Two separate stories this week about criminal justice and the right to vote offer a sharp microcosm of the difference between the major U.S. political parties. While Democrats debate social justice policy, Republicans are enacting voter suppression measures. Today’s op-ed in the Washington Post, Missouri Republicans want to undo voters’ redistricting wishes. The Supreme Court … Read more
There is trouble brewing at Fox News aka Trump TV. It’s resident “legal analyst” Judge Andrew Napolitano has been going off the reservation as of late, being highly critical of the unlawful actions of Donald Trump. In this segment of Judge Napolitano’s Chambers, he breaks down the Mueller Report and finds that Donald Trump committed … Read more
There have been several good analyses of the Mueller Report Volume II on obstruction of justice. Let’s review some of them. Quinta Jurecic, the Managing Editor of Lawfare, breaks it down in Obstruction of Justice in the Mueller Report: A Heat Map: The Mueller report describes numerous instances in which President Trump may have obstructed … Read more
Captain Chaos, our always insecure megalomaniac Twitter-troll-in-chief, has decided that a constitutional crisis, in a pathetic attempt to run-out-the-clock until November 2020, is his best campaign strategy (not a legal strategy). Trump Vows Stonewall of ‘All’ House Subpoenas, Setting Up Fight Over Powers: “We’re fighting all the subpoenas,” Mr. Trump told reporters outside the White … Read more
And then there were 20 … Joe Biden made it official today, he is running for president in a crowded Democratic primary field that may continue to grow. Joe Biden Announces 2020 Run for President: Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. announced Thursday that he would seek the Democratic nomination to challenge President Trump … Read more