Hunter Comes Up A Donut Short of a Defense in Delaware
Below is my column in the New York Post on the conviction of Hunter Biden in Delaware and how his nullification strategy may have backfired. As discussed below, empathy can turn into insult when jurors...
View ArticleDid the Defense Make Prison More Likely for Hunter Under the Sentencing...
For months, I have been expressing disbelief that Hunter Biden and his defense team were going to take the gun case to trial. Even on the eve of the trial, I thought that the defense might snap into...
View ArticleRahimi and the Second Amendment: How The Supreme Court Intercepts Hunter...
Below is my column on Fox.com on the ruling in United States v. Rahimi and its implications for the Hunter Biden appeal. The hope for a final pass to the Court ended with an 8-1 decision against the...
View ArticleThe Land that Law Forgot: The Supreme Court and the New York Legal Wasteland
Below is my column in The Hill on last week’s cases and the sharp contrast to the handling of the Trump case in Manhattan. Two of these cases hold particular resonance with some of us who criticized...
View ArticleCannon Fodder: The Media Piles on Federal Judge After Lionizing Manhattan Judge
Below is my column in the New York Post on the vicious attacks being directed at Judge Aileen Cannon as she addresses pre-trial motions in the Florida prosecution of former president Donald Trump. The...
View ArticleRobert Hur Emerges as the Clear Winner in the Presidential Debate
The presidential debate last night was chilling to watch as President Joe Biden clearly struggled to retain his focus and, at points, seemed hopelessly confused. The winner was clear: Special Counsel...
View ArticleInsurrection-Lite: The Supreme Court Downsizes the “Insurrection” to Largely...
Below is my column in the Hill on the Supreme Court decision on Friday in Fischer v. U.S. to reject hundreds of charges in January 6th cases for the obstruction of legal proceedings. For many cases,...
View ArticleToo Clever By Half: Justice Jackson’s Suggested Path Forward for Jack Smith...
The Supreme Court’s decision in Fischer v. United States rejecting the use of obstruction of legal proceedings against January 6th defendants will potentially impact hundreds of cases. For some, it may...
View ArticlePost: Jack Smith is Willing to Try Trump Up to Inauguration Day
The Washington Post is reporting that Special Counsel Jack Smith may try to convict former president Donald Trump all the way through the election and up to 11:59 am on January 20th. After the oath,...
View ArticleThe Attempted Assassination of Trump is Not Nearly as Surprising as it Should Be
Below is my Hill column on the assassination attempt of former president Donald Trump. We all watched as the horrific scene unfolded on television. It was a traumatic moment for the entire country, but...
View ArticleTrump’s Churchillian Moment: How the Near Miss Assassination Hit the Mark...
Winston Churchill once famously said that “nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.” For Donald Trump, the failed assassination attempt in Pennsylvania could prove...
View Article“They Lie and People Die”: Carnegie Mellon Professor Claims Trump...
Carnegie Mellon University Professor Uju Anya has joined the ranks of academics spreading the conspiracy theory that the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump was “staged.” As for the...
View ArticleGoing Full Trump: Hunter Biden Challenges the Constitutionality of the Weiss...
We previously discussed how Hunter Biden adopted the arguments of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and other gun rights groups to challenge the law that his father has championed as a key gun...
View ArticleWas Donald Trump the Victim of White Privilege? A Democratic Member Wants to...
For most of us, this election could not become more confusing. However, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D., Tx.) may have added a whole new level of confusion for many in suggesting that Donald Trump may have...
View ArticleOlympic “Christ” Threatens to Sue Critics Over “Last Supper” Backlash
Barbara Butch, the LGBTQ activist who was the center figure in the controversial “Last Supper” Paris Olympic scene is threatening to sue those criticizing her. Butch played the role (wearing a...
View ArticleThe Justice Department Makes The Case Against Hunter Biden . . . and Itself...
Special Counsel David Weiss appears to have finally made the long-awaited case exposing years of concealment and political corruption. No, it is not the case against Hunter Biden. The allegations of...
View ArticleSmith is No Longer in a Hurry: Special Counsel Moves To Slow Down District...
For over a year, Special Counsel Jack Smith has made one element the overriding priority in his prosecution of former president Donald Trump: speed. Smith repeatedly moved to curtail Trump’s appellate...
View ArticleCombatting “False Narratives”: D.C. Circuit Refuses to Block Judge Limiting...
We have previously discussed controversial sentences handed down in cases involving rioters on January 6th, including sentencing orders that, in my view, violate First Amendment rights. That included...
View Article“Keyboard Warrior”: British Crackdown Results in Three-Year Sentence Over...
Three years ago, we discussed the conviction of a British man for “toxic ideologies,” under the draconian laws criminalizing inciteful or dangerous speech. The erosion of free speech appears to have...
View ArticleGeorge Washington Monument Vandalized By Pro-Palestinian Protesters
In 2020, I wrote about the toppling of the monument to George Washington on the campus of George Washington University, where I teach. The university was silent on the vandalism by far left groups....
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