Obama the Originalist when it Comes to Immigration!!!!
Obama is really an originalist, under the faithful execute clause, regarding his executive actions on immigration!
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What is the Blog All About
I will, from time to time, publish thoughts pertaining to constitutional or criminal law. Most are written by me; some might be especially important contributions from other posts and writers. I welcome your thoughts and input, provided they are tasteful. I don't care if you agree or disagree with me, but I don't want you to be disagreeable in your exposition.
The Federal Court Saves a Person from California State Courts AGAIN
California courts could not understand that "no" means "no" in a Miranda context; they need to go back to school or to jail!
Yes, Virginia, There is a Difference Among Lawyers
Would I Run for Judge Again?
I have been asked several times whether I would consider running for judge again, and I am flattered by the question and by the caliber of people asking, but I think not. You'll recall that I ran because I was concerned about the character and actions of the judge I was running against, not beca...
Trump's Success the Product of Political Ignorance?
George Mason University law professor and legal scholar Ilya Somin has postulated that Donald Trump's signficant successes in the presidential election polls is due to political ignorance on the part of the electorate, and he has presented his position here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/...
Drunk Driving - What to Do When Stopped, and What's it All About?
Drunk Driving: what to do; what is it?
The Meaning and Misunderstandings of "Sanctuary City," and the Constitutional Issue
Sanctuary Cities are Lawful and Constitutional, and Misunderstood
So, What is the Real Deal with Birthright Citizenship?
Only reactionary xenophobes, or those duped by them, maintain that birthright citizenship is not supported by the Constitution.
What About the Donald; Then Passing Comments on Birthright Citizenship and Jesse Ventura
This is cobbled together from things on Fox News [often Faux News] and the Associated press. Recently. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump released some details about his his domestic and foreign policy thoughts, including the possibility of putting, as they say, "boots on the ground"...
If You Call the Cops, Be Prepared to Press Matter to Conviction
If you get government going by reporting abuse, you cannot stop the juggernaut you launched.
"I Read on the Web that ...." AARGH!
Sandra Bland Could Lawfully Be Ordered Out and Arrested
It was not illegal to order Sandra Bland out nor to arrest her for a traffic cite/stop.
Judge Kozinski Agrees Prosecutorial Immunity Should Go, But....
We should abrogate both judicial and prosecutorial immunity, but maybe judicial elections should remain
Obama to Respect State Laws Regarding Medical Marijuana
Obama made many pre-election promises, one of which was that he would not federally prosecute people who were using marijuana legally under their own state laws. Of course, as soon as he was elected, as with all politicians, the promise vanished, and the DEA started raiding state-legal pot dispe...
Same Sex Marriage Case and Issue
People have a fundamental right to marry, regardless of the sex of of either spouse.
Coffey v. Shiomoto and the Politics of Drunk Driving
The California Supreme Court had done it again with a grossly political and scientifically unsound decision on drunk driving; they would not make it as a law clerk for me!
Traffic Court Bail Scam, part 2
ACLU Finally Enters Traffic Court "Bail" Scam Arena
https://www.aclunc.org/news/aclu-warns-california-counties-charging-payment-court-dates-unconstitutional ========================== That is a fight that I have been making for many years. In Riverside County, the traffic judges demand “bail,” without a finding of flight risk, of all pro per ar...
The Best and Most Effective Festival Defense, Without Any Doubt
If you had followed my advice, you probably would not have been arrested. Now that you have been arrested, come to me for the best legal service available anywhere.
You Don't Have To Talk to Cops or Consent to Searches; and you should not!
Cops Lie and Plant Evidence
I have said this for years, sometimes to the outraged condemnation of police groupies and pissed-off cops, but now a cop himself says what I could not say better nor more effectively. Does this mean all cops are bad? No; many are good. But the presumption that a cop is truthful merely because ...
Preview of Drunk "Driving is a Political Crime"
Crooked Prosecutors Enabled by Political Judges; the Solution
I have said for years that cops and prosecutors lie and are allowed to get away with it, and that the Third Branch is as political a branch of government as any other, and maybe more so because it can hide behind the arrogant pretense that they are not political, and now one series of exchanges b...
We Are Finally a Police State, or May the Devil Take the Juristic Heien-most!
Does anyone really question whether we have long ago sunk into the muck of being a police state? If anyone is so deluded, the newest United States Supreme Court opinion on Fourth Amendment matters should sweep away such a delusions. Heien v. North Carolina came out yesterday, ironically Bill o...
Drunk Driving [DUI] Checkpoints, and misc. thoughts and advice
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