Law

Bounty Hunter

August 17, 2020

ometimes, while I’m slaving away at the keyboard (computer, not piano), I leave the television on a news program, primarily to keep reassuring myself that the rest of the world is still out there. On occasion something catches my ear. That was the case yesterday. I don’t recall his name but a retired army general […]

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Fraudulent Voter-in-Chief Caught

May 17, 2020

rump decries voter fraud. Well, he is speaking from first-hand knowledge of the subject. But, can we believe him? Can we believe anything he says? After all, those who are counting say that he has passed 18,000 lies since he took the oath of office. I’m thinking that act might also qualify.

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Devil’s Advocate

January 20, 2020

hy is Alan laughing? Once upon a time it was assumed that he was familiar with the legal system and acquainted with the Constitution. What happened? Money? Missing the spotlight? Wanting to run with the fast crowd? Dementia?

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Wisdom for the Witless

November 21, 2019

he debate is lost. Is there anyone, other than Trump and his toadies, who doesn’t know to whom this refers? A gilded turd is still a turd. . .

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Unequal

November 12, 2019

have been unable to trace from whence came the concept of coequal branches of government. The branches of our government are not coequal. They are not equal. The mistaken idea that they are comes from the design found in the Constitution for limiting the power of any one branch to attain sole power by checks […]

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Above the Law

July 25, 2019

ing John is one of my ancestors. Yeah, I know. That’s nothing to brag about. All of those stories of Robin Hood are fictitious but Johnny deserves his reputation as possibly the worst king in the history of England. Is it just coincidence that he is the lead-in to an article about the worst president […]

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Kick ’em Out

July 15, 2019

o, no, no. These are not the ones we need to kick out. Why should we kick them out? For displeasing the Bigot-in-Chief? I realize that, unlike most Americans, he cannot quite grasp the concept of the First Amendment’s protection of our right of free speech.  He hasn’t quite grasped the position of a president. […]

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Trump vs Ameica

February 17, 2019

rump is trying to usurp, and essentially eliminate, the Congress. Though logic is not in his vocabulary, the next logical step would be for him to treat the Supreme Court with similar ignorance and contempt.

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Indictable?

February 1, 2019

he Justice Department has a ‘rule’ that presidents cannot be indicted. Really? It’s not a law. It’s not in the Constitution. Since all attorneys general are appointed by presidents, is it possible that little fact provides us clue as to why this ‘rule’ just appeared without any legislative history or legal foundation?

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Forget Dr. Ford

September 27, 2018

ou may know it as a temper tantrum. Down here we call it a ‘hissy fit.’ Is this the temperament of a Justice of the Supreme Court,  even of a night court judge in a one-horse town?

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