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A bit of a rant about today’s courts

Sunday, August 15, 2021

I’m no longer a practicing lawyer, but I’m still interested in legal developments. We now have a federal court system dominated by ideologues for whom the disinterested application of legal principles is important only insofar as the courts will feel obliged to cloak their decisions in language that they can claim shows said disinterested application, […]

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Mandatory vaccination was court approved. Who knew?

Monday, July 19, 2021

I was unaware that the Supreme Court ruled a century ago that public institutions could require vaccinations. I don’t find it particularly surprising, since there was a time when even the most conservative judges were merely in the pockets of corporations and had no need, or did not perceive a need, to kill off thousands […]

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Nice Work if you can get it

Monday, May 24, 2021

Gordon Sondland is suing Mike Pompeo for 1.8 million dollars: Gordon Sondland, the former U.S. ambassador to the European Union who was fired by Donald Trump after his explosive impeachment inquiry testimony against the then-president, is reportedly suing former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for $1.8 million in unpaid legal costs from that probe. The […]

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New Libel rules for thee but not for me

Friday, April 23, 2021

There are rumblings on the right that the landmark case of Sullivan vs. New York Times should be overruled. The Sullivan case requires proof of actual malice on a libel defendant’s part when the plaintiff is a public figure. The case does have it’s problems. For instance, it’s not unknown for a plaintiff to become […]

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An easy prediction

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

It seems that the guy who stole his own election, Brian Kemp, has just allowed as the recently passed Georgia Voter Suppression Act “has nothing to do with potential fraud”. The writer at Crooks and Liars makes what should be a reasonable observation that those words might come back to haunt Kemp as the lawsuits […]

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Upcoming Judicial Decision, A CTBlue exclusive!

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS Defendant Sidney Powell has moved to dismiss this libel action brought by Smartmatic, a manufacturer of voting machines. Powell is a lawyer who puts herself forward as being an expert in election law. She has, while purportedly acting on behalf of the former guy appeared on Fox and other right […]

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More stuff you couldn’t make up

Saturday, February 27, 2021

I frequent a blog called Above the Law, which features articles about my former profession. I think it’s fair to say the site has a slightly leftward slant, but then one can say that about anyone who is rational these days. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry about the posts here and here […]

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Expect More of This

Friday, February 26, 2021

Everyone is aware that the Republican Party is in the grip of religious fundamentalists, but over the next few years we will become ever more aware that it, and as a result the nation, is now in the grip of legal fundamentalists, judges who are intent on reviving once thought dead constitutional jurisprudence in order […]

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Grifters gotta grift

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

I spent a bit of time yesterday reading the complaint in the case of U.S. Dominion, Inc. et. al. v. My Pillow, Inc., et. al over the last couple of days. You can read and/or download it here. Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, is one of the et. als. among the defendants. It’s a […]

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Be careful what you ask for

Friday, February 12, 2021

The Republicans are making a deeply dishonest argument. I know, every argument they make is deeply dishonest, so I really have to be a little more specific. As the FCC gets closer to restoring net neutrality, a new and bizarre GOP talking point has emerged. It goes something like this: if you’re going to restore […]

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