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[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 […] 
[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 […] 
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 […] 
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 […] 
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 […] 
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. […] 
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… Attorney General Bill Barr — Trump’s Roy Cohn — just saved Trump the political headache of pardoning Michael Flynn by doing it himself. No attorneys other than the one Barr installed signed the motion to drop the prosecution. Perfectly […] 
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… [Regarding this story: Trump needs two electoral blocs to win. The pandemic is driving a wedge between them.] Trump derives much of his support from finding boogeymen fashioned from our basest instincts to scare the shit out of the elderly, his primary constituency. […] 
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… [Regarding this story: 34 days of pandemic: Inside Trump’s desperate attempts to reopen America] This is mostly a recap of the last month or so since Trump agreed to extend social-distancing guidelines. If you’re paying attention there’s nothing especially new, but helpful in […] 
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… Regarding testing… I don’t know how much mileage Trump thinks he’s getting from the claim that ‘we’ve done the most testing of any country’ in support of “reopening” the economy, but it’s a claim that begs some […] |
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