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White House rejects impeachment inquiry with precious 8-page letter, hilarity ensues

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

The White House today dropped an eight-page letter from White House counsel Pat Cipollone, announcing the White House’s refusal to cooperate with the House’s impeachment inquiry because of a series of not-at-all relevant reasons. Most lawyers will recognize the letter as the []

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Defeat of Trump lawsuit has stunning implications for presidential immunity

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

Yesterday I discussed the first part of the SDNY opinion by Judge Marrero, where he dismissed Trump’s lawsuit seeking to bar the NY Attorney General from subpoenaing his tax returns. The court’s ruling was based on the doctrine of abstention — i.e., []

Supreme Court denies longshot appeal by Watchtower in California molest case

 A few weeks ago, hardworking ex-JW activists Lloyd Evans and Mark O’Donnell invited us on one of their videocasts to discuss one of Watchtower’s recent legal moves: appealing to the US Supreme []

Sondland’s testimony blocked: Add obstruction to the Articles of Impeachment

[Trump and Sondland, AP Photo]

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

Add obstruction to the Articles of []

ABC7 in Los Angeles covers the Scientology Narconon fraud hearing — with sketches!

[Judge Michael Pastor, Hanan Islam and her son Rizza Islam in court yesterday]

Thanks to producer Lisa Bartley, ABC 7 in Los Angeles has always showed more interest in local Scientology stories, and they were the only channel to cover yesterday’s decision by Judge Michael Pastor to bound over for trial the defendants in a Scientology []

Judge expresses amazement at the scope of immunity sought by Trump in 75-page order

[Judge Victor Marrero]

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

Okay, so the opinion on appeal before the Second Circuit concerning Trump’s tax returns is a doozy. U.S. Senior District Judge Victor Marrero expresses amazement at the scope of presidential immunity sought by Trump, which he characterizes as “unqualified and []

Would-be Norway mosque terrorist makes Nazi salute in court again

 Some 74 years after the Nazi threat was put down with force by the world’s democracies, little Nazi shits like this keep popping up like mushrooms after rain with increasing []

Trump has lawsuit over tax records dismissed, betrays the Kurds, and the day is still young

[Trump and Erdogan, AP File photo]

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

Today’s news, the tl;dr []

Shocking school molestation case produces global political tug-of-war

 We’ve been keeping an eye on a criminal case that has rocked two countries on opposite sides of the globe, but has not produced much of an impression here in the United []

Six elephants die in Thai waterfall trying to save a calf, and we’re sick about it

 According to CNN, five adult elephants in Thailand died while trying to save a calf from a waterfall, which also []