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Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… [Regarding this story: ‘Take her out’: Recording appears to capture Trump at private dinner saying he wants Ukraine ambassador fired] A few things to keep in mind and reasons this is […] 
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… [Regarding this story: Constitutional Crabgrass: President Trump’s Defenders Distort the Impeachment Clause] Yesterday I spent a few paragraphs deconstructing Alan Dershowitz’s argument (which he’s expected to make next week on the Senate floor) that “high crimes and misdemeanors” requires “criminal-like conduct,” whatever that’s […] 
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… Whatever the senate impeachment trial winds up being, it appears it will resemble a motion to dismiss more than a trial, since McConnell evidently has 51 votes for a process that won’t permit a vote on witnesses until after the two sides […] 
[Alan Dershowitz] Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… [Regarding this story: George Conway: Why Trump had to hire this legal odd couple] I was never a Van Halen fan but nevertheless found myself wincing at a video of David Lee Roth in Las Vegas from a few weeks ago. He […] [California’s majestic sequoias are dying early] “Lazarus” is the name given to an iconic specimen of giant sequoia, in the Giant Forest located in Sequoia National Park. These magnificent trees can reach 300 feet (90 meters) during a lifespan that can exceed 3,000 years, and are famously resistant to droughts and fires. Lazarus,more than 2,000 years […] 
In 1533 Hernando Pizarro completed his conquest of Peru, and destroyed many symbols of the Inca Empire’s royal dynasty and religion. He ordered that the people break open the vault containing the giant wooden statue of Pacha Kamaq (“Earth Maker”), father of the popular goddess Pacha Mama (“Earth Mother”), and destroy its idol, which the […] 
[Judge Garaufis and Keith Raniere] Judge Nicholas Garaufis has issued an order to permit victims to provide impact statements at Nxivm leader Keith Raniere’s sentencing without having to disclose their identities. This will include alleged victims who were not included in the second superseding indictment against […] 
[Three alleged white supremacists picked up in northern Georgia] Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… The FBI arrested six white supremacists (three who entered the country illegally from Canada) in advance of a planned gun rally in Virginia where the FBI claims that a few members planned to “open […] 
A library book due in 1980 was returned a couple of weeks […] 
[Attorney John Dowd] Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… After Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman were arrested in October, they somehow managed to secure John Dowd as their lawyer. But Dowd was also the president’s lawyer. Because Parnas and Fruman could conceivably be in conflict with Trump, Trump would […] |
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