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Read the Transcript -- Again May. 14, 2020
Last week, Attorney General William Barr was interviewed by Catherine Herridge, a CBS News correspon... Read More
Cowardly Lyin': Trump Minion Declares Mike Flynn Innocent of the Crime to Which He Already Pleaded Guilty May. 12, 2020
For some leaders, personal responsibility in disregarding warnings of an impending pandemic that has... Read More
Hollywood's Heroic Comey Story Collapses May. 08, 2020
If the "first rough draft of history" in the news media sounds dubious, the second draft made by Hol... Read More
Using Crisis to Undermine Constitutional Rights Is The Worst Kind of Gouging Mar. 25, 2020
Attorney General William Barr, who serves an authoritarian-minded president, is seeking to have defe... Read More
Police Abuse Breeds Disrespect: Defensive Official Reactions to Corruption Encourage the Attitude That Troubles the Attorney General Mar. 04, 2020
The day before Attorney General William Barr complained about disrespect for the police, Harris Coun... Read More
Fix the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and Punish the Crooks Who Abused It Feb. 12, 2020
Two months have passed since Dec. 9, 2019, the day Justice Department inspector general Michael Horo... Read More
Attorney General William Barr, 'Adult of the Year' Jan. 09, 2020
Washington — Wall Street Journal columnist Kimberley A. Strassel has just conferred her "Adult... Read More
Shall Anyone Be Above the Law? Dec. 19, 2019
The rule of law is a cornerstone of American democracy and is integral to the Constitution. It stand... Read More
Hiding in Plain Sight Oct. 31, 2019
Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream... —Gilbert and Sullivan, "HM... Read More
Barr's Criminal Probe of the Russia Investigation Is Truly Banana-Republic Stuff Oct. 31, 2019
When you strike at a king, you'd best not miss, goes the old adage. It shouldn't apply in a democrac... Read More
The Atheists Vs. Bill Barr Oct. 24, 2019
WASHINGTON — The insistence on the separation of church and state has taken a draconian leap. ... Read More
Pompeo and Barr Oct. 23, 2019
Two recent high-profile speeches by Trump administration officials say much — maybe even all w... Read More
A Moral Citizenry Is Not a Theocracy Oct. 17, 2019
"Theocracy" is one of those words that gets thrown around a lot, and most of the people using it the... Read More
The Attorney General Is Determined to Undermine Your Privacy: The Encryption Limits the Justice Department Demands in the Name of Security Would Make Us All Less Secure Oct. 16, 2019
The Justice Department claims to support "strong encryption, which is used by billions of people eve... Read More
Trump's GOP Defenders Need to Recognize the Clear and Present Danger He Poses Oct. 04, 2019
President Donald Trump either deliberately chooses not to acknowledge the supremacy of federal law o... Read More
Death Penalty Politics Aug. 03, 2019
I have been studying death penalty politics (as well as law) for decades, largely because I've had t... Read More
The Expensive Folly of Federal Executions Aug. 01, 2019
In recent decades, the United States has gone through a vast experiment in crime and punishment to a... Read More
After Mueller Debacle, Where Do Democrats Go? Jul. 26, 2019
The Democrats who were looking to cast Robert Mueller as the star in a TV special, "The Impeachment ... Read More
Federal Criminal Justice Reform Takes a Big First Step Forward Jul. 26, 2019
Within hours after the First Step Act went into effect last Friday, 3,100 inmates qualified for rele... Read More
Trump's Asylum Rule Prevents Open Border Jul. 23, 2019
The Trump administration last week put a new asylum rule in place that aims to stem the tide of migr... Read More
