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Trump’s (empty) threat would actually make sites like Twitter more restrictive, not less

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

[Regarding this story: Trump expected to sign executive order that could threaten punishment against Facebook, Google and Twitter over allegations of political bias]

Trump is cooking up a legally dubious executive order which will probably direct the formation of a panel to investigate []

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The George Floyd killing: Why it’s hard to imagine a legal defense against murder charges

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

The George Floyd video is seriously disturbing and I imagine there will be a murder charge forthcoming, either from Minnesota or the Department of []

Tragedy of the assholes: History showed up, and we’re chained to these selfish jerks

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

For most of our lives, we Americans have had little to endure, by and large, in the way of collective sacrifice, save the stories of the great depression and World War II, told by our elders to remind us we’ve been spoiled []

Lawsuit heading for trial shows Trump’s appeal to the easily scammed

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

In less catastrophic times this might have gotten more attention than it’s getting now, so I’ll just mention that a lawsuit against Trump and his family filed by scammed investors survived what is probably the last hurdle before []

On the wearing of masks and personal responsibility, from a legal perspective

[Learned Hand, 1872-1961]

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

Learned Hand (yes, that’s his name) was perhaps the most famous US judge never to ascend to the US Supreme Court. He was revered as an eloquent writer and was widely cited — probably the most cited non-SCOTUS judge in []

NXIVM: Keith Raniere objects to pandemic plan of being sentenced by video on June 23

[Judge Garaufis, Keith Raniere]

Former Nxivm sex slavery cult leader Keith Raniere was found guilty last June of crimes that could put him away in prison for the rest of his life, but numerous delays have put off his actual sentencing while he sits in jail in []

It’s 2008 all over again, this time with commercial real estate, says whistleblower

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

[Regarding this story: Whistleblower: Wall Street Has Engaged in Widespread Manipulation of Mortgage Funds]

Whistleblower describes the same pattern that led to the 2008 crash, only with commercial mortgages instead of residential mortgages: systemic overvaluing of properties, which garbage numbers are packaged and []

Six months out, mail-in ballots for this election are the line in the sand for Trump

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

[Regarding this story: ‘DOA’: That’s what Trump says about House Democrats’ coronavirus relief package]

Apparently mail-in ballots are the line in the sand for []

Live-blogging Supreme Court arguments over Trump’s tax returns

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

Today the Supreme Court is livestreaming oral arguments for three cases relating to the production of Trump’s financial documents including his tax []

60 Minutes documents the worst example of science politicization we can recall

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

This aired on CBS’ 60 Minutes last night, and is one the most directly detrimental examples of science politicization I can recall reading about. []