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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 […] 
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… [Regarding this story: Inside Donald Trump and Jared Kushner’s Two Months of Magical Thinking] Vanity Fair’s Gabriel Sherman looks back at the tragic hole of lost time between January and March when Trump’s paranoia and magical thinking limited him to view the virus […] 
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, […] 
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 […] 
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’ […] 
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 […] 
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 […] 
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 […] 
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 […] |
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