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Supreme Court Upholds the Right to Confront and Cross-Examine Witnesses

Supreme Court Upholds the Right to Confront and Cross-Examine Witnesses

The article is here, upholding the Crawford decision written by the late Justice Scalia. Crawford significantly strengthened the right to face one’s accusers and this is a good decision, the government’s attempt to unwind this failed and that’s a good thing.


Martin Luther King Jr and the Ethics of Resisting Authority

Martin Luther King Jr and the Ethics of Resisting Authority

I know its sometime after MLK day, but the article is interesting, nonetheless. I knew a judge (since retired) that espoused the opposite belief: that unjust laws should be zealously adhered to as way of forcing change.


Being a Democracy Is No Protection from Tyranny

Being a Democracy Is No Protection from Tyranny

What the videos of “democratic” Australia and decide for yourself if those people are free.


United Airlines Employees Sue Over COVID Shot

United Airlines Employees Sue Over COVID Shot

Expect more of this and the resistance to grow.


The Problem with Using the Justice System as a Revenue Generator

The Problem with Using the Justice System as a Revenue Generator

Is that it traps people in poverty.


50 Years Is a Long Time

50 Years Is a Long Time

Some things can be corrected, but not fixed.


Most of Social Media Is a Con of the Product of One

Most of Social Media Is a Con of the Product of One

All those fancy cars? Were the result of fraud.


Prison Strip Search Case Pits Religious Rights Against Transgender Rights

Prison Strip Search Case Pits Religious Rights Against Transgender Rights

“An appeal by a Muslim inmate is testing what Wisconsin considers more important: the inmate’s religious beliefs or a transgender prison guard’s right to be treated the same as his cisgender colleagues.”


Forfeiture Causes Perverse Incentives

Forfeiture Causes Perverse Incentives

Yet another example of the fight over money that government claims is the product of ill gotten gain.


Can Evidence Obtained by Torture Be Used in Court?

Can Evidence Obtained by Torture Be Used in Court?

Well…