-old Democrat repeatedly shot Cerina Fairfax in … Continue reading →
Swelwell saves House members the trouble of having to expel him from the House or defend him; he quits: Swalwell announced his resignation in a statement posted to his X account, while still denying some of the allegations made against … Continue reading →
I am not a tall woman. I’m medium-sized, so very medium-sized that at 5’4″ I fall very close to the “average” in the mathematical sense: The average height for women in the U.S. aged 20 years and older is 5 … Continue reading →
Accusers are coming out of the woodworks and staff are resigning from his campaign; see this and this. From the former: Rep. Eric Swalwell’s campaign for governor was reeling Friday after two news reports detailed accusations of sexual assault and … Continue reading →
This news is both sobering and unsurprising: Adult children vs. parents, siblings vs. siblings — calling quits on one’s kin seems increasingly common. In a 2025 YouGov poll of 4,395 US adults, nearly 4 in 10 respondents said they “no … Continue reading →
It’s a mark of how vile these laws are that the only dissent was Justice Jackson. From the Gorsuch-written opinion: Ms. Chiles [a therapist] does not question that Colorado’s law banning conversion therapy has some constitutionally sound applications. See Brief … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I’ve written many previous posts about the various cases against Bill Cosby.] Defendants need to be able to have access to evidence against them, and to be able to find witnesses for their side if such witnesses exist. Memory … Continue reading →
Chavez used to be the darling of the left, back when I was in law school. Now he’s apparently a pariah after being accused – long after his death – of having sexually abused young girls many years ago: The … Continue reading →