Lots of legal news recently.
1. Donald Trump indicted.
He deserves to be charged with a crime, but that crime is sedition. Maybe other things connected with taking documents and the like, but sedition is the big one.
The current charges? Hmmmm. . . .
Frankly, those who regard the New York DA as pushing it are probably correct. These charges are never brought and they look weak. Added to that, New York prosecutors are subject to claims which at least have some merit that they tend to be influenced by politics. The state's going after the NRA, for example, had that appearance. This does as well.
Given that, this probably only serves to discredit the more serious claims to come, assuming that something surprising isn't revealed.
2. Fed Judge says name the names.
In Wyoming, that is.
This is the suit involving the UW sorority, which has admitted as a member a guy claiming to identify as a girl, even though his anatomical reactions to the girls suggest that his biology isn't that confused. The plaintiffs, member of the sorority, wanted to sue anonymously. The Federal District Court judge presiding over the case said no to that.
He's right. It's not like anyone is a minor, and while I don't even think there really is such a thing as transgenderism, we all know who the guy is. The Plaintiffs' should be known, and for that matter, there's honor in being known in a cause, even amongst those who oppose those in it.
3. Gwenyth Paltrow v some guy.
Didn't follow it and don't care.
4. The Justice Thomas vacation "scandal"
M'eh.
There's no law that says members of the Supreme Court can't accept gifts, even lavish ones, from their admirers. Accepting them may not be wise, but it's not illegal.
Is it supposed to be reported? The law seems vague on that.
Basically, this amounts to an effort to get Thomas to resign, which the political left has been working on for some time. The Thomas' for their part don't seem to act wisely in this area, giving fuel to those who are trying to ignite it.
This is also part of the unfortunate modern trend of dragging the privileged down. That may sound odd, but the real story of American wealth since World War Two is that the population has moved from mostly being lower middle class to mostly being upper middle class. Not everyone, of course, but that's been the move of the economic center. Oddly, as it has happened, resentment towards the really wealthy has increased, even though more Americans than ever are in the wealthy class at some point in their lives.
5. Amending Title IX to include transgenderism
It's an attempt to usurp democracy at the state level.
You can't really have it two ways with democracy, for the most part. Democrats became very used to rule through the courts until the court turned to the right and started sending stuff back to legislatures. That's distressed the left no end, even though court rule fed the populist right. Since the January 6 Insurrection, the left has rediscovered democracy, but it can't quite break itself of its old habits.
5. Booting legislators out of their legislatures.
We've all been reading about the three legislators who have been booted out of Tennessee's legislature for violating decorum rules. It's being portrayed as a shocking attack on democracy.
Frankly, this example should be followed more. There's a Wyoming legislator right now who is in trouble for wearing an assault rifle themed transgender shirt, right during a time period in which it seems there were in fact two armed assaults by people identifying themselves in that fashion. She's apologized, but maybe she should get the dope slap.
Anthony Bouchard of Wyoming's legislature certainly should have. MTG should have been booted out of Congress.
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