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*Everyone* accused of a crime β€œdeserves” all their constitutional and other legal rights being respected, including the presumption of innocence

30.01.2026 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How about the Eighth Amendment right to reasonable bail?

29.01.2026 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What federal offense could they conceivably be investigating that has a statute of limitations longer than the standard five years?

29.01.2026 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remember his beautiful β€œStreets of Philadelphia,” about the AIDS crisis.

29.01.2026 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good work on that column, btw. Nancy is so eloquent. Very glad I could put you two in touch

29.01.2026 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What were the dimensions of those sheets of paper, that a hole could be cut in the sheaf that was large enough to put a man’s head through?

29.01.2026 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And Border Patrol

25.01.2026 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Already emailed you the name. Let me know if you need more.

24.01.2026 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Email perhaps?

24.01.2026 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wanted to DM you a name but you don’t seem to allow private messages

24.01.2026 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Oops

12.01.2026 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But only (a) if β€œforcibly” and (b) if not under circumstances and in a manner not protected by the First Amendment

10.01.2026 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The current ICE β€œenforcement”/arrest/detention actions in cities are not border searches, and are most certainly governed by the Fourth Amendment. The fact that ICE is acting as if this were not so is not due to any ruling by the Supreme Court.

07.01.2026 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Supreme Court has done no such thing.

07.01.2026 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Does the book have good stuff on his colleague Thaddeus Stevens, our local radical R here in SE Pa.?

29.12.2025 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The House I Live In
YouTube video by Library of Congress The House I Live In

β€œThe House I Live In” m.youtube.com/watch?v=ovwH... at 7:00

26.12.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 146    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 4

The key phrase here is β€œfrom the third world,” meaning dark-skinned and non-European.

26.12.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

President Thomas Jefferson.

21.12.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Malignant narcissism is a recognized mental disorder

15.12.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Actually, depending on the precise framing of the question, the percentage of Texas voters who prefer a generic Democrat over a generic Republican is between 41 and 49 percent.

14.12.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks to decades of aggressive DOJ litigation, the trigger for overcoming attorney-client privilege with an assertion of the crime-fraud exception is very lax, and the chances of refuting it, once invoked, are almost non-existent.

12.12.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t confuse me with the facts.

07.12.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why is that an β€œor”?

03.12.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. See response on this thread from Bearance.

30.11.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Walker v. City of Birmingham (1967) In Walker v. City of Birmingham (1967), the Court refused to look at whether a court order against Birmingham civil rights protestors violated the First Amendment.

The Supreme Court ruled in 1967 by 5-4 vote that a person must comply with a court order that applies to them even if that order is clearly and blatantly unconstitutional. firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/walk...

30.11.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And about Eastern European Jews in the 1910’s and β€˜20s.

28.11.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You’re welcome

27.11.2025 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No. That’s not 1976.

27.11.2025 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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United States v. Miller, 425 U.S. 435 (1976) United States v. Miller

A pernicious decision of the Rehnquist era. Many scholars consider it to have been wrongly decided. Nevertheless the precedent stands at this time. Google β€œthird party doctrine” and Fourth Amendment. supreme.justia.com/cases/federa...

27.11.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Probably not. See US v Miller (SCt 1976) (records of bank transactions belong to the bank not the customer and so can be obtained by subpoena or summons, not requiring a warrant, without impairing customer’s Fourth Amendment rights)

27.11.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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