April 2023

The Dominion-Fox Settlement and the “Thirst for Justice”

This blog post could have been called, “What to Expect from Future Defamation Cases against Fox.” On Tuesday, just before opening arguments were scheduled in the Dominion-Fox defamation case, the parties announced that they had settled: Fox agreed to pay Dominion $787.5 million. What followed the announcement was an outpouring of shock and rage. Here

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A Firehose of Insanity and The Republican Cycle of Radicalization

There was an explosion of news this week with a theme: The increasing radicalization of the Republican Party. First, we have the abortion pill mifepristone debacle in which a federal judge in Texas attempted to outlaw mifepristone for the entire nation. Here’s the timeline (I find that a bullet point timeline is the best tool

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The People of New York v. Donald J. Trump (documents explained + some helpful hints for understanding legal pundits)

The Statement of Facts You can find the statement here. The upshot: The defendant DONALD J. TRUMP repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New York business records to conceal criminal conduct that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election . . . in violation of election laws. Throughout the remainder of the

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There is a method to the madness (along with actual madness)

Yes, Trump was indicted in Manhattan. After the indictment becomes available, I’ll do a reading of it here: https://law-and-politics.online/@Teri_Kanefield and then I’ll put it on this blog. You can check back midweek. If you’ve seen any of Trump’s recent rants, you know that they are unhinged and dangerous. If he keeps it up, he might

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