Category Archives: The Rule of Law

Some Context for Crime in D.C.

Posted on March 16, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

The context is 67 percent of those arrested aren’t prosecuted (boldface mine): In fiscal year 2022, which ended in September, the USAO received 15,315 arrests from police working in D.C. and declined to prosecute 10,261, or 67 percent of them. … Continue reading →

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Is Our Police Learning: The Jump Out Squad Edition

Posted on February 2, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

I’ve been trying to write something about policing, but it hasn’t been coming together. While doing so, however, I came across this article about D.C.’s jump out squads. What’s a jump out squad? The squads operate in a lot of … Continue reading →

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Another Democratic Crisis

Posted on January 25, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

And I mean democratic with a little ‘d.’ Over the last week, several items crossed the transom that all share a common theme: The Pittsburgh police chief unilaterally decided that he would ignore City Council legislation to stop pulling drivers … Continue reading →

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I Guess We’re Not Doing Broken Windows Policing Anymore

Posted on November 22, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Seems unclear if anything else is replacing it though. From NYC (boldface mine): A string of attacks on a Hell’s Kitchen gay bar is raising alarm in the LGBTQ community, along with questions about the NYPD’s investigation, following a mass … Continue reading →

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A Few Thoughts on Yesterday’s Jan. 6 Hearings

Posted on October 14, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

In no particular order: It’s absolutely clear Jan. 6 was not a spontaneous riot, but a planned, coordinated event. Trump knew what was happening and did nothing to prevent it I’ve criticized Speaker Pelosi often, but she, unlike many people … Continue reading →

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The Extremist’s Veto: What Happens If We Don’t Prosecute Trump?

Posted on September 19, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

When it comes to the topic of prosecuting former, twice-impeached Donald Trump, some asshole with a blog noted: Our political discourse is admitting that, if the left, construed broadly loses, then they might protest and do non-violent things, but if … Continue reading →

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There Is No Neutral Position for the Department of Justice

Posted on September 6, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Sunday, the NY Times reported that the Department of Justice is debating whether or not to delay investigating Trump due to unwritten, informal policies (the norms!) about charging officials close to an election. This ignores the obvious reality that the … Continue reading →

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ALL UR NUKULAR IS BELONG TO TRUMP

Posted on August 12, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Amidst all the HAET TAEKS about the Mar-A-Lago raid, I’ll just add that for federal employees, the wanton disregard by Trump et alia for rules, regulations, and the law is incredibly demoralizing. As bad as a rule-following bureaucracy might be, … Continue reading →

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An Ultimate (Judicial) Veto Point

Posted on July 11, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Of a sort. Looking at the reaction to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh being heckled by protestors while dining at Morton’s Steakhouse (lots of ‘dining at Morton’s isn’t a right enumerated in the Constitution’ jokes, along with a healthy dose … Continue reading →

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A HAWT TAEK on the Clarence and Ginny Thomas Scandal

Posted on March 29, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Maybe we should call it ‘Thomas-gate’? (No, that’s not the HAWT TAEK). I realize that Supreme Court Justice Thomas shouldn’t automatically be considered to share his wife’s bugshitcrazytarian views on the election. But Democrats should call on him to recognize … Continue reading →

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