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 Justice.
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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 rotten. As fate would have it, we suddenly find ourselves in our grandparents’ shoes, no longer having to only imagine how we’d react if the world changed for the worse overnight. A lot is being asked of some, particularly healthcare workers, but most of us are merely being asked to take a number of polite, low-cost precautions intended to lower the risk we pose to each other.
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 trial. Continue reading Lawsuit heading for trial shows Trump’s appeal to the easily scammed
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 US history. Continue reading On the wearing of masks and personal responsibility, from a legal perspective
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 Brooklyn.
[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 hidden inside “Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities” which are then traded by investors, while overvalued properties are leveraged by its owners to get new loans. Continue reading It’s 2008 all over again, this time with commercial real estate, says whistleblower Advertisement
[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 Trump. Advertisement
Today the Supreme Court is livestreaming oral arguments for three cases relating to the production of Trump’s financial documents including his tax returns. Continue reading Live-blogging Supreme Court arguments over Trump’s tax returns
This aired on CBS’ 60 Minutes last night, and is one the most directly detrimental examples of science politicization I can recall reading about. Continue reading 60 Minutes documents the worst example of science politicization we can recall
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 corrupt. Continue reading Trump’s Roy Cohn just saved him the political headache of pardoning Michael Flynn |
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