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Category Archives: Lawyer stuff

One law for me, another for thee

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

This story (more here and here) hasn’t gotten much mainstream attention, so far as I know, but it presages a monumental change in the law. There will soon be, if there not already is, one set of laws for the right and another for the left, one set of laws for right wing “Christians” and […]

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A shocking decision…not

Monday, March 4, 2024

Was there anyone on the planet that thought the Supreme Court wouldn’t reverse the Colorado court’s action taking Trump off the ballot? Some of the many organizations filling my inbox with solicitations for money certainly pretended that they thought it could happen, but I don’t for a moment think any of them truly believed it. […]

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Fun reading

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Just got finished reading the decision in United States v. Trump, which you can read here. Like some others, I thought that the Republican judge on the panel was holding things up indefinitely, and I still sort of think that the other two judges had to work on her to get her to join in […]

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Is this really a big deal?

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Multiple other media outlets I’ve read seem to agree with Truthout that Former Trump Lawyer’s Revelation is ‘Devestating for Trump, Legal Experts Say. This refers to the leaked proffer testimony of Jenna Ellis summarized as follows: Former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis told prosecutors in Fulton County, Ga., that a senior aide to the former president […]

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New trends in lawyering

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

I’ve only been retired from the law for a few years, but it is becoming clear to me that the practice of law has changed dramatically since my days before the bench. In the olden days, if you were taking a legal position in a case, you would try to convince the judge that your […]

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Another legal mystery

Sunday, November 5, 2023

Okay, this is sort of a continuation of yesterday’s post, inasmuch as once again I can’t quite wrap my head around whatever legal theory the plaintiff will be relying on in this case: Now, it’s entirely possible that Meadows did make such a “warranty”, but won’t it be just a bit hard for All Seasons […]

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A quick glance at my crystal ball

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

I received the latest issue of Church & State today. It’s a publication of Americans United for the Separation of Church & State, an organization which should not even have to exist, but alas, it is sorely needed. The lead article is about a challenge that Americans United, along with other usual suspects like the […]

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I don’t think it works that way (or at least it didn’t use to)

Friday, August 18, 2023

I practiced law for many years, but as I’ve confessed countless times, I know very little about the areas of the law that usually crop up in the news. Never handled a RICO case, for instance. But here’s a case in Nashville that I do know something about: People already struggling to make ends meet […]

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Fun reading

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

I just finished reading the Georgia indictment. A bit of a slog, since you have to go through so much boilerplate legal language, but still a fun read. I didn’t practice criminal law, and RICO wasn’t a thing when I took criminal law in law school, but it looks like a pretty strong case to […]

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Want to discriminate? Blame Jesus!

Friday, July 14, 2023

I’m sort of beating a dead horse here, but I like to think the horse was a Republican. A short while ago I asked how Clarence and his pals would explain why it’s okay for someone to refuse service to a gay couple but not an interracial one. Now we learn that the same folks […]

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