John Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut was appointed as Special Counsel (Updated)
But 28 C.F.R. § 600.3 requires special counsels to be "selected from outside the United States Government." (Barr did not rely on 600.3)
Day: December 1, 2020
The Head of D.C.'s Long-Troubled Metro System Says Another Federal Bailout Is Needed To Stave Off Apocalyptic Service Cuts
D.C.'s public transit agency has already received close to $1 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds.
Sidney Powell's 'Kraken' Is Missing More Than a Few Tentacles
The former Trump attorney's election fraud lawsuits feature the same sort of dubious evidence that has failed to impress courts across the country.
Vaccines Don't Save Lives. Vaccinations Save Lives.
Especially if the COVID-19 inoculations are deployed speedily and accepted widely.
Biden's Natsec Team Is Conventional in Style—and, Unfortunately, Policy
Joe Biden's natsec team fulfills his campaign promise of a return to normalcy and conventional Washington. That also means maintaining the failed status quo of the post-9/11 era.
Attorney General Barr Says There Is No Evidence of Election Fraud that Would Have Changed Election Outcome
Either the AG is acknowledging reality, or he's joined the anti-Trump deep state conspiracy.
Another problem with self-pardons
A "self-pardon" might bring about exactly the prosecution it seeks to avoid.
Following Protests, France Retreats on Plan to Censor Filming of Police
Earlier in November, surveillance footage captured officers beating a man for not wearing a mask.
Second Amendment Litigants Hope To Try Their Luck With Amy Coney Barrett
The Second Amendment Foundation files a flurry of lawsuits in November, with three aiming at laws restricting public carry.
A challenge to hendiadys in the law
"What part of 'and' don't you understand?"
Can Married People on Long-Term Student Visas Get Divorced in the U.S.?
A Ninth Circuit decision that had helped a noncitizen (who wanted her foreign divorce recognized, so she could remarry) has now led to a ruling against a noncitizen in a Nevada case.
Brickbats: December 2020
News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world
Implementing my Pledge to Donate Royalty Payments to Charities Benefiting Refugees
Giving Tuesday is an appropriate time for me to begin carrying out my pledge to donate 50% of the royalties generated by my book "Free to Move" to charities benefiting refugees.
Sneaking Section 230 Reform Into the Defense Bill Is a Terrible Idea
Plus: Bar food police strike in New York, study finds COVID-19 circulating in the U.S. last December, and more...
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Four Thousand Years Ago, Textile Traders Invented a Basic Social Technology: Mass Literacy
When there's business to be done over long distances, you don't want to depend on a scribe.
Jo Jorgensen's 1% Triumph
With no name recognition, no money, and no media, the Jorgensen campaign helped cement the L.P.'s decadelong transformation into the third party in the United States.
