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Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… There’s no shortage of articles about the unequal treatment African-Americans receive from the criminal justice system, and even there the answers run deeper than inherent bias by officers. People’s attitudes matter a great deal, but African-Americans still face institutional and policy barriers, […] Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… I think there were two moments that played a big role in the protests gaining the momentum they did, both occurring Friday. One was when Hennepin County declined to charge the other four officers alongside Derek Chauvin. The other was Trump’s inciting […] 
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… Trump’s Executive Order [EO] is mostly what I predicted, but longer and more deranged and paranoid, at least in the preamble which reads a bit like a copy-edited version of his Twitter […] 
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 […] 
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 […] 
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 […] 
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 […] 
[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 […] 
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 […] |
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