5/15/220 – WSJ. In his zeal to convict Michael Flynn of something, federal Judge Emmet Sullivan is harming his own reputation. He’s also violating the law, as he’d know if he had read Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s opinion last week overturning the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. On Wednesday Judge Sullivan appointed an ex-judge to explore whether former Mr. Flynn... Read more
Archive for the ‘US Constitution’ Category
Sweeping Restrictions need Accountability
May 13 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, Coronavirus, Jenkins, Losing Freedom, US Constitution“Our country and our Constitution are finished, however, if the most sweeping, authoritarian and undemocratic restrictions on individual liberty ever contemplated are not subjected to legal challenge and accountability.” ==== WSJ – 5/13/20 by. Holman W Jenkins, Jr. A CEO has obligations to share-h olders, among them not to let anybody take anything of value from the company that the taker has no... Read more
Caesar, God and the Lockdowns
May 12 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, Coronavirus, Losing Freedom, Religious Persecution, US ConstitutionI don’t understand all the motives, but there are elements in the USA that are inclined to restrict religious activity more strictly that non-religious activity. This is unconstitutional and the people should push back. mrossol ==== WSJ. – 5/12/20 As governors consider how to ease their lockdowns, they might take a moment to read a pair of unanimous opinions this month from the... Read more
The Vindication of Michael Flynn
May 12 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, FBI, Law, Losing Freedom, Party Politics, Special Counsel, The Left, US Constitution“If they [bad political, partisan actors] can do it to an honorable Army general, they can do it to you.” I applaud this result, but my paranoia remains. There remains much house cleaning yet to be done in the FBI and Justice Department. mrossol ==== WSJ – 5/12/2020 The Justice Department dropped its case against Michael Flynn on Thursday, “with prejudice,” in... Read more
So You Think You Want To Prosecute?
May 12 | Posted by mrossol | Lawfare, Losing Freedom, US ConstitutionA Primer to entice you to learn more about the law. ===== WSJ 5/12/20 Springtime for overzealous prosecutors looking for a political score is over. The Supreme Court on Thursday in Kelly v. U.S. unanimously reversed public corruption convictions of two aides to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, reaffirming that not all sleazy, self-serving behavior by public officials is criminal. In 2015... Read more
Thoughts on the Current Crisis – Imprimis
April 16 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, American Thought, Big Govt, Coronavirus, Losing Freedom, The Left, US ConstitutionThis is rather long, but it may be one of the more important pieces I post. I just finished Hillsdale’s online course The US Constitution 101. In the course you learn how the USA has gotten from the founders to today and how the Constitution is thought about, to how our government functions today. The current COVID-19 “crisis”... Read more
