Category: Explainer
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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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Bessent v. Dellinger, SCOTUS Watch
This matter concerns the President’s action to remove Hampton Dellinger from his position as Special Counsel for the Office of Special Counsel. Dellinger challenged his without-cause removal in the District Court for the District of Columbia. See 5 U. S. C. §1211(b). On February 12, 2025, the District Court entered a temporary restraining order (TRO)…
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Bassent v. Dellinger, 24A790 (SCOTUS)
We’ve talked about the process of litigation in a civil suit. A complaint is filed. In the complaint, the plaintiffs state what they are challenging, why they believe the law supports them, what harm they are suffering, and what relief they seek. The facts in this case are that on Friday, February 7, 2025, Trump…
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State of New York v. Donald J. Trump
A hearing was held on Friday. I expect the judge to issue an order regarding the Preliminary Injunction on Monday. The TRO expired on Friday, so the judge will either issue an order regarding the case. If she is going to go rogue, she will want to have that done on Monday to stop the…
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Clearances
Every piece of information the government or military processes has a classification level assigned to it. Currently, the federal government lists four levels of clearances that are associated with classification levels. The other level is “No Clearance”. Information that is classified as “Confidential” could cause damage to national security if disclosed. Note the weasel word…
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The Fourteenth Amendment
Section 1 All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State…
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The Boy That Cried Wolf
First, Mark Smith is a lawyer. I am not. Much of the “inside baseball” I’ve learned from listening to Mark and others like him on YouTube. His analysis of many cases is spot on. Many times his analysis guides mine. I enjoy listening to him. To put it differently, I enjoy him attempting to “make…
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Reading The Docket
Ally came to me the other day upset about the TikTok case. One of her issues was that the AP was reporting that they couldn’t report more because it was “sealed”. I found this to be unusual and went to the source to find out what is going on. What I found was somewhat different.…
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How to Win without Winning
There are places where I feel sorry for The People. People in California seem to have gotten what they wanted. The people of Illinois, not so much. The lower court of the State recently issued an order in favor of The People, but not of the Second Amendment. This was a win. The people of…
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How good is your ability to read tea leaves? Watching SCOTUS
John of www.GunsSaveLife.com was kind enough to post a link back to us and to quote The Game is On! SCOTUS update He expressed a bit of skepticism. John is skeptical because nobody knows what is going to happen in Supreme Court conferences. It is all “reading the tea leaves”. The black box which is…