In the famous 1963 case Gideon v. Wainwright, made into a movie starring Henry Fonda (watch it below), the Supreme Court ruled states must provide indigent defendants with lawyers in criminal case (details here). In Washington, counties and cities employ public defenders for this task. But the state[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Washington’
September 24th, 2024 - 5:39 pm § in Law and Courts
Does anyone actually get more time for using a gun in a crime?
Dylan Scott Jennings, 37, of Bellevue, Washington, just did (read story here). Jennings, enraged by his estranged wife seeing another man, walked into the bar where she worked and shot her dead on July 5, 2021. There were aggravating factors: He showed no remorse, and used a stolen gun. Washington h[...]
Gov. Daniel J. Evans (1925-2024)
Daniel J. Evans was an old-fashioned Republican, who personified the ideal of what a politician should be. Born in 1925, he had a glowing resume. Descended from a politically prominent family that migrated to the Washington Territory before the Civil War, he grew up in Seattle, was an Eagle Scout, [...]
September 16th, 2024 - 8:20 pm § in Politics
Don’t elect Carrie R. Kennedy to Washington’s legislature
Carrie R. Kennedy (photo, right; profile here) is an Oath Keeper who ran for Congress in 2022, finishing 6th in the primary (see results here), and is running for a legislative seat in 2024 in a district that includes Whidbey Island. Although she eked out a weak second place in the primary and is on[...]
WA public lands commissioner: Upthegrove gains 2 votes in recount, will advance to November election
Dave Upthegrove (photo, left; bio here), 53, a Democrat, likely will be Washington’s next Commissioner of Public Lands. He’s currently a King County Councilman, and previously served in the legislature. He will succeed Hilary Franz, a Democrat who didn’t seek reelection and instead[...]
How Republicans might win in Washington
Actually, I don’t know if they could, but cutting the anchor rope would be a good way to start. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Nope, Tiffany Smiley can’t beat Dan Newhouse
Tiffany Smiley (photo, left) tried to unseat Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) in the August 2024 primary, but she came in third, meaning she’s eliminated. Newhouse will face Jerrod Sessler in November. Trump endorsed Sessler and Smiley. He has a grudge against Newhouse, who voted to impeach him for th[...]
Can Tiffany Smiley beat Dan Newhouse?
Dan Newhouse (R-WA) is a 5-term congressman who represents the swath of eastern Washington just east of the Cascade mountains, from the Canadian border to the Columbia River (see map here). The district is so red it will go Republican in November. In every election there, the Democratic candidate st[...]
Who’s lying about abortion in WA governor’s race?
Polls show Bob Ferguson (D) and Dave Reichert (R) will face off for Washington governor after next week’s primary. They’re already calling each other liars. Ferguson ran an ad saying Reichert, while in Congress, “voted for a nationwide abortion ban, with criminal penalties for doct[...]
Can Dave Reichert get 45%?
Dave Reichert (photo, left, and he sure looks old) probably will be the 2024 GOP nominee for Washington governor. The white-haired septuagenarian is the closest to a respectable Republican there is in Washington politics, and one of the state’s best-known politicians from having served in Cong[...]