Tag: Trumps

When I represented people accused of crimes, I never asked “Did you do it?”. I viewed that question as needlessly confrontational and frankly, irrelevant. My job was not to prove that the defendant “didn’t do it”. It was to make sure that the state didn’t put...

On Friday, the US Supreme Court declined an immediate consideration of a plea from special counsel Jack Smith to determine whether ex-President Donald Trump could face prosecution for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. The justices, rejecting an unusual plea by special counse...

Putting yourself in the shoes of these people is never easy, but it’s certainly interesting that Trump is consistently able to surround himself with a very similar cast of characters. He knows exactly what he’s doing. This lawyer wants a name for herself, and it doesn’t matter at a...

When most people think of the 14th Amendment, they probably first think of equal protection and due process. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is often an afterthought because it has been used infrequently, primarily in the years immediately following the Civil War. Its history dates back to p...

Trump’s Iowa Win Revealed Deep Weaknesses OK, at the outset, how much “news” can be milked out of a vote count of 0.013% of the US population? Maybe, if we are reading the bones right from this very small bird, we can see a distant Something… The augury is not good ...

Sometimes, when advocating for a position, someone will argue something that is absolutely right and yet also absolutely besides the point. These arguments sound good and are often undisputable, but when subjected to any level of scrutiny, they prove to either be irrelevant to, or actually counter-p...

In 1972, Ed Muskie’s campaign was destroyed when he briefly cried in public. Someone had said something nasty about his wife. Plus, he had just seen Beaches for the first time. Three tears in a snowy parking lot in Manchester, and Muskie, then the front-runner, was toast. Soggy toast...

Ever since Trump pledged to build a wall and have “Mexico pay for it,” I’ve always wondered what would happen if Democrats adopted tougher language on the border. Now, it looks like I’m finally getting my answer. Whether or not it’s as big of a problem as people thin...

I find myself unexpectedly captivated by Donald Trump’s legal battles, in a way that goes beyond schadenfreude, if only a bit. I think that a big reason for his current ubiquitous exposure goes beyond the face value of a mediocre, in some ways demonstrably disabled, powerful white man on trial...

Racial terrorism has been a dark stain on America’s history, and the effects of this deep-rooted injustice continue to linger. The pain and suffering inflicted upon individuals and communities of color cannot be understated. It is a painful chapter that demands acknowledgement, understanding, ...