John Yoo: The Man Who Would Make the President King
Defender in Chief: Donald Trump’s Fight for Presidential Power, by John Yoo, All Points Books, 299 pages, $29.99 John Yoo and Donald J. Trump seemed like a perfect match from …
Reason
“Judges Propose Making Disclosure of Their Personal Details a Crime”
Josh Gerstein (Politico) has the story, with a link to the Judicial Conference of the United States letter laying out the request, including (bullets added): 2. PROTECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE …
Amy Coney Barrett and the Problem of Conservative Judicial Deference
Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit is reportedly at the top of President Donald Trump’s shortlist of candidates to replace the late …
No Murder Charges in Breonna Taylor Case; Protests Erupt Across U.S.
People around the United States took to the streets last night to memorialize Breonna Taylor and to protest a Kentucky grand jury’s decision not to indict three Louisville police officers …
Navy-Marine Appeals Court Mandates Pseudonymizing Names of Witnesses, Victims, and Complainants
Effective July 1, 2020, the rules of the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals (NMCCA, not to be confused with the New Mexico Court of Appeals, NMCA) provide: Rule 17.4. …
Thursday Open Thread
Please feel free to write comments on this post on whatever topic you like! (As usual, please avoid personal insults of each other, vulgarities aimed at each other or at …
Thursday Open Thread
Please feel free to write comments on this post on whatever topic you like! (As usual, please avoid personal insults of each other, vulgarities aimed at each other or at …
Hope for Free Market Reform in Uruguay
Although the global media barely covered last year’s elections in Uruguay, President Luis Lacalle Pou’s victory was significant for ending 15 years of governance by the leftist Broad Front. The …
Brickbat: Courting Cruelty
Iran has sentenced four teens to each have four fingers amputated from their right hands after they were convicted of theft. The four say they were tortured into confessing to …
Congress Continues to Spend Delusional Amounts of Money
America’s national debt now stands at close to $27 trillion. According to a new report by the Congressional Budget Office, by the end of 2020, federal debt held by the …