Author: Chris Johnson
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Dellinger v. Bessent (D.D.C. 25-cv-00385)
When I was in elementary school, the principal still had a paddle hanging on the wall behind him. The principal was the person that hired and fired teachers and all other staff at the school. They had significant power. To quote Stan Lee, “With great power comes great responsibility.” Most principals did use their power…
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Coordinate Systems
When I started writing, regularly, for Miguel, I took it upon myself to cover legal cases. Since that time, I’ve learned more than I really wanted to about our justice system. As my mentor used to say, “The justice system is just a system.” As a systems’ person, that allowed me to look at cases…
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State of New York v. Donald J. Trump (S.D. New York 25-cv-01144)
Actual filing in the case: Dear Judge Englemayer, Currently there is an Operation of DOGE, a highly questionable Agency of Donald Trump and Elon Musk, rummaging through US Government Financial, Treasury, CFPB, DOJ Files etc looking for Messy Dirty Scandalous Materials etc. Recent US history reveals MAMMOTH financial crimes and criminal networks at the heart…
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The Zelenskyy Drama (ripped off)
I’m tired, I’m stealing this from Miguel. Old readers from the blog know that I view the conflict between Ukraine and Russia as a large version of a war between the Barzinis and the Corleones. For some reason, Ukraine went from being a cesspool of corruption and international crime to an innocent country bullied by…
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Another win?
This case started in the United States District Court (D.D.C.) This is the court that covers Washington, D.C. Two cases were brought AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition v. United States Department of State and Global Health Council v. Trump. Docket Number: 25-cv-400 and 25-cv-402. The two cases were filed in the same court at nearly the…
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Being a Federal Employee
My mentor was a federal employee. He, and his team, worked odd hours. I would put in my 8 hours as a contractor and then go to his lab and work with him and his team until midnight or later. Somewhere along the way, people noticed that his team didn’t have set hours and raised…
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Hard Choices
People have a difficult time making hard choices. The Trolley Problem brings is one of the ways that we explore ethical choices. The general premises are that there are five people that will die if you do nothing. There is one person, who is currently safe, who can be sacrificed to save the five. Do…
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SCOTUS Watch, Snope et al.
The order list for today has come out. Snope and Ocean State Tactical are distributed for conference this Friday. They are still live. Today’s order list was 58 pages, including 30 or so pages by Thomas in different cases. I’d say a hundred cases were closed out. This looked like an end of term broom,…
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State of New York v Trump (Stop DOGING)
Whenever I see a motion for a TRO, Preliminary Injunction or a Stay, the opinion of the court always includes a reference to . These are known as the “Winter Factors”. They must be addressed in order by the court before granting any of the above. The first factor is the likelihood of success on…