Wednesday Writs: Out Of Control Trucks and Runaway Prosecutor Edition
There is no other way to interpret this. The defendant made the prosecutor’s office do work, and suddenly “justice” meant 110 years in prison
Author: Em Carpenter
Wednesday Writs: The Most Concise Synopsis I Can Come Up With on The Supreme Court and SB 8
The Supreme Court announced it will let SB 8 stand while challenges to the law by abortion providers work their way through the courts
Wednesday Writs: Ethan Crumbley’s Parents and Culpability Case Law
The Crumbley case prompts today’s Writs: To what extent can a person be held responsible for a murder they did not physically commit?
Wednesday Writs: Self Defense And The Birth Of The Allen Charge in Allen v United States
This set of instructions, known as the Allen charge, are still used today in some jurisdictions when a jury reports that they are at an impasse
Ordinary Times’ Andrew Donaldson on The Young Turks “Indisputable” with Dr. Rashad Richey
Andrew Donaldson, Managing Editor of Ordinary Times and host of Heard Tell, enters The Bullpen to discuss OSHA’s vaccine mandate.
The Kyle Rittenhouse Trial: Em Carpenter’s Blunt Take On The Whole Thing
In which Em Carpenter finally tells you what she really thinks of Seinfeld, after 3K words breaking down the Kyle Rittenhouse trial
Wednesday Writs: Rufus Gets His Ex Parte Young On, An Explainer
You may be hearing a lot about “Ex Parte Young,” so I thought I’d explain what it is and how this 113 year old Supreme Court decision is currently relevant
A Victim, By Any Other Name
My takeaway here is that it probably doesn’t matter much how the prosecutor refers to the alleged victims of Kyle Rittenhouse
Wednesday Writs: Mowing Through Laws That Blow Edition
I hate to pick on California again, but damn…They make it easy with some newly minted laws that micromanage
Wednesday Writs: Risk Management Edition
A Risk Management Edition of Wednesday Writs. Also, “spectral evidence”, which is exactly what it sounds like.
The Last Normal School Year
Many parents have worried that the closure of schools would cause academic regression in our kids, and it has. But school is not just that…
News You Can’t Make Up, Unless You are Facebook
A fully functional adult stressing about the availability of a particular lipstick says too much about Facebook’s opinion of the average user.
Senate Bill 2829: Marco Rubio’s Out to Mind Your Business
Yes, Marco Rubio, we see you. We are all very impressed with your big fancy bill. Your virtues have been sufficiently signaled.
Wednesday Writs: The First Texas Abortion Bounty Lawsuit
The first lawsuit has been filed under the Texas abortion bounty hunting law, and it is a doozy befitting of the absurd statute it invokes.
Twists, and Deaths, Abound in the Alex Murdaugh Family Saga
Alex is not the first Murdaugh suspected of getting away with murder. There are five bodies attached to the Murdaugh family name now, each deserving of justice.
Much Ado About Nothing In Hudson, Ohio
My God, child porn being distributed in a Hudson, Ohio school! I am appalled…Thankfully, I read the article and saved myself some angst
Wednesday Writs: Rape and The Death Penalty in Coker v Georgia
The sole questioned left for SCOTUS to consider was whether the death penalty in rape cases violated the 8th Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment
Who Needs Batman, When You’ve Got Greg Abbott?
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, tireless champion of women’s health and wellbeing. I just cannot wait until Texas becomes a rape free Utopia!
Texas Abortion Fortune Hunter’s Bill and an Impotent SCOTUS
The Texas abortion ban that is not really a ban, but really is a ban, that Texas uses as an end run around existing precedent.
Wednesday Writs: Actual Innocence In Herrera v Collins
SCOTUS has grappled with actual innocence. Recent jurisprudence begins in 1993 in the case of Herrera v. Collins, our case of the week
