In June, 2012 I wrote “Fast and Furious, Where are the Indictments?” and for some reason two people have read that article in the past two days. So I reread it, and noticed an error of fact about the capture…
Category: Law
A Viewer’s Guide to the Impeachment Trial; the Jack McCoy Model
To understand this impeachment process, think “Law and Order”, since most of you got your criminal trial education from that television series. I postponed this brief explanation until I’d seen Day One to gauge how the process might actually play out. I’ve been…
Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can be Granted
“Failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted is a defense to a legal claim.” It means that the claimant has failed to present sufficient facts which, if taken as true, would indicate that a violation of…
Lawyers in the Control Booth
It was lawyers in foxholes, especially since Waco, then 911, providing, among other things, that allowed time for enemy killers, usually laying in mines, by requiring spotters to call in shots to judges and arbiters at a safe distance away, a cuppa Joe nearby,…