Jill Karofsky believes in protecting our environment from corporate polluters, protecting women’s health care, and holding corrupt politicians accountable. As your Supreme Court Justice, she’ll make decisions based on the law.
Law
City, Law, University
March 4, 2020 @ 5:15 PM: What is DACA? (A Legal Understanding)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Crime, Federal Government, Law
Over 1,100 Department of Justice Alumni Call on A.G. Barr to Resign
by JOHN ADAMS •
Over one-thousand DOJ alumni have issued a statement on the events surrounding the sentencing of Roger Stone: We, the undersigned, are alumni of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) who have collectively served both Republican and Democratic administrations. Each of us strongly condemns President Trump’s and Attorney General Barr’s interference in the fair administration…
America, Authoritarianism, Law, Liberty, Never Trump, Trump
The Creeping Authoritarianism in Trump’s America
by JOHN ADAMS •
Conflicts of Interest, Federal Government, Law, Trump, William Barr
Bill Barr: Trump’s Man on the Inside
by JOHN ADAMS •
Bill Barr has now been Trump’s attorney general for a full year. He’s spent that year helping Trump weaponize the Justice Department for his personal benefit—showing that, like the man who appointed him, Barr is an urgent threat to American democracy.https://t.co/Xtr0BE6fVJ — The Moscow Project (@moscow_project) February 14, 2020
Law, Military
Telling the Truth
by JOHN ADAMS •
Law, Trump
New York’s Attorney General Explains the Law to Trump
by JOHN ADAMS •
Blogging, Law, Newspapers, Public Records, University, UW System
Five Months
by JOHN ADAMS •
In a local newspaper’s story about a former chancellor’s leave of absence, one learns that information about her leave came five months after a public records request: Tuesday marked five months since The Gazette filed an open records request with UW-W for information on Kopper’s leave during the fall semester, when she previously had plans…
Impeachment Trial, Law, Trump
Selected Remarks of Rep. Adam Schiff before the United States Senate, 1.24.20
by JOHN ADAMS •
?? Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., noted at the impeachment trial for President Donald Trump on Jan. 24 how consuming the impeachment proceedings have been. “I don’t know about you, but I’m tired. I’m exhausted, but I’m also deeply grateful” for the senators’ consideration of the Democrats’ point of view, Schiff said at the top of…
Impeachment Trial, Law, Trump
Selected Remarks of Rep. Adam Schiff before the United States Senate, 1.23.20
by JOHN ADAMS •
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the lead House impeachment manager, laid out the Democrats’ abuse of power case against President Donald Trump during the second day of oral arguments in the Senate impeachment trial. Schiff starts by mentioning the president’s tweet urging people to “read the transcript” on the July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,…
Impeachment Trial, Law, Trump
Selected Remarks of Rep. Adam Schiff before the United States Senate, 1.22.20
by JOHN ADAMS •
Impeachment Trial, Law, Trump
Opening Remarks of Rep. Adam Schiff before the United States Senate, 1.21.20
by JOHN ADAMS •
Impeachment, Law, Trump
Demand A Fair Trial
by JOHN ADAMS •
?? Donald Trump has become only the third president in the history of the Unites States to be impeached by the House of Representatives. He stands charged with Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress. The U.S. Senate must now conduct a fair trial of this case, upholding their sworn oaths to “support and defend…
Crime, Democrats, Law, Politics, Race
Why Michael Bloomberg Will Never Be President (and Shouldn’t Be)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Soledad O’Brien, responding to Michael Bloomberg’s hesitant, equivocating answer to a question about the wrongful convictions of the Central Park Five, explains why Bloomberg will never be president. She’s right that black voters will not accept him, but then no one of any race should support a man who does not – indeed, will not…