The burden of proof should be on those who want to reimpose them.
Category Archives: Law
Michigan Backlash
Some county sheriffs are refusing to enforce Half-Whitmer’s idiotic orders.
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It figures that Michigan was one of the first states to see protests. Well, it has one of the worst governors.
[Friday-morning update]
China is impressed with Michigan’s arbitrary totalitarian policies.
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Space Resources Update
An article on the legal state of asteroid mining. This isn’t true, though: “Much like the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, the United States has not signed the Moon Agreement but by custom it adheres to the treaty — at least until Donald Trump’s recent executive order, which explicitly rejects the idea that such agreements are binding to the USA.”
Meanwhile, Michael Listner writes that we must return to the moon to preserve the rule of law in space. Well, that’s certainly a reason, but not the only (or even best) one.
Gut-Check Time
The Declassifications
…show that Durham is the Democrats’ biggest nightmare.
[Afternoon update]
We cannot have two standards of justice in this country.
Sadly, apparently we can, because we certainly have for decades. Hopefully, that’s coming to an end.
The Ethanol Standard
Yes, get rid of it. Take it behind the barn and kill it with an ax. It was always stupid, but in a time of possible food shortages, and oil at historic lows, it’s an insane policy. We had stopped using food for transportation at the turn of the 20th century, but these morons decided to bring the notion back.
Irony Abounds
It looks like Putin turned the FBI into a Russian asset.
Federalism
A remedial explanation for Jonah Goldberg.
The Tyrannical States
Bob Zimmerman is not happy (to put it mildly).
Legally, it’s not really martial law, which is when the military literally takes over, but it’s certainly multiple violations of the Bill of Rights.
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One way to improve the lockdown; stop being hypocritical tyrants.
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South Dakota has a governor who is behaving responsibly, so the WaPo decided to smear her, because she’s (you know) a Republican.
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No, Raleigh police, protesting is in fact not a “non-essential activity.”
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Note the comment at Bob Zimmerman’s post about the New Jersey dance instructor teaching on line alone in her studio, who was ordered to stop by the police, because she was “working.” Apparently, the state wants to make it illegal to earn a living, regardless of risk level.
James Comey
…should apologize.
A lot of people should, but they won’t. What hacks both he and Mueller turned out to be. It’s frightening that people like this can rise to the head of such a powerful agency.