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The article from�?Politico is here on how the incident on January 6th was hyped up out of proportion to the crimes alleged.�? “Americans outraged by the storming of Capitol Hill are in for a jarring reality check:

Michigan congresswoman Elissa Slotkin says the end date for America’s singular focus on threats from foreign terrorists has come and gone. “January 6, for me, kind of capped the end of the post-9/11 era,”

Via Forbes: “The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear oral argument in Caniglia v. Strom, a case that could have sweeping consequences for policing, due process, and mental health, with the Biden Administration and attorneys general from nine states urging the High Court to uphold warrantless gun confiscation.

And making the maximum sentence 48 years. Felony murder is in most states (not Montana where it has been broadened to include considerably more) is the law that allows the State to prosecute an individual for a death that occurred in the course of a felony, even if the person didn’t commit the homicide themselves.�?

Just because its legal at the state level, does not mean there won’t be consequences at the federal level.

The article is here.�? Once this is implemented, its going to bed interesting to see what impact this has and how it is going to be used

“A federal judge wrongly ordered two San Francisco county jails to provide an hour of access to outdoor sunlight per week to pre-trial inmates locked up for more than four years, an attorney for the city argued before three Ninth Circuit judges Thursday.”

For those that don’t know how a jury is selected in a criminal case in Montana (and in general terms in federal and state courts around the county) I will describe the process.�? First there is a group of people selected out of the driver’s license and voter rolls of the jurisdiction of the court.�?

It prohibits discrimination on the basis of hairstyle.�? California passed it last year and Connecticut is now the second state to follow their lead.�?

They were also the last state requiring a jury to be unanimous in order to convict someone of a crime. The article can be found here.