Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Society needs defamation law to function If you are trying to make sense of how our nation has become so toxic, a good starting point is the Supreme Court’s 1964 decision in New York Times v. Sullivan. That case radically altered existing law so that, for the first time in our
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The death of Tyre Nichols was horrid and unnecessary, but racial and anti-police politics, not justice, appear to be front and center in this case. Tyre Nichols’ death was likely caused by a single rogue officer who used excessive force. Part of the problem is societal — why do so
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It seems to me that every taxpayer in America has standing to challenge Biden’s grossly illegal actions.
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Nancy Pelosi crafts a joke resolution to “formalize” the Star Chamber impeachment inquiry. Unfortunately, the joke is on America. Nancy Pelosi announced yesterday that she intended to bring a Resolution to the floor on Thursday. As she described it: “This resolution establishes the procedure for hearings that are open to
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Jerry Nadler’s House Judiciary Committee opens its hearings with John Dean, disgraced former White House Counsel. Republicans should be thrilled. John Dean is about to testify that Trump’s actions amount to an unlawful obstruction of justice. Jerry Nadler will invite Dean to explain how everything Trump did per the Mueller
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By resisting an investigation of the apparent attempted coup against Trump, Progressives reject a core Anglo-American doctrine that no one is above the law. The “Trump-Russia collusion investigation” — 2+ years, $30+ million, and using all the investigative resources of government — is over. Given the specificity and nature of
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Harvard Law School has abandoned one of the core principles of American jurisprudence — a citizen’s right to counsel when standing alone before the state. [UPDATE: Welcome, Instapundit readers! I hope you appreciate this post — and I hope that you read it through the filter that Glenn Reynolds provided:
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This post offers you five reasons to view Part II of the Mueller Report as a purely political document without any supporting legal rationales. Part I of the Mueller Report conclusively found no evidence that President Trump or anyone close to him ever conspired with, or attempted to conspire with,
Continue readingThe Declaration of Independence was written for the colonists, to justify our call to arms, and to Britain’s enemies, to assure them of our intent. Below is the Declaration of Independence annotated and its historical context. Following that are some additional comments on the Declaration and its importance. Update: Read
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With FISA and the NSA in the news, learn why abusing them isn’t arcane procedural stuff but is, instead, critically important to American freedom. Did the Obama administration illegally use its power in multiple ways to access NSA intercepts so that it could gain intelligence on – and kneecap – Trump’s administration?
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Professional licensing requirements look very unconstitutional when government power supports monopolies without benefiting either licensees or consumers. Almost a decade ago, in a post entitled “The scam what am,” I described one of the few things that make me, a rather temperate person, start ranting like a crazy woman: If
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An informal survey 30 years after graduating shows that professional women, given the choice, want jobs, not careers, so they can care for their families. Not too long ago, I attended my law school reunion. I am pleased to report that those who attended — comprising about one-fifth of my
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The Gorsuch nomination, pitting Originalism against a “living Constitution,” is a fight for America’s soul — so pay attention because this is important! Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination has brought to the fore the seemingly dry argument about two competing theories of Constitutional interpretation, Originalism and the “living Constitution.” Gorsuch himself
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While the rule of law is not completely dead, it’s dead enough to justify the title for this quick round up of today’s lawless news. The latest federal opinions would bar President Trump from ever again issuing an executive order. William Jacobson, of Legal Insurrection, has looked beyond the obvious
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Between the Islamic terror attack on Nice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s decision to go full Bulworth, and Hillary’s semi-pass from Comey (a scathing indictment followed by a “get out of jail free” card), there’s been a bumper crop of stupidity in the Facebook feeds of my Lefty friends. I have to
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