Burns Park Dog Lawyer

If only Ukraine had a ceremonial monarch who could write Trump fancy letters…

No matter Trump, Vance, Elon, & Putin’s power in our world, they don’t have an ounce of love, courage, integrity, or really any real values at all. What’s the point of life or happiness, if you stand for absolutely nothing??? (I think this is the central theme of harry potter btw…)

Any idea which public interest orgs have been most successful in winning injunctions, and thus more efficient to steer donations towards?

Asking for a friend… what is the legal recourse for a fired probationary employee? MSPB, and then what? And what damages could they expect?

Asking for a friend… what is the legal recourse for a fired probationary employee? MSPB, and then what? And what damages could they expect? Can any employment lawyers weigh in?

No wonder Milgram didn’t control for billionaires in his electric shock study. They are obedient lapdogs like the rest of us (or at least like the Yale undergrads used in the study)

This, the 1/6 pardons, Adams, and opening investigations into Chuck Schumer, clearly shows what Trump thinks DOJ is for. "The task of the totalitarian police is not to discover crimes, but to be on hand when the government decides to arrest a certain category of the population." - Hannah Arendt

Don't cancel your WaPo subscription just yet! An opinion page dedicated to free markets and personal liberties would surely be opposed to random tariffs, siding with autocratic Russia over democratic Ukraine, stripping press credentials from the AP... right???

4/4 In effect, the government holds a veto over Smith's choice of attorney in any case where a security clearance is required to provide competent representation, which seriously impedes Smith's access to a fair legal process.

3/4 such as a limitation against hiring an attorney who previously failed the clearance process because they are an Iranian agent. Stripping Koski's clearance solely relates to his representation of Smith, signaling to other attorneys that their clearances would be revoked for aiding Mr. Smith.

2/4 Smith could respond that the revocation of his attorney's security clearance was vindictive. If Peter Koski had a clearance prior to his representation of Mr. Smith, then the government cannot assert Smith's 6a right is being limited by a neutral rule backed by a legitimate policy.

1/4 Trump admin would cite US . Wheat (holding no 6a right to an attorney with an unwaivable conflict) and Caplin & Drysdale v. US (no right to pay an attorney using criminal proceeds) for the proposition that the 6a is not absolute (i.e. a defendant does not have the right to any attorney).

this probably violates the 6a right to counsel: THREAD below

Yup. The 6a right to counsel is more than just the right to a public defender. Presumably, anyone representing Smith needs a clearance, so the gov’t wields an arbitrary veto power over his choice of attorney…