An Amorphous Mass of Ill Legality
It might seem, since so many of my posts start by referring to Scott Greenfield’s blog posts, that I’m an acolyte, or that his stuff is all I ever read. Not true. But he’s posting up to two or three...
View ArticleRule of Law versus Rule of Man
Anyone who followed this blog in the past would know that I used to blog regularly. And then I didn’t. Now comes a New Year (caps required), and the requisite Resolutions, which may, or may not, be...
View ArticleInsanity &“The Law”
Let me start with this: this post is not about the insanity defense, or about people accused of crimes who utilize some psychologically-oriented defense to escape punishment for their offenses. I even...
View Article“Rulezizrulez:” The Law of Rules v. The Rule of Law
Yesterday, the State of Alabama murdered a man to teach him – and presumably potential future murderers of people – that murdering people is wrong. The man’s name was Christopher Eugene Brooks. Alone,...
View ArticleLaw-With-A-Capital-L
Originally, I had titled this post, “Ignorantia legis persona.” Yeah, I know. It’s all Greek to you. But, actually, it’s Latin – and unless I screwed it up, it means “ignorance of the law person,” by...
View ArticleTin Soldiers
If I don’t start with this, too many people are not going to be able to get past their own prejudices to understand what I’m going to try to say here: I am not going to advocate for shooting police...
View ArticleThe So-Called Rule of Law
In the aftermath of what appears to be a not-well-thought-out xenophobic executive order banning—or pausing, or just plain being confused, which goes back to the idea that it was...
View ArticleThe Nerve of Law Enforcement
For most of the ten years that I’ve practiced criminal defense as a private attorney, about fifty percent of my practice would typically be juvenile delinquency cases. I had many opportunities to see...
View ArticleGuilty Offense? A Defense.
A prosecutor in Louisiana apparently wishes to ensure accused people are punished for trying to defend themselves against having been accused. Throughout history, and throughout the world, there have...
View ArticleWhen Law Dies
You’d never guess from looking anywhere in the United States today, but the United States was established with a limited form of government. We named the Constitution of the United States that because...
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