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Is he losing the court?

Thursday, April 2, 2026

If the reporting here at Above the Law is accurate, it would appear that the Supreme Court is going to rule that the Fourteenth Amendment means what it says, that every person born in the United States is a citizen of the United States. It is somewhat depressing to be somewhat surprised that the court […]

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Was she really a judge?

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Apparently she was, according to Wikipedia. I refer to Jeanine Pirro, currently serving as the US attorney for the District of Columbia. One has to wonder if she was as ignorant then as she is now, or is she just pretending? It’s always good to see one of our courts standing up to the fascists, […]

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A lesson in the new constitutional law

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

The fascists currently running this country have decreed that government employees are now free to proselytize their fellow employees and members of the public with whom they come in contact. You know, because of freedom of religion and freedom of speech. The full memorandum issued by the Office of Personnel Management is available here. Among […]

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Random rant

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

I’ve been writing this blog for more than 20 years now. In the beginning it was easy, because even though there were terrible things going on at times, there was still some grounds for optimism. Times have changed, and not only are current events scary and depressing, the points to be made are so obvious […]

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A harbinger

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

I think the writer at Lawyers, Guns and Money is right about this case currently at the Supreme Court, where it should not have lasted a minute: Three weeks ago a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order to plaintiffs suing the Trump administration for freezing foreign aid funds that had already been appropriated by […]

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Who ever said a (Democratic) president could pardon someone?

Saturday, December 7, 2024

There’s a lot of talk out there about Biden preemptively pardoning people like Jack Smith, Liz Cheney and Fauci, people who have committed no crimes but would still be on the hit list of the Department of Injustice once Trump gets in. Biden should do it, without question. The only question is whether the pardons […]

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A prediction

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Looking on the bright side, this post assumes a Kamala win in November and a Democratic Senate. Now, for the not so bright side. A week or so ago a friend who is also a lawyer wrote to ask if I had any idea what the constitutional basis would be for the creation of a […]

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Supreme Injustice

Thursday, June 27, 2024

In the last few days the Supreme Court has legalized bribery, (so long as the bribe is paid afterthe public official does the dirty work, and made it virtually impossible for administrative agencies to enforce the laws they are supposed to enforce. As to the bribery decision, how can you blame them, since they had […]

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Vermont considers the unthinkable

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

I started this post a few days ago, but we went to Vermont this past weekend and I didn’t have the chance to finish it up there. It’s about Vermont, by the way. It seems that those aging hippies up there in Vermont just never learn. Look what they want to do: Vermont is poised […]

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A few predictions

Saturday, April 27, 2024

A few observations resulting from legal developments this past week. First, it appears increasingly likely that Trump will be convicted in his New York trial and that said conviction will take place within a few weeks. Also, and somewhat to my surprise (but not totally, given the corruption on the Supreme Court) it appears likely […]

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