I. The Select Committee v. the DOJ Select Committee Members Vent about the DOJ For months now, members of the Select Committee have been harshly criticizing Merrick Garland and the DOJ, even implying that there is no evidence the DOJ is investigating Trump and his allies. In March, committee members engaged in what NPR called …
The Select Committee v. the DOJ (and lots more stuff) Read More »
A political scientist said this after Thursday’s January 6 Congressional Hearing: To be fair, she is not a lawyer and has no experience with criminal trials. I quote her because she has a large audience and she is influential, and because lots of people are saying similar things (including people who are trained in the …
Proving a Crime in Court v. Proving a Crime in the Media Read More »
Note: If you are receiving this after Sunday morning, please accept my apologies. Something went wrong with my provider and the notices are doing out very slowly. We are switching vendors and this shouldn’t happen again. A Primer on What we Know and What to Look for As the January 6 Hearings Unfold On …
I: What We Know There was an interesting series of events this week involving the Justice Department, Peter Navarro, Mark Meadows, Steven Bannon, and Dan Scavino. Here’s the timeline: Peter Navarro worked in the White House as an advisor on trade issues from January 20, 2017 until January 20, 2021. On February 9, 2022, the Select Committee …
This is a long one, so grab a cup of ☕️ and make yourself comfortable. On Dec. 21, 2012 – one week after Adam Lanza shot and killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut – National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre announced during a press conference that “the only way to stop …
The Racist History of our Gun Laws: How We Got Here Read More »
Note: It is often taking more than 24 hours for all the notices to go out to subscribers, so I’ll start publishing Sunday’s blog post on Saturday night. I. John Eastman Again There was a new filing this week in John Eastman’s fight with the Select Committee Investigating the January 6 Insurrection (the J6 Committee). …
Fact: The only thing standing between us and a Trump-Putin-FOX style government is the Democratic Party. This is why what we might call traditional conservatives are joining the Democratic coalition. They don’t like most of the Democratic Party’s policies, but the Democratic Party is rejecting authoritarianism while the current Republican Party, which has swung far …
Alito’s draft decision is a nightmare. If this is the version adopted by the court, it will overturn Roe v. Wade. Many states already have draconian anti-abortion statutes on the books, which will become good law the moment Roe is overturned. It’s obvious what this means for women and for the nation. Some of these …
A Radicalized and Out-of-Touch Supreme Court: Some Observations and the Solution Read More »
Marjorie Taylor Greene Takes the Stand On Friday, an evidentiary hearing was held before an administrative law judge in Georgia: The case against Marjorie Taylor Green is based on section 3 of the 14th Amendment, added after the Civil War, which states that a person who “engaged in insurrection” or has “given aid and comfort …
Understanding Republican Lies: Majorie Taylor Greene and Kevin McCarthy Read More »
Democracy is always in danger because it contains the seeds of its own demise. An authoritarian can win an election and once in office, batter and dismantle democratic institutions. Freedom of speech means there will always be people saying dangerous things. I understand it. And what worries me about the future of democracy is that …
