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After announcing at his hourly presser that he was banning CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House because he didn’t like what they said about him, the five networks that make up the White House pool consortium, including Fox News, decided to suspend coverage of Trump. What this means is that Trump’s every public
The ploy is obvious. Trump’s next venture into building a monument to himself (because who else will, duh) is built on the shakiest of foundations. His claim that it was long ago approved by Congress is flimsy, bordering on spurious. A 250-foot-tall arch that blocks everything around it isn’t a pair of 166-feet columns
My kids have a school dance tonight. It’s my son’s first of middle school and one of the last my daughter will see at this particular grade level. And of course, because I’m a sucker for this sort of thing, I’m chaperoning everyone. The school has a very interesting schedule for dances. Sixth graders come […]
The Supreme Court recognized that cellphones were different in Riley v. California. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals, with both JFK airport, among others, within its jurisdiction, hadn’t yet joined the fray as district judges around the country tried to figure out whether cellphone at borders were controlled by the
At Volokh Conspiracy, Eugene picked up on a Connecticut decision addressing an issue that has grown increasingly prominent, as well as lucrative, under the current administration: Pardons. Three things are indisputable about the plaintiff in DeBarros v. Pedbereznak. On October 13, 1996, the plaintiff shot Jermaine Lewi
First, the assumption was that the Clancy deadlock was between the men and women on the jury, because it had to be women who would side with the defendant who killed her three children. It was wrong. Then, the assumption was that the one holdout juror was one of the white men on the jury, […]
Ed. Note: This is Part II of a guest post by Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer Christopher Van Wagner. Part I can be found here. Anyone of a certain age recalls the famous closing argument by the late Johnny Cochran: “If the glove doesn’t fit, you must acquit.” What many may not recall is that […]
Friends, when one decides to start up a fight promotion, the general rule of thumb is you don’t want the fighters putting you out of business before you run your first show. Unfortunately for the team at Duel Arena, they decided to fund a bunch of crazy people to fight on Youtube. And somehow, I […]
Lots of news of late, but it seems as if it’s deja vu all over again. Many readers have expressed their burn out on stupid and/or unlawful stuff Trump does, which is understandable given his proclivities. Then again, there are so many legal issues wrapped up in Trump’s actions that it’s hard, if not impossible, […]
Even the New York Times headline suggests that the Supreme Court somehow approved of Trump’s Executive Order requiring the creation of lists of federally “approved” citizens and prioritizing the prosecution of state officials who fail to comply. Court Allows Trump to Pursue Mail Voting Limits, for Now SCOTUSblog was ev
Reality TV star cum Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy misunderstood. After Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected tariff negotiations that would lead to a trade war, he thought he meant a real war with guns and bombs, and so he opined that Canada would certainly lose because it doesn’t have a military. Sean
It will come as little surprise that the $14,700,000 “repair” of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was the product of two failures. The first was the typical Trump rush to get this “signature” fix completed before the 250th anniversary festivities to celebrate Trump’s greatness, without adequate planning or competen
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