Yep. Everyone on the TL celebrating "cases are down 70%!" – meaning we've only just now reached the same new case level as the top of the 2nd wave back in July
Courthouse closed last Thursday b/c of the ice storm. Had several cases on the docket so planned to go in today to make sure everything is properly rescheduled
Just got an email that it's closed today through 3/1 due to another COVID outbreak 🤦♂️
Praying everyone recovers fully!
A year in to this, and criminal court is still a whole ass mess
The General Assembly and the Administrative Office of the Courts need to sit and re-think through how things work
When there's a closure they don't issue any bench warrants because defendants can't show up even if they wanted to. And the DAs + clerks have been good about continuing things out at least 30 days so there's plenty of notice for the next appearance
Durham NC averages ~3.9" of rain a month historically
Our 30-day total was 7.5" yesterday – and that was before today's monsoon
17.75" over the past 90 days, half a foot above average
It's wild
When we moved in two Octobers ago, we were actually concerned about drought and the nearby lake going dry – previously non-existent shore visible for 20 feet or so
It's the main reason I stopped watching cable news, back during W's tenure. Couldn't understand what people were shouting over each other half the time
On the "straight news" front, I tend to rely on local news. I subscribe to my local paper + NYT + WaPo, and regularly read our local TV station folks too
On the news/opinion side, I'm a @BulwarkOnline Plus subscriber
Interesting read on 2nd Amendment case law. Worth reading the opinion, the concurrence, and the dissent (footnotes!)
FWIW, had a client like this a few years back. DV conviction when he was 18; now in his 50s with exemplary record, wanted to buy gun once kids were born but can't