Now President Biden is reportedly encouraging $100 payments for shots. thehill.com/homenews/admin… What about those who already took the shots? The government seems to be giving up the ghost on persuasion and moving forward with prizes and penalties. jonathanturley.org/2021/05/18/ohi…
...Unvaccinated status is now officially monetized. Holdouts now would be eligible for $100 from the feds. It is something of a perverse incentive but also highlights how prior appropriations have few limits on their use, including possible giveaways.
...We have moved from reasoned consent to a mix of incentivized consent to coerced consent. The cash payments and mandates show a continuing failure to convince almost half of the country on the merits...
...My family and I were vaccinated at the earliest opportunity. However, millions are not sold and $100 cash payments may not be enough. That is why there is a push to balance that carrot with a stick on a push to encourage private mandates.
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A German official has declared that unvaccinated citizens will have fewer "freedoms" under the new push by the government. dw.com/en/germany-law… This follows calls to make life difficult for the unvaccinated in his country. jonathanturley.org/2021/07/13/it-…
As I have said previously, it is likely that companies can impose mandatory vaccine requirements so long as they accommodate religious and health objections. We seem to be entering a new stage in vaccine policy...
...We first tried reasoned consent but that did not work for many Americans. I (and my family) and many others agreed in that stage that it was important to be vaccinated. However, more than half of the country did not get vaccinated...
Sen. Klobuchar has called on Justice Breyer to retire soon if he is going to retire. thehill.com/homenews/56358… Next Democratic senators will be sending brochures to Breyer from the Happydale Retirement Village...
...Klobuchar's comment is tame and measured in comparison to the billboard campaign by groups to push Breyer to retire. Notably, none of these members had the courage to make such calls with Ginsburg who was five years Breyer's senior with chronic health problems...
...There is nothing wrong with a discussion of such timing for retirement. I raised the issue with Ginsburg due to her serious health issues. jonathanturley.org/2017/04/12/the… However, groups like Demand Justice have dispensed with any subtlety or propriety in this unrelenting campaign.
Michael Avenatti has been sentenced to 30 months -- substantially below the 8 years recommended by the prosecutors.jonathanturley.org/2020/02/14/ave…
...It is a sad day for those of us who know Michael. I have spoken with him since his conviction and, as he did in court, he has expressed how he lost control of his life and his career...
...I still think of that student who came to me while working his way through law school. He was one of the most talented students that I have worked with as a professor...
As usual, there remains a virtual blackout on the Biden laptop or the mounting evidence of Hunter Biden’s influence peddling. Beyond a couple outlets like the New York Post, voters have to rely on the foreign press for coverage of the disclosures. jonathanturley.org/2021/07/04/new…
...What is most interesting about the emails (beyond the $100,000) is that Freeh understood that Hunter Biden was the window to deal with the Bidens on deals. Both Hunter and his uncle are repeatedly referenced in a variety of deals as conduits to Joe Biden.
...That has fueled concerns that we have a type of state media by default where reporters yield not to legal coercion but personal bias. Evidence of self-dealing and influence peddling cannot be reported without being an indictment of not just the Bidens but the media.
Despite the insulting campaign on the left to push him to resign, Breyer has hired four new law clerks. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/br… Breyer has actually been at the top of his game this year with key decisions. That can make for awkward moments:
...It is certainly true that Breyer could still retire. However, the campaign to push Breyer to retire and to pack the court likely hurt more than helped. The Court itself undermined claims of dysfunctional divisions with a series of nonideological rulings.jonathanturley.org/2021/06/20/e-p…
...For those suggesting Breyer is too old, I believe he is still five years the junior of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (Few of those calling for him to resign made such calls for RBG to leave the Court)...
Here is the indictment. Grand larceny in the second degree can lead to a maximum sentence of 15 years. However, it would be unlikely to come near such a sentence for such perk abuses...s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2098…
...Such tax issues ordinarily result in sentences closer to a year, particularly for a first offender and an elderly individual. The indictment reads more like a thrill kill than a serious component to a major investigation.
...The indictment likely inflates the values of these items but comes up with $1.5 million in tax evasion. That is still a lot even with prosecutorial inflation. However, corporate perks are notoriously under reported and the violations are common in business...