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Scene from my life: The Blue Wall of Silence
In yesterday’s Times, Timothy Egan published an opinion piece, “The Blue Wall of Silence Is Starting To Crack.” Although he’s correct to describe the number of policemen who testified for the prosecution against Derek Chauvin as a crack in the … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, Lawyers, Scenes From My Life, The Facts of Life
Tagged 48-hour rule, Abner Louima, Alan Feuer, Blue Wall of Silence, Cochran Neufeld & Scheck, David T. Goldberg, Derek Chauvin, ethics, Johnnie L Cochran Jr, New York State Supreme Court, NY State Labor Board, NYPD, Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, PBA, Peter J Neufeld, Timothy Egan
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Big sigh: the Matt Gaetz story
Oh, I so don’t want to do this. And I didn’t. Not really. It’s Harper’s in its Weekly Review that ran the whole story with all of its roots and shoots and craziness. I confess having had problems following the … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged David McGee, Donald Trump, Harper's, Jeffrey Epstein, Joel Greenberg, Matt Gaetz, presidential pardons, revenge porn, Robert Kent, Robert Levinson, statutory rape, Stephen Alford, The Truman Show, Tucker Carlson
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Gun insanity moves to the Supreme Court. Again.
Because I follow a great blog called SCOTUSBlog, I get notices of the cases which might or will appear before the Supreme Court. Today, I spotted this one. Two reasons why it grabbed me. First, it was a gun case … Continue reading
Posted in Guns in the U.S. of A., Judiciary, Law, suits and order, The Facts of Life
Tagged Brandon Koch, D.C. v Heller, guns, John Elwood, New York State gun laws, NYS Rifle & Pistol Association, open carry, Robert Nash, SCOTUS, SCOTUSblog, Second Amendment
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