Category Archives: Law, suits and order

Other people’s legal problems, aside from my own.

The wholesome character of the Tennessee GOP legislature

You think you’re tired of hearing about the Tennessee Legislature? You’re not. Read the last sentence in this, from Harper’s Weekly Review: In Tennessee, two black Democratic legislators who had led peaceful gun control protesters in chants from the statehouse … Continue reading

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I was once on a jury for a case that settled

I, too, was disappointed in Dominion’s settlement with Fox, most likely because I had wild expectations that it’d mean the End of Fox. Eventually. But pretty quickly I exited the realm of alternative reality and understood the settlement meant the … Continue reading

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“Woke” Chronicles: What I saw on Trump Arraignment Day in NYC

I was taking a long walk up West End Avenue on this lovely spring day. I saw the usual minimal group — people walking dogs, the dogs, doormen, cars. Two women wearing major knee braces. You know. Like that. Around … Continue reading

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