It’s almost the 800th anniversary of the signing, and there will be a ceremony in Runnymede on Monday, with Daniel Hannan. But if you’re in the Los Angeles area you can participate via satellite with him by attending this conference tomorrow and Monday. Looks like an interesting line up of speakers, if you’re interested in things Anglospheric.
Category Archives: Law
IT Security Training
There is no evidence that Hillary, Chery Mills or Huma ever got any. And there’s also no evidence that she ever signed the separation form. Laws are for the little people.
Hillary Clinton And Voting
Yes, this is just about ginning up the base, and allowing/encouraging as many illegitimate Democrat votes as possible.
[Update a few minutes later]
Why Hillary’s vote “reform” proposals are all likely unconstitutional.
She doesn’t care about the Constitution any more than Barack Obama does.
Reason
The Justice Department assault on it:
Sadly, the Department of Justice can probably annoy everyone a great deal before it either loses or gives up trying. “The government doesn’t need reasonable suspicion or probable case to use grand jury subpoenas to seek information,” White confirms. “Regrettably, the government can probably abuse the Grand Jury subpoena power this way.” What it almost certainly cannot do, though, is win in court. Indeed, it is especially bizarre that the DOJ would pick this fight given that just last week the Supreme Court made it clear that, in order for a person to be found guilty of issuing “true threats,” prosecutors must demonstrate not only that a reasonable person would construe the words at hand as a “threat” but convince a jury that he knew what he was doing. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Roberts concluded that “federal criminal liability generally does not turn solely on the results of an act without considering the defendant’s mental state.” Under this standard, jokes, hyperbole, and rank stupidity in the comments section of a website are, frankly, not going to cut it. Good old mens rea would make sure of that.
Mens rea doesn’t seem to mean much any more. Few people are aware of the multiple federal felonies per day that they are probably committing.
Obama Hopes SCOTUS Will “Play It Straight”
Because, you know, the only way to “play it straight” is to agree with him.
I don’t think we’ve ever seen a president so contemptuously dismissive of the motives of anyone who disagrees with him. He is almost constitutionally unable to grant good will to what he views as his only enemies, which are domestic, not foreign.
The Court “Victory” For The EPA
This doesn’t sound like a huge legal victory for the administration. It only postpones an actual ruling until later this summer.
A New Private Launch Industry
In Japan? The Diet is going to take up a Japanese version of the Commercial Space Launch Act.
Executive Amnesty
Terrific–so the President can take executive action that not only transforms individuals whom our law classifies as “deportable” into “not deportable,” he can simultaneously confer upon them multiple benefits, including work permits and now, tax refunds, which will be funded by law-abiding individuals who are present in the country legally.
Fundamentally transforming America!
“Blue-State Justice”
…is rarer than red:
On Thursday, Virginia Governor and Democratic candidate for president Terry McAuliffe issued a Task Force report on campus sexual assault organized by the state’s Democratic attorney general, Mark Herring. This 107-page report was perhaps most notable for what it did not include. It did not once mention the phrase “false accusations.” It appears being framed does not concern Virginia policymakers. Perhaps for that reason, this report, which discussed how Virginia colleges need to respond to sexual assault allegations didn’t mention the highest-profile rape allegation on a Virginia campus in recent years. Rolling Stone, Sabrina Rubin Erdely, or the false accuser “Jackie” were, it seems, not relevant to a discussion about campus rape claims in Virginia.
If you wanted to destroy academia, it would be harder to come up with better plans than these people have.
[Update a while later]
“We literally can’t afford to let the Title IX inquisition continue.”
The House Lawsuit Against Obama
It looks like Judge Collyer is taking it seriously.
Good.