President Biden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes       Kickass, the doorstop dog, hears the keeper comment that 157 years after the end of the Civil War there is great rejoicing that a Black women will become a member of the Supreme Court. At this rate of moral procrastination, the War …
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Category:Law
Kickass Talks to Cops
Photo by Josh Hild on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis were among those at the recent coffee-with-a-cop breakfast at Vista West; and both came away well-fed and comforted by the reassurance that while the Madison police are very reluctant to get involved in cases of cheating at Scrabble; they …
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Don’t Look at the Big Picture
Photo by Thomas Def on Unsplash By Mark Mamerow It’s just common sense, isn’t it? James and Jennifer Crumbley behaved irresponsibly, and now they’re being held accountable for it in court. The Crumbleys are the parents of the 15-year-old who shot up a suburban Michigan high school in America’s latest numbingly familiar school massacre. But in the case of Michigan …
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Trial by Proxy
Artwork by Michael DiMIlo By Geoff Carter The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse is underway. He is charged with killing two men and wounding another during the violent protests that began in Kenosha after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man. Sound familiar? Where else have we seen this? Minneapolis, Philadelphia, New York …
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Qualified Immunity: There’s a Catch
Photo by Sora Shimazaki from Pexels By Mark Mamerow “That’s some catch, that Catch-22,’ Yossarian observed. “It’s the best there is,” Doc Daneeka agreed. —Catch-22, by Joseph Heller Readers of Joseph Heller’s brilliant World War II black comedy Catch-22 see the war from the bemused and frustrated perspective of Captain Yossarian, a bombardier. Throughout the novel, Yossarian’s desire …
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