The State of the Hat
One of the most justifiably ridiculed type of blog posts is the "hey guys I haven't posted in a long time" non-substantive blog posts, but[Read More…]
A Group Complaint about Law, Liberty, and Leisure
One of the most justifiably ridiculed type of blog posts is the "hey guys I haven't posted in a long time" non-substantive blog posts, but[Read More…]
Filed Under: Meta
By Ken White
Last month I I argued that Harvard Law Professor and frequent Fox guest Alan Dershowitz was lying to you by disguising his perfectly arguable view about what the law should be as a statement of what the law is. Specifically, Dershowitz argues that when someone (say, General Flynn) lies to an FBI agent, and the[Read More…]
Filed Under: Law
By Ken White
Alan Dershowitz, famed Harvard Law School professor and successful trial and appellate lawyer, is lying to you. He's lying about American law — the subject he ostensibly teaches, the subject on which he is called upon as an expert — for partisan reasons, in order to defend President Trump and discredit Special Counsel Robert Mueller.[Read More…]
Filed Under: Law, Politics & Current Events
By Ken White
Filed Under: Fun
By Ken White
This week on All The President's Lawyers: what if it IS RICO? Also, can you charge $63,000 for a fees motion?
Filed Under: Politics & Current Events Tagged With: All The President's Lawyers
By Randazza
by Marc J. Randazza American citizenship is one of the most coveted statuses that mankind has ever invented. A majority of the 7 billion people on this planet would gladly swap their passport for a nice blue one with a gold eagle on its cover. And how do you get it? For the most part,[Read More…]
Filed Under: Effluvia
By Ken White
I should not have to do this. But here we are. There's a political rumor/meme/argument going around in the last couple of weeks among people opposed to Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court. It's a theory that Trump is rushing Kavanaugh onto the Court so he can rule on an obscure double jeopardy case[Read More…]
Filed Under: Law Tagged With: Criminal Justice
By Ken White
Josh tortures me with emoluments and exacting word-by-word analysis of Lawrence Tribe tweets. This week on All The President's Lawyers.
Filed Under: Law Tagged With: All The President's Lawyers
By Ken White
The United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia in Charlottesville has obtained a federal criminal complaint against four men — Benjamin Drake Daley, Michael Paul Miselis, Thomas Walter Gillen, and Cole Evan White — charging them with interstate travel to riot and conspiracy in connection with the August 2017 "Unite the Right" rally.[Read More…]
Filed Under: Law Tagged With: Criminal Justice
By Ken White
If aliens grabbed some rando popped-collar douchebro off of a frathouse roof, Uplifted his brain, and handed him a billion dollars, they'd wind up with Elon Musk, a furiously rich, frighteningly smart visionary and ambulatory Ed Hardy shirt. The wisdom-dump-statted Musk has been terrifying Tesla shareholders by careening from one bizarre antic after another. It[Read More…]
Filed Under: Law Tagged With: Defamation, Free Speech
By Ken White
It's been a while. There are two new ones, and a way to request the old one.
Filed Under: Effluvia