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Archive for May 2nd, 2022

May 2nd, 2022 - 11:44 pm § in Democrats, Law and Courts, Politics

Democrats accuse Trump’s justices of lying, but did they?

“Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused ‘several’ Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices of lying to the Senate about their views of Roe v. Wade,” Huffington Post reported after a draft opinion by Samuel Alito leaked to the media. [...]

May 2nd, 2022 - 10:30 pm § in Law and Courts

What the leaked draft means for abortion

First, this isn’t a Supreme Court decision yet, only a draft, but it probably reflects what the court’s going to do and is pretty close to the eventual decision’s final form. Republicans are already angrily accusing Democrats of leaking the draft in order to “attack the court[...]

May 2nd, 2022 - 1:41 am § in Misc.

Vigilante shoots legitimate shopper

“A suspect is in custody after he allegedly shot a man he believed was shoplifting at a Gig Harbor grocery store on Saturday night,” a Seattle TV station reported on Sunday, May 1, 2022 (read story here). “Witnesses to the incident said the suspect confronted the victim as he was e[...]