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Always at the Abyss

Michael Siegel August 10, 2020

This reluctance to condemn, this refusal to delineate between protesting and rioting, bears responsibility for what happened...

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“Judgment” is Not Just the Name of a Document

timk May 9, 2017

Unlike a legislature or even an executive, a judicial officer is obliged to explain the reasoning underlying...

Holder Says State Attorneys General Don’t Have to Enforce Obamacare

Tim Kowal February 24, 2014

[Original NYT on which the parody below is based.] Washington — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr....

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Celebrating The Judiciary

Burt Likko October 18, 2013

In which Burt Likko envies Canada for its annual commemoration of courts expanding individual rights.

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stating the obvious

Erik Kain April 24, 2009

“And then, where is the use of torture? It is a slippery trial and uncertain (says Ulpian)...

Jaybird in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I don't believe he was spouting off. He was merely present and, when asked to leave, refused to. The…
Slade the Leveller in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Of course he can stay. Or he could hold his own press conference if he wanted to spout off.
Jaybird in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I'm not talking about whether the alleged death was justified. Who can say? People are innocent unti…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Austin_Metcalf I've been following that one and I don't thi…
Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025In "Where are the Free Speech Abolutists?" discourse, apparently Karmelo Anthony is having a press c…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I wonder if Trump has gotten involved and is giving "ignore due process and make this happen" orders…
Jaybird in reply to pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Well, do everything you can in the meantime to explain how "freedom of speech doesn't mean *THAT*" t…
pillsy in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I never for a second believed that my question would be anything but rhetorical when the day came
Jaybird in reply to CJColucci on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025The first happened during my childhood (note, I'm in my early 50s). Why do you ask?
CJColucci in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025If you don't want to answer the question asked* rather than the one you put (and didn't answer), tha…