Since never. I’ll get to that below, but story first. David O’Connor, 77, a U.S. Navy veteran and retired truck driver, moved to Tennessee in 2016, a culture-war red state that doesn’t let furriners drive (see license requirements here). Now, 8 years later, the state has canceled [...]
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July 4th, 2024 - 11:05 pm § in Law and Courts, Misc.
Since when do states get to define U.S. citizenship?
Is the Supreme Court sowing political violence?
It has happened before. Some historians believe the 1857 Dred Scott decision, “the worst decision in Supreme Court history,” precipitated the Civil War (see Wikipedia article here). It certainly would be hard to outdo that one for inflaming passions, or identify an issue more likely to p[...]
July 4th, 2024 - 5:42 pm § in Law and Courts, Republicans
Girl, 13, shot to death by teen at Alderwood Mall
She wasn’t the intended victim. When an argument erupted between two groups of kids, and a 16-year-old boy pulled a gun and fired at someone, the bullet hit her instead and now her family has to bury her. The shooting happened at Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood, Washington, on July 3, 2024 (read st[...]
July 4th, 2024 - 3:23 pm § in Law and Courts
Who’s on trial in the Karen Read case?
The “famously corrupt” Boston police are. With their “long history of bribery, fraud, and racial bias,” Boston’s police are distrusted by the community they serve. That likely influenced at least some of the jurors in Karen Read’s murder trial (read article here),[...]
Biden’s response to Supreme Court immunity ruling (video)
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July 2nd, 2024 - 10:56 pm § in Law and Courts
Dishonest cop piled up DUI false arrests
A Fort Collins, Colorado, cop made so many DUI arrests his department designated him their “DUI enforcement officer.” But there was a problem: Officer Jason Haferman was arresting people who hadn’t been drinking — at least 17 of them over an 18-month period. Read about some o[...]
July 2nd, 2024 - 5:06 pm § in America, Christianity, Donald Trump, Law and Courts, Politics, Religion, Republicans
Supreme Court faces more backlash after immunity ruling
The Supreme Court is now a political issue, and its rightwing justices asked for it. The two most conservative members, Thomas and Alito, are embroiled in scandals involving undisclosed gifts from wealthy benefactors, in Thomas’s case millions of dollars. Alito is also under fire for flying MA[...]
July 2nd, 2024 - 4:02 pm § in Law and Courts
Tabloid murder trial detective sacked for misconduct
The lead investigator in a high-profile murder trial in which defense attorneys accused police of framing their client has been relieved of duty, NBC News reported on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 (read story here). The murder victim, a police officer, was the defendant’s boyfriend. They reputedly had[...]
July 1st, 2024 - 11:44 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
How alienated are voters? (video)
Okay, it’s a very informal and unscientific survey. A TV station sent out a reporter in Fort Pierce, Florida, to ask 18 random citizens about the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling and feel out who they’ll vote for in November 2024. What she learned is 17 of the 18 citizens didn’[...]
July 1st, 2024 - 11:08 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Liberals horrified by Supreme Court immunity ruling
Rachel Maddow: “This is a death squad ruling.” Nicolle Wallace: “Rule of law is dead.” Andrew Weissman: “This could not be a worse decision in terms of our country.” Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]