Morning Docket: 10.22.18
* Remember how Trump promised that he'd "fight for" the transgender community while he was campaigning? Perhaps he meant that he'd fight to erase them. The Trump administration is reportedly...
View ArticleThe Struggle To Pass The First Step Act Is A Continued Disgrace
The bill is extremely modest in its reforms, yet the opposition remains uncompromising and committed to a campaign of false, fear-mongering rhetoric.
View ArticleAfter Judge Brings Up Treason, Will Michael Flynn Be Getting Jail Time?
This hearing got really weird, really quickly.
View ArticleNon Sequiturs: 01.06.19
* It's baaack: partisan gerrymandering returns to the Supreme Court -- and in the view of veteran SCOTUS watcher Amy Howe, it's unlikely that the justices will duck the merits this time around....
View ArticleMorning Docket: 02.25.19
* Some think Justice Clarence Thomas may be dropping hints that he's about to retire (e.g., this little First Amendment gem), but those who know him well think he's getting ready for a conservative...
View ArticleMorning Docket: 03.08.19
* Paul Manafort got 4 years out of a possible 24. A lot of breathless ranting will come out of this but the reality is 4 years is a significant amount of time to be incarcerated and the guidelines are...
View ArticleNon Sequiturs: 03.10.19
* "I Thought I Could Be A Christian And Constitutionalist At Yale Law School. I Was Wrong." So writes Aaron Haviland, a 3L at Yale Law School. [The Federalist] * But if you can survive YLS as a...
View ArticleSentencing Reform Serves The Interests Of Victims And Safer Societies
Instead of invoking subjective, unequally applied concepts of 'mercy' within our harsh system of criminal sentencing, victims and society would be better served by simple pragmatism.
View ArticleRoger Stone Sentenced To Three Years, Countdown to Pardon in 3…2…
Couldn't happen to nicer ratf*cker!
View ArticleA Truck Driver Sentenced To 110 Years In Jail For Causing A Deadly Freeway...
This seems to be a case where an overly strict criminal law has produced an anomalous result. The post A Truck Driver Sentenced To 110 Years In Jail For Causing A Deadly Freeway Accident Results In A...
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