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Justice Department Calls Trump’s Bluff

This is as close as we get to Garland saying “Eff around, find out!”

Prosecuting Trump for Mishandling Classified Materials

It’s complicated, hard to prove, and politically fraught.

Stupid Takes From “Smart” People: Trump/FBI Edition

Tell us you don’t know anything about Federal Warrants without telling us you don’t know anything about Federal Warrants

FBI Raids Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Home

The former President and his supporters are crying “weaponization of the justice system.”

Murder Rate Coming Down?

Some new data are encouraging.

FBI’s Sham Kavanaugh Investigation

Some 4500 tip line reports were simply turned over to the White House and not investigated further.

First Capitol Rioter to Go to Trial Gets 7 Years

A loudmouth III%er cried like a baby during his sentencing.

Independent State Legislature Theory

A theory floated in Bush v Gore could radically change American elections.

South Carolina Outlaws Speech Related to Abortion

States emboldened by Dobbs are testing just how far the Supreme Court will let them go.

Alabama Hyundai Plant Used Child Labor

Shocking but perhaps unsurprising news.

House Passes Marriage Protection Bill

The symbolic vote attracted a handful of Republican votes.

Housing Trans Inmates

An already awful system on steroids.

Illegal Drugs Illegal Drugs

Perpetuating A Fentanyl Hysteria

When belief is more important than facts

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[Updated] Picturing The Gap Between Fantasy And Reality

Police and the Punisher Skull

Katie Hill Bankrupt After Losing Revenge Porn Suit

The law is behind the times.

Trumper Sets Own Camper on Fire to Own the Libs

Oh, and committed insurance fraud to boot.

Judicial Supremacy vs Popular Constitutionalism

Who should have the final say on the law of the land?

Can Pregnant Woman Drive in HOV Lane?

An absurd extension of the fight over abortion.

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Biden to Issue Abortion Rights Order

The President has very little power here but he’s using it.

Ketanji Brown Jackson to Be Sworn in Today

Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring today and will swear his former law clerk in his replacement.

SCOTUS Upholds High School Coach’s 50-Yard-Line Prayers

The Supreme Court has reversed decades of precedent on church-state separation.

Abortion Laws State by State

Abortion is now illegal or heavily restricted in at least 11 states.

Dueling Takes on the End of Roe

So, what now?

Alito’s Leaked Draft vs the Final Opinion

A comparison of the two texts.

Antiquated Laws Restored in Wake of Roe Reversal

Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban may or may not be back in effect.

Call Her Senator Misled

Concerned no more, Senator Collins is now dismayed that she was misled.

Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade

The leaked draft is now the law of the land.

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Lawyers Win SCOTUS Case, Forced to Leave Firm

A rather bizarre coda to yesterday’s big Supreme Court decision.

SCOTUS Strikes Down NY Gun Law

The 6-3 ruling broke down on predictable lines.

Sotomayor Defends Thomas

The longest-serving Supreme Court Justice is a nice guy.

Riot (or Worse) Thwarted in Idaho

A group of extremists are stopped from instigating a riot.

Kavanaugh Stalker Charged with Attempted Murder

A man who claims he was going to kill the Supreme Court Justice is in jail.

On Perceptions and Crime

Some thoughts.

SCOTUS Blocks Texas Social Media Law (for Now)

A slim majority upheld an injunction, kicking the can down the road.

Clinton Lawyer Acquitted in RussiaGate Case

What does it all mean? It depends on who you ask.

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Why America Can’t Build

Are we too regulated for our own good?

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Laws are Worthless!

Or are they?

A Fascistic and Authoritarian Response

Donald Trump and friends speak to the NRA.

Police Have No Duty to Protect You

“Protect and Serve” is just a slogan, not a guarantee.

What Are Police For If They Won’t Risk Their Lives to Save Children?

Despite their military trappings and propaganda, they’re seldom heroes.

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The Graph Of The Day

It doesn’t appear the Uvalde TX police were underfunded

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More Police In Schools Is NOT The Answer

An example of security theater with proven negative social impacts

More on Ginni Thomas and the 2020 Election

She advocated that AZ overturn its election.

Two Years After George Floyd

Very little progress has been made towards racial justice.

When Mass Murder Becomes Commonplace

Tragedy has played out so often that it has become a statistic.

Pretextual Searches on the Interstate

Assumptions of racial animus are overshadowing a story that’s outrageous enough on its own.

Justices Didn’t Lie About Abortion in Hearings

Susan Collins and other Senators claiming otherwise are just wrong.

Protesting at Officials’ Homes

Is harassing judges, mayors, Senators, and the like in their private lives just free speech?

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Clarence Thomas on Stare Decisis

Not so conservative.

Clarence Thomas Worries Respect for Institutions Fading

In other news, there’s gambling going on at Casablanca.