Kyle Rittenhouse Found Not Guilty On All Counts
Kyle Rittenhouse has been found not guilty on all five counts he faced for the shooting of three people.
Category: Law
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
5th Circuit Stays OSHA Vaccine Mandate: Read It For Yourself
The Biden Administration’s plan for a OSHA Vaccine Mandate has been stayed pending “further action” by the courts.
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
SCOTUS Rejects Religious Exemption From Mandatory Vaccinations: Read It For Yourself
The Supreme Court has refused to override mandatory vaccination requirements, this time in Maine for healthcare workers seeking “religious exemption”
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
They’ll Think Themselves Victims: Scenes From An Oregon Attorney’s Office
In which pro-vaccination employment attorney Burt Likko is repeatedly asked to help people avoid their employers’ vaccination mandates.
Rachel Maddow Anti-SLAPPs One America News Network: Read It For Yourself
Not only did OAN’s parent company lose their defamation lawsuit against Rachael Maddow, but now has an anti-SLAPP ruling and compensation added on
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
Texas Abortion Law Suspended By Federal Judge: Read It For Yourself
The controversial and restrictive Texas abortion law has been halted, at least temporarily, by a federal judge.
Wednesday Writs: Risk Management Edition
A Risk Management Edition of Wednesday Writs. Also, “spectral evidence”, which is exactly what it sounds like.
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.
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
Mistrial Declared in Backpage Case
I have suspected from the beginning that the Backpage trial was more political theater than legal proceeding. Nothing I have seen this week had dissuaded me from that opinion.
Apple v Epic Games Lawsuit Decision: Read It For Yourself
If two out of three ain’t bad, wonder how Apple is feeling about the nine out of 10 they won in the Epic Games lawsuit. But that one they lost…
DOJ Sues Texas Over Abortion Law: Read It For Yourself
As expected, the DOJ sues Texas over the abortion law that took effect Sept 1 and the Supreme Court ruled against acting upon.
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.
SCOTUS Allows Texas Abortion Law To Stand
A day after their perceived inaction allowed the controversial Texas abortion law to take affect, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling leaving the law in place
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
