The Virginia Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments now in a lawsuit challenging the removal of a 131-year-old statue of Robert E. Lee following George Floyd's murder.
Toby J. Heytens, Solicitor General, keeps it brief:
"No court has ever recognized a personal inheritable right to dictate the content of core government speech about a matter of racial equality. And this Court should not be the first one ever to do so."
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Giving Marjorie Taylor Greene a run for her money in the deplorable-historical-comparison department:
The ever-understated St. Louis attorney Al Watkins likens "QAnon Shaman" Jacob Chansley's detention to the Russian gulags and the "Khmer Ruge" (sic)
To be fair, Watkins spelled Khmer Rouge right in the legal brief itself.
—But that's hardly the point.
After invoking Solzhenitsyn for good measure, Watkins writes:
"The former President blanketly referred to those who appeared at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 as “special.” Chansley is indeed special. The Government knows Chansley is special."
Four months in, my @lawcrimenews podcast "Objections" ran its 16th episode.
The show has featured interviews with Congress members, prominent lawyers, and other newsmakers. We've broken international news and risen in Apple Charts.
The series so far, with more to come.
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The debut episode featured never-before-heard audio tapes of Lin Wood and his former law partners, exclusively obtained from their acrimonious litigation.
During the same debut, ex-Oklahoma City bombing prosecutor Aitan Goelman spoke about pursuing that case with Merrick Garland, in an interview from well before the now-AG’s confirmation hearings renewed attention to that history.
A federal judge just unsealed more information from the government memo asking a special master to sort out privilege issues in warrants on Rudy Giuliani and Victoria Toensing.
"On April 28, 2021, the Government seized 18 electronic devices belonging to Giuliani and certain employees of Giuliani Partners pursuant to those warrants."
One device for Toensing.
See, before and after.
Unredacted—
"...which, in that case, like here, had previously reviewed records from email accounts obtained pursuant to covert search warrants"
"Asking a Judge to Unseal Files, Rudy Giuliani's Lawyers Demand Explanation for 'Extremely Damaging' Claim That He Might Destroy Evidence" lawandcrime.com/high-profile/a… via @lawcrimenews