Category Archives: The Rule of Law

Fani Willis and the Failure of Conservatism as Policy

Posted on September 11, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

And by conservatism, I mean conservatism as it is espoused and done, not think tank white papers. A recent Messenger article describes how District Attorney Fani Willis, who has indicted Trump and many others on RICO charges related to attempts … Continue reading →

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One Key Point About the Georgia Indictment

Posted on August 16, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist
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Jack Goldsmith’s Silly Ant-Trump Prosecution Op-Ed and the Needed Corollary to Murc’s Law

Posted on August 9, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

The NY Times, continuing in the tradition of giving equal opportunity to stupid arguments, published an op-ed by conservative Jack Goldsmith, who argues that prosecuting Trump would (further) delegitimize the Department of Justice for a part of the population, and … Continue reading →

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The Surreal Nature of the Recent Trump Indictment Is an Indictment of Our Judicial System

Posted on August 7, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

What I find surreal about the recent Trump indictment is that everyone knows Trump did what he is accused of doing, with the exception of some delusional conservatives. The January 6th congressional hearings illustrated in further detail what many of … Continue reading →

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The Trump Indictment Isn’t about Free Speech

Posted on August 4, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s about a conspiracy to unlawfully overturn an election. David Dayen notes the obvious (boldface mine): …they claim that you cannot criminalize free speech, even as special counsel Jack Smith took pains to say in the complaint that Trump could … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on the Indictment

Posted on August 2, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

In no particular order: Yesterday was not a Solemn or Sad Day. January 6, the day of the Insurrection, was a sad day. Yesterday was a good day, even a joyous one. Given all of the misery he caused–not to … Continue reading →

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He’s Just an Insider Threat

Posted on June 14, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

One of the things about living in D.C. is one can encounter the rules and regulations of official Wor-Shing-Tun quite often–many people have to (or have had to) deal with various federal workplace policies. As information technology becomes more critical, … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts About That Indictment

Posted on June 12, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Bed, bath, and beyond a reasonable doubt In no particular order: Upon further reflection, I’m concerned that Judge Aileen “Loose” Cannon is the judge, not so much because she is a partisan hack (though she is), but because she is … Continue reading →

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The Court’s Disdain

Posted on June 2, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

In a must-read piece, Jason Chafetz brings the heat (boldface mine): In all of these areas and in plenty more, the justices have seized for themselves an active role in governance. But perhaps even more consequentially, in doing so, they … Continue reading →

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Justice Thomas and the Chevron (Un)Defense

Posted on May 16, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

One of the sort-of defenses of Crow Holdings LLC attorney and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ inappropriate financial relationships with billionaire Harlan Crow is that Thomas believed this crapola anyway. Well, hold your horses, Sparky, because it appears Thomas went … Continue reading →

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