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Missouri is suing China over COVID-19, and it’s just legal theater

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

Missouri’s Attorney General Eric Schmitt has filed suit against China, accusing it of “deceit, concealment, misfeasance, and inaction” in unleashing COVID-19 on the world.

Wait, can foreign states be sued in US courts? Usually, no, and until 1952, []

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Making a bad situation worse: The choice between the economy and lives is a false one

Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

The choice between the economy and lives is a false one. Our collective internal risk calculus won’t simply flip from ‘unsafe’ to ‘safe’ because a governor lifts a stay-at-home []

Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz: TV dolts adding to the problems with having a TV president

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

[Regarding this story: After Fauci urged caution in reopening the economy, Fox News turned to Dr. Phil for a second opinion]

The most dangerous place in the country at the present moment isn’t a nursing home but rather the space between ‘Dr. Phil’ []

The fully corrupt reason live TV wrestling is deemed ‘essential’ in Florida

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

[Regarding this story: Linda McMahon’s Trump Ties Under Scrutiny As WWE Is Deemed Essential In Florida]

When I heard that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had declared WWE to be an essential business I immediately figured that Vince and/or Linda McMahon had worked a []

Michigan physician assistant helping out in NYC writes righteous response to Lansing protesters

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

Michigan physician assistant voluntarily deployed to NYC pens righteously pissed off response to the idiot protesters in her home state. Seriously, read []

The vulnerability of nursing home residents in this crisis was so clearly foreseeable

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

[Regarding this story: Lack Of Testing Obscures True Scale Of Coronavirus Impact On NY Nursing Homes]

The 2,200 nursing home COVID-19-related deaths (in NYS — 1,344 in NYC) include only those who have tested positive. But nursing home operators say they don’t have []

As Trump abdicates leadership role, California, Oregon, and Washington band together

Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

[Regarding this announcement: California, Oregon & Washington Announce Western States Pact]

Very basically, federalism is the idea that states have the right to govern themselves but that certain areas of governance are better left to the federal government, such as threats to the []

Fauci is doing more harm than good as long as Trump only uses him for cover

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

[Regarding this story: Trump retweets call to fire Anthony Fauci after the coronavirus expert says earlier measures ‘could have saved lives’]

A lot of people are crossing their fingers, hoping that Trump doesn’t fire Anthony Fauci, which now seems like a real possibility []

i-Betty: Boris Johnson is home, a hamster falls in love with itself, and here’s a bumblebee

 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is out of hospital and appeared on video in a suit and tie less than two hours after leaving St Thomas’ hospital in London, the impression given that he is keen to get back to overseeing the country’s coronavirus response as soon as possible. He said he has no doubts []

Nurses in garbage bags, and no federal plan on testing: The nightmare continues

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

[Regarding this story: How Did the U.S. End Up with Nurses Wearing Garbage Bags?]

This goes deep into the whys and hows of the federal failure to assume a leadership, or practically any role on getting hospital workers the PPE equipment they needed []