Capitalism Trumps Hate
The Queering of Corporate America: How Big Business Went From LGBTQ Adversary to Ally, by Carlos A. Ball, Beacon Press, 256 pages, $28.95 Big business wasn’t exactly the first place …
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An Oregon Criminal Prosecution of Federal Officers Could Be Removed to Federal Court
The Oregon Attorney General has opened a criminal investigation into the conduct of various federal officers in Portland. If this investigation actually proceeds to some sort of criminal court proceeding, …
Who Are You, Non-Lawyers?
Every year or so, I ask you folks this, so I thought I’d do it again now. Tell us a bit about yourselves, if you are not a lawyer or …
ACLU Sues Federal Agents Deployed in Portland
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Oregon filed the first of what it says will be many lawsuits today over the Trump administration’s use of federal law enforcement to …
When does a Supreme Court judgment become effective?
The Supreme Court is a court, like any other. The only operative portion of a Supreme Court opinion comes with the conclusion on its final page. The authoring Justice or …
Michigan Supreme Court Rebukes County That Seized Home Over $8.41 Tax Debt
When a Michigan retiree accidentally underpaid his county property tax bill by $8.41, he lost his house and all of the equity in it. Oakland County seized the property and …
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Is Suing Atlanta’s Mayor Over the City’s Mask Mandate. Good.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has filed a lawsuit against Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and members of Atlanta’s City Council. The suit aims to prevent the city from enforcing mask …
N.Y. Gun Restrictions Won’t Be Applied Retroactively, to Gun Owner with a 1982 Receiving Stolen Property Conviction
From Matter of Crane, decided Wednesday by Judge Michael L. Dollinger (Monroe County): On March 25, 2020, the Court received notification from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice …
American Airlines Reportedly Accused a Black Social Worker of Kidnapping the White Child In Her Care. Now She’s Suing.
A passenger is suing American Airlines after flight attendants accused her of kidnapping a one-year-old child in her care. The California woman, Shannon Murphy—a black social worker with the Riverside …
Disturbing Reports from Portland
Portland has been a disorderly mess for some time now, but new allegations that unidentified federal officers in unmarked vans are snatching people off the street and whisking them away …