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The “Wall” and the national emergency
I was forced to listen to a bit of Trump’s Rose Garden announcement about his very own and personal National Emergency because I’m listening to MSNBC and they do run Trump snippets, primarily to mock him. (Nicolle Wallace has an … Continue reading
Posted in Koch Bros Final Solution to Democracy, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged "libertarians, Americans for Prosperity, Blacks Law Dictionary, Cato Institute, Democracy in Chains, eminent domain, Fifth Amendment, James McGill Buchanan, Koch Bros, laissez-faire capitalism, Nancy MacLean, Nicolle Wallace, property rights, the Daily News, Trump's Wall, Volokh Report
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“The People vs. Donald Trump”
David Leonhardt excellent, thorough op in today’s Times started me musing over one aspect of our criminal laws: Let’s say the House does impeach Trump and then the GOP-controlled Senate tries and acquits him. An impeachment is an indictment, not … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, Mueller investigation, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Adam Schiff, Blacks Law Dictionary, David Leonhardt, double jeopardy, federal grand jury, Fifth Amendment, impeachment, Jerry Nadler, Robert Mueller, sealed indictments, the House, the Senate, Trump impeachment
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Jeff Sessions supports vigorous civil asset forfeiture? Um, Trump
Don’t know how I missed this story dated July 2017. Maybe it was because I was busy not missing too much else, and maybe because… Wait. First, DailyKos poked me about it the other day. Using imaginary statistics of rising … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged Blacks Law Dictionary, civil asset forfeiture, civil forfeiture, criminal forfeiture, Department of Justice, Jeff Sessions, New Yorker, RICO, Sarah Stillman, Sochi Russia, Trump, Trump family
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