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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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Super Sunday rant

Sunday, February 7, 2021

This is my blog, and since no one reads it anyway, I figure I have a perfect right to write about two unrelated things in one blog post. So, here goes. As a still licensed, though retired lawyer, I’m interested in the series of lawsuits that have been filed against, Fox, Giuliani, and their ilk […]

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How Stupid to you have to be to teach at Harvard Law? (Part 2)

Friday, February 5, 2021

Alan Dershowitz is apparently not alone. Back in May I wrote a post about Larry Lessig, Harvard Law Professor who brought a case to the Supreme Court claiming that presidential electors should be free to vote for the person of their choice, in spite of state laws requring them to vote for the candidate to […]

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DC Statehood’s likely fate

Thursday, January 28, 2021

A bill has been introduced in Congress to make the District of Columbia a state. The overriding purpose, besides giving people who are subject to taxation some representation, is to increase our Senate majority by adding a fairly populated state to balance off some Senators from sparsely populated wastelands like Wyoming. I’ve read elsewhere, but […]

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Is it okay if you’re a Democrat?

Thursday, January 21, 2021

I have to admit that I was unaware of this at the time, but apparently during the administration of he who shall go unnamed, the Supreme Court ruled that legislation shielding the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from being fired was unconstitutional. They did it so the genius could replace a rational person […]

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More libel suits, please

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Dominion has had some success in getting Fox to back down by threatening libel actions, and is threatening to sue Trump and his attorneys. This may be one way in which the spread of disinformation can be halted. Last night a group of people staged a candlelight vigil at Josh Hawley’s home, protesting his pre-announced […]

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Guilty with an explanation

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

CTBlue has come into possession of the draft of a brief written by somewhat reputable lawyers retained by the very stable genius to represent him in his upcoming criminal cases, including that arising from his attempt to threaten the Georgia Secretary of State into changing the election results. This is a draft related to the […]

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Some Fancy Legal Footwork in the future

Thursday, November 26, 2020

The Supreme Court, compliments of the newest addition to that once august body, has made another dent in constitutional law and advanced us a step further toward theocracy, ruling as it has that the state has no right to protect its citizens from a plague if a religious entity insists on spreading said plague. I’ve […]

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Something obvious but rarely mentioned

Friday, November 20, 2020

Just a short observation, prompted by this article in today’s New York Times, which details yet more criminal activity on the part of a pre-presidential Donald Trump. We learn from the article that Trump avoided taxes by diverting money to his daughter for “consulting fees”. It is rarely mentioned that if we had a legal […]

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