Justice Ginsberg dies…

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was only the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court,  where she was for 27 years.   The 87-year-old had been in and out of  the hospital  for years and was undergoing cancer treatment.   She should have resigned many years ago.   Actually,  Bill Clinton never should have appointed her.   She was extraordinarily fond of the opinions of foreign courts,  prompting me to write her several times a year to remind her that her job was to examine cases against the meaning of the Constitution and that her salary and benefits were paid by American taxpayers like me.   Like  all progressives,  she loathed the document because it presented obstacles and limits to her desires.  Chief Justice John Roberts had  to publicly  mourn her passing,   but he lied —  Ginsburg’s notion of  “justice”  was odd and sometimes downright perverted.

I do wish that she will rest in peace,  despite the fact that she caused a distinct lack of peace for so many people during her tenure on the court.   She  will be lionized by feminists and progressives and they may turn her funeral into one of the insane dimensions.   It will be most interesting to learn if they can resist the temptation to make a spectacle to the extent they don’t pay attention to the presidential election.   Joe Biden’s handlers are probably hoping they do,  because in their charge’s case,  familiarity does indeed breed contempt.   My most fervent wish is that Ginsburg’s is NOT fulfilled.   Mitch McConnell will do his best  to insure  that a new nominee gets a vote,  which Chuck schumer and the rest are already demanding not happen.  Such fun and games….

Alcee Hastings was the…

…perfect choice for Democrats to lead  the hearing  to set guidelines for impeachment debate.  The Congressman served as a U.S. District judge in the Southern District of Florida until his impeachment and removal for bribery and perjury in 1989.   He was elected to the House in 1992 after a surprise win in a run-off.   Apparently Speaker Pelosi saw no irony in having an impeached judge be in charge of this,  which tells us how much importance she actually attaches to the matter.

 

 

Remington files for bankruptcy…

The famous gunmaker’s troubles started  with a  lawsuit by the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting.   The suit was tossed by one court but the idiots at the Connecticut Supreme Court  are still considering it instead of following the lower court’s logical reasoning and tossing the suit.   That is what happens when judges function as activists and forget their job,  which is to follow the laws.

Many gun manufacturers built up too large a supply,  anticipating hillary’s ascension to the throne, but that was just one more nail in Remington’s coffin.  It is still too early to tell whether another Remington firearm will ever be produced.  Fortunately,  I have one already,  along with a century-old Winchester rifle,  both of which may someday pay for a relative’s college tuition….

UPDATE:  Remington has received  a lifeline  — let’s hope it  is successful.

 

 

 

 

When is public not public?

The 11th Circuit court generally displays some judicial restraint and common sense,  unlike the lunatics on the 9th Circuit,  but three of the justices appear to have misplaced their tiny little brains by declaring that public streets  and sidewalks are not public spaces sometimes.

 

Sometimes…

…the law is an ass,  or so the saying goes,  but in  this case  the four justices on the Ohio State Supreme Court are the asses.   Whatever happened to common sense?

 

Risk scores….

Would you be comfortable with a computer calculating the likelihood of your continuing to break the law?   Richard Berk,  a career statistician who is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, thinks you should be. In his view,  if you feed enough data in,  a properly written algorithm can calculate whether a person will engage in criminal behavior.

Starting this fall,  the state of Pennsylvania plans to run a pilot program using Berk’s system in sentencing decisions.

This is a bit much for me,  because a programmer’s biases can worm their way into an algorithm.   It makes me think of  “The Adjustment Bureau”, a movie in which shadowy forces control people’s lives.   Yes,  I do realize that past behavior is often predictive of future behavior,  but I still find it rather creepy.   On the other hand,  since the legal system seems to be falling apart along with everything else,  perhaps we would be smarter to take our chances with the computer…

Judicial tyranny…

Can a court order a person to commit perjury?  The DoJ and the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati says it can,  which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.   Military personnel have more restrictions placed on their rights than others,  but they are not required to obey an unlawful order.   How any court could conclude that a court’s order must be constitutional and lawful in order to be valid is beyond me.

If  Doreen Hendrickson,  a mother jailed last year on “contempt of court” charges for refusing a federal court order to perjure herself,  does not ultimately win her next appeal,  our rights to free speech and due process will be obliterated,  with the result that government can force us to do anything at all.

 

 

 

 

 

Judge rips thug…

A Manhattan judge unleashed a  withering string  of words against a black Harlem man convicted of attempted murder.   Perhaps more people will catch on that it isn’t police officers black men should fear,  but other black men with guns.

Left’s hatred for Scalia…

Less than an hour after Justice Scalia’s death was announced,  the Left erupted in  unrestrained joy  over the news,  freely expressing its hatred of the man it holds responsible for protecting American citizens by upholding the Constitution in the face of governmental intrusion and treachery.

The tweets were bad enough,  but the  piece written  by a former Obama defense official takes the prize,  thus far,  for vitriol and incivility.   Yes, that would be the very same incivility which His Oneness periodically bemoans,  most recently  two days  ago,  blaming Republicans and conservatives,  while displaying no civility himself and setting the discourteous tone for his minions and supporters to ape.

 

 

Free Speech Day 2015…

I neglected to highlight this day this year,  so I wish to make up for the lapse now.   You can’t do better than to read the National Review editorial  from last year.   If you’re short on time,  remember that free speech is a citizen’s weapon against tyranny,  and just like those who would disarm you,  those who would take away your right to speak are planning on doing something which would require a free man to speak.  That’s why  this case is so important.