Category:Law

Sticks and Stones

Posted on April 11, 2024Updated on April 11, 2024by Geoff CarterCategories:Law, Politics

Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Outspoken is hardly the word to describe former president Donald J. Trump. Neither is bombastic, ranting, raving, or loudmouthed. The nastiness and sheer animus of his discourse deserves a word with a much ruder connotation; blunt is a closer fit, but that word can imply being brutally truthful, …
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The Nine Black Riders

Posted on March 14, 2024Updated on March 14, 2024by Geoff CarterCategories:Law, Michael DiMilo, Politics

Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter In J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy masterpiece The Lord of the Rings, the evil lord Sauron’s minions include the nine dark riders, known as the Ringwraiths or Nazgul, former men who have been seduced by the corrupt power of the one ring who would rule them all and turned into …
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Dialogues on Right To Privacy Pirates: The War on Women

Posted on March 6, 2024Updated on March 31, 2024by Mark MamerowCategories:Law, Politics, Reproductive Rights

Attribution: Charles Edward Miller from Chicago, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Mark O., Dave S., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter I recently was answering an innocent worker survey. The first question asked for my gender and was very pc, providing about a dozen options, including …
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Contempt of Court

Posted on August 24, 2023Updated on August 24, 2023by Geoff CarterCategories:Law, Michael DiMilo, Politics, Social Commentary

Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter “We are a nation of laws with respect and recognition of the rule of law. We are not an imperialist government with a monarch abiding by the rule of one man.” –Senator Marsha Blackburn The rule of law. Everyone is equal before the law. The law is the …
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Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous

Posted on June 8, 2023Updated on June 8, 2023by Geoff CarterCategories:Law, Michael DiMilo, Money, Social Commentary

Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter It’s happening again. The rich, the elites, the privileged, the American royalty, are once again proving that they are more than equal to the rest of us. Welcome to the rarified stratosphere of the one percent. Welcome to lifestyles of the rich and infamous. On the heels of …
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Kickass and News Perspective

Posted on April 21, 2023Updated on April 21, 2023by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Law, Politics

NASA TV, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, interrupts his napping to assist the keeper in putting certain news items into relatable perspectives. The destructive blow-up of Elon Musk’s 33-engine, 394-foot-tall rocket ship, celebrated by Musk and his followers as a success, can be compared to someone in the …
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The Hall of Shame

Posted on October 6, 2022Updated on October 6, 2022by Geoff CarterCategories:Law, Social Commentary, Sports, Wisconsin

MN National Guard, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons I grew up in Wisconsin. One of my first childhood memories is sitting in the living room in front of an eighteen-inch television set watching the 1967 NFL Championship Game, better known as the Ice Bowl. I saw the final play of the game, Bart Starr’s winning …
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More or Less Equal Before the Law

Posted on September 29, 2022Updated on September 29, 2022by Geoff CarterCategories:Law, Politics, Social Commentary

Deval Kulshrestha, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons “We are a government of laws, not of men.” John Adams said that. “All men are created equal.” Thomas Jefferson said that—in The Declaration of Independence. Atticus Finch, in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, said “In this country, our courts are the great levelers.” These are all fine …
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Dialogues on Busting the Filibuster: Letters from Across the State Line

Posted on July 27, 2022Updated on July 27, 2022by Geoff CarterCategories:Law, Reproductive Rights, Social Commentary

formulanone from Huntsville, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Mark O., Dave S., Paul C., Dennis Curley, and Geoff Carter Bots, An additional political note on Roe -v- Wade if you can stomach it. Our President Biker-in-chief has declared that he’s willing to support an exception to the …
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Helping Hands

Posted on July 14, 2022Updated on July 14, 2022by Geoff CarterCategories:Activism, Law, Michael DiMilo, Reproductive Rights, Social Commentary

Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Since the recent—but not unexpected—Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe -v- Wade, American citizens have been scrambling to come to terms with the consequences and implications of this new and deeply disturbing ruling. The nation is reeling in shock. After all, it’s the first time that the highest …
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Blind Spot

Posted on July 7, 2022Updated on July 7, 2022by Geoff CarterCategories:Capitol Riot, Law, Michael DiMilo, Politics

Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter The January 6th Congressional Hearing has been a study in contrasts, a showcase of the best and the worst of the American psyche. At times, the hearings have been inspirational and heart-rending, but they’ve also been horrifying and embarrassing (but only in the sense that those being investigated embarrass—and …
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Dialogues on Supreme Injustice: Letters from the Majority

Posted on June 29, 2022Updated on June 29, 2022by Mark MamerowCategories:Law, Politics, Reproductive Rights, Social Commentary

Elvert Barnes from Silver Spring MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave O., Mark O., Paul C., Dennis Curley, and Geoff Carter Hello Bots, Had no idea just how adrift the ‘progressive’ state of fighting Bob is on this issue: Politico: Abortion Laws by State –Dave Time to …
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