Category: Criminal Defense

There have been precious few decisions from the United States Supreme Court where the opinion of Justice Sam Alito didn’t cause me paroxysms of pain. It’s almost a truism that the worst opinion begin, “Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court.” And yet, in his five-page dissent from the denial of cert in Coalition […]

Put aside Trump’s braggadocio, that he’s so very rich. He is, and he’s not. He’s a whole lot wealthier than me and, likely, you, but there are many who are far more wealthy. And as the case overwhelmingly proved, Trump can’t be trusted when it comes to his own wealth. He lies. A lot. Put […]

A woman in Chisago County was arrested for driving while intoxicated after police responded to a call about a school bus being stuck in a farmer’s field. According to court documents, a property owner in Rush City called to reported that a bus was stuck in their cornfield and pinned against a basketball court. When […]

Over a thousand people move to Texas every day. We have nearly 200,000 miles of roadway. Texas has also spent $2 billion from 2015 to 2022 to make our roadways safer. Texas also has a “Road to Zero” goal which is zero fatalities on Texas roads by 2050. So how are we doing? Texas Crash […]

For some of us, mere competent customer service is such a stunning improvement from the norm that we applaud it. After all, how often are we able to get anything accomplished, no less done right the first time without insufferable fuss? But for an employee with a form of Tourtette Sydrome, coprolalia, performing the job […]

Sheriff Roy Templeton noticed two things on arriving at the scene of the incident. The first was that Farmer Jesse Burkitt’s prize Holstein was very dead. The second was the cow apparently met its demise when something (it had to be a something, Sheriff Roy thought) sucked its innards out through its rectal area. “Deputy […]

Without reading the complaint itself, it’s hard to determine whether Northern District of Florida Judge Kent Wetherell was being fair or harsh with pro se plaintiff lawyer Allan Kassenoff. That a lawyer proceeded pro se is a red flag, as with anyone else. That the lawyer’s complaint was 110 pages was another red flag, although […]