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[Trump and Nadler]
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…
So Trump has declined Jerry Nadler’s invitation to participate in the next phase of the impeachment inquiry, scheduled to commence this week, which isn’t all that surprising since actually participating would undermine their argument that the inquiry was a sham […]
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…
[Regarding this NY Times story: Why Republicans will sidestep their Garland Rule for the Court in 2020]
If a SCOTUS vacancy opened on the morning a Democrat president-elect was to be sworn in, the outgoing Trump and the Republican-controlled Senate wouldn’t hesitate to […]
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…
Impeachment Roundup for […]
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…
A motion ‘in limine’ is a trial motion to limit or exclude certain testimony or evidence, and the judge, in deciding what the jury can hear, considers how relevant that evidence is to the proceeding versus the potential likelihood that the evidence […]
When we learned that musician Beck Hansen was splitting up with his wife, actress Marissa Ribisi of the legendary Scientologist Ribisi clan, we wondered if it meant he was also moving away from […]
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…
Fiona Hill’s opening statement is aimed straight at Devin Nunes’ square […]
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…
Gordon Sondland is smiling and confident looking right now but today is going to be brutal for him, I […]
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…
Catching up on impeachment stuff. I missed Vindman and Williams entirely this morning but have been watching Volker and Morrison, who are the first witnesses to appear that were requested by Republican Committee members. Each of them made the Democrats’ case, despite […]
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…
[Regarding this story: House investigating whether Trump lied to Mueller]
One of the disappointments about Mueller’s report was how willing he was to accept Trump’s failure to cooperate. The conversation would likely be very different now had they subpoenaed him, which they had […]
The new video from ex-JW advocate Lloyd Evans sounds like a fun one. Here’s his […]
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