Most of Trump’s Cabinet Picks Deserve Instant Disqualification
HERE’S WHY MANY OF TRUMP’S CABINET PICKS DESERVE *INSTANT* DISQUALIFICATION:
Abuse of power is a danger only if there are willing henchmen to carry out the orders.
Read MoreWhat If LBJ’s 1965 Immigration Act Never Happened?
WHAT IF LBJ’S 1965 IMMIGRATION ACT NEVER HAPPENED?
The most transformative act that ended up reshaping America into the nation we live in today was undoubtedly the Immigration and Nationality Act enacted nearly six decades ago. It was signed into law on October 3, 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. If ever there was a clear demarcation date, a “before” and “after” moment on American national identity, that instant–with LBJ and ink pen in hand–was it.
Read MoreA Question About Old Juries and the Classic Movie “12 Angry Men”
A QUESTION ABOUT OLD JURIES AND THE MOVIE “12 ANGRY MEN”
Each time the classic legal drama 12 Angry Men comes on television, I try to tune in and (re)watch it. The “action” takes place almost entirely inside a single small room, with jurors shoe-horned around a table deciding the fate of a Puerto Rican teenager on trial for the murder of his father. Though it fared poorly in movie theaters when first released in 1957, 12 Angry Men has since become a short course and a de facto legal education for multiple generations and is widely acknowledged as one of the best courtroom dramas ever made. To this day, it has timeless lessons for us all about evidence and preliminary judgement.
However, I still have a question about this film that (so far) has never been answered.
Read MoreA Question About Cameras Inside the Courtroom
A QUESTION ABOUT CAMERAS INSIDE THE COURTROOM
As many of you know, it’s up to the states as to whether or not cameras are allowed inside the courtroom. Some states allow trials to be broadcast live (think of the O.J. Simpson trial in California). Other states ban all cameras in courts of law, thus creating a secondary market of coverage in trials of interest to the public, which obviously isn’t nearly as transparent.
Read MoreAre Video Surveillance Cameras a Good Thing?
RED LIGHT CAMERAS IN LAS VEGAS
IS CCTV COMING TO NEVADA?
Video surveillance cameras are a very controversial topic, especially here in Las Vegas/Nevada which has a long history as the bastion of individual freedoms and desperately tries to preserve its frontier mentality.
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