We take it that Dahlia Lithwick over at Slate would generally not approve of District Court judges issuing “rebukes” to the SCOTUS. But she loves this one.
We at LoS are quite struck by this passage:
In order to
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Hyper-technical
By John Regan
Read the SCOTUS blog article on Brown v. Davenport – upon which we have opined before – and see if you can figure out just what the issue is here.
The best thing to say about it, at this point,…
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The Toppling Of A Mayor
By John Regan
Politics ain’t beanbag. We get that.
She knocked off Tom Richards, who was an odd choice for Rochester mayor, speaking demographically. But he was not odd in one important respect: the shadowy powers that be held him in high regard.…
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The Election Of The President
By John Regan
At some point someone has to say something. Might as well be us.
There’s a website characterized as “far right” on Widipedia called “The Gateway Pundit” (“GP”)
GP reports that there was a “rally” yesterday in Georgia presided…
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Open Letter To Don McClean
By John Regan
Last verse of the immortal “American Pie”:
I met a girl who sang the bluesAnd I asked her for some happy newsBut she just smiled and turned awayAnd I went down to the sacred storewhere I’d heard the music, years…
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Finally
By John Regan
Someone, other than us, points out that the SCOTUS really shouldn’t be getting a pass.
Although it isn’t just SCOTUS favoritism to the police that poses a threat to the Republic, as it were. As if we had anything…
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The Feds
By John Regan
Apropos our last post: here’s a clue.
Based solely on federal prosecutions and convictions, the “most corrupt” governments are in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Which just happen to be the three largest cities in the United…
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Collectivism
By John Regan
Just a little musing here this morning.
We were thinking back, in world-historical terms, and reminding ourselves of our now long ago educational experience as an undergrad, where for a time we were infatuated with the ideas of GWF Hegel.…
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Fiat Justitia..
By John Regan
ruat caelum.
“Let justice be done though the heavens fall.”
Being a judge can be a very easy job, or a very difficult one, but when it’s difficult it’s not difficult in the usual way. That is, it’s not difficult…
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Rehashing Casey Anthony
By John Regan
We have no idea why this is occurring. There’s a lot going on in the country, and indeed the world, that ought to command our attention. Then again, look at all the attention the Kardashians get.
In any case, back…
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