Tides flow and ebb, and so does America’s political center. From 1980 to 2005, the progressive left “was mostly irrelevant to national politics,” a Vox article says (here). “The Cold War was over, and capitalism reigned ascendant.” The parties shifted — the GOP to[...]
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October 21st, 2024 - 8:04 pm § in America, Biden, Christianity, Democrats, Donald Trump, Law and Courts, Politics, Racism, Republicans, Schools & Colleges
The tides of political change
October 21st, 2024 - 3:29 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Is Trump’s latest slander of the Central Park Five actionable?
Trump once wanted these five black men dead, even though the courts adjudged them innocent of the crime he still blames on them. The five men (pictured below), known as the Central Park Five, spent years in prison for a crime they officially didn’t commit. They’ve been fully exonerated, [...]
Governors don’t get to decide which political advertising is “false”
It’s now clear it was Gov. Ron DeSantis who ordered Florida TV stations to stop airing ads for an abortion-rights initiative. The cease-and-desist letter to TV stations was signed by the state health department’s top lawyer, who has since resigned and now says he was coerced to sign the [...]
Abortion ban exceptions aren’t real
Abortion bans are total, period. Many states that ban abortions offer exceptions for rape or incest. But only on paper; in practice, rape victims can’t get abortions in those states. An advocacy group says rape and incest exceptions “are just marketing” by anti-abortion politician[...]
October 17th, 2024 - 5:34 pm § in Law and Courts
Yes, government has the power to kill you
You may think we’re a free people, living in a free country, but the government can kill you even if you’re innocent. Our legal system, generally speaking, allows government officials to arbitrarily take your life. Our political leaders can embroil our country in a war, enact conscriptio[...]
October 17th, 2024 - 12:46 am § in Law and Courts, Politics
Suspicion ≠ Fact
This is so obvious, so basic, we should be able to agree on it. A mere suspicion isn’t a fact; and disputed facts require proof. That’s how our legal system works, and that’s how most people conduct their daily affairs. A partisan election board’s paranoia about voting fraud shouldn’t be g[...]
Vance embraces Trump’s Big Lie
After dancing around the question at the October 1 debate, and for weeks afterward, J. D. Vance finally answered it. He said: “I think there are serious problems in 2020. So, did Donald Trump lose the election? Not by the words that I would use.” (Read story here.) Vance, in his own word[...]
October 14th, 2024 - 6:48 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Is this free speech or trespassing?
This water town is property of the town of Hanson, Massachusetts. The light show is courtesy of a neighbor. Hanson officials have issued a cease-and-desist letter, and $100-a-day fines, to the resident (read story here). This absolutely is about free speech. From the town’s point of view, it d[...]
October 13th, 2024 - 6:59 pm § in Law and Courts
Should this man be executed?
Tremane Wood is on Arizona’s death row, and fighting for his life. Death penalty opponents and liberal media are also trying to rescue him from the death penalty. When trying to overturn a death sentence in the U.S., lawyers specializing in this work often focus on legal process arguments inst[...]
October 13th, 2024 - 4:33 pm § in Law and Courts
Covid-19 vaccine cards counterfeiter sentenced to prison
A federal judge sentenced a Salt Lake City man to 12 months in prison, 3 years of probation, and a $40,000 fine for counterfeiting Covid-19 vaccine cards. Nicholas Frank Sciotto, 34, pleaded guilty to printing and selling over 120,000 of the fake CDC cards during the height of the pandemic, when pro[...]