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Courts Doing Good Job Adapting to Pandemic

Published by Scott Stewart on Mon, 03/30/2020 - 12:00am

How are the courts coping with coronavirus?

They seem to be doing a good job implementing restrictions to ease the spread of the disease.

Life Trying to Go on as Normal

Published by Scott Stewart on Mon, 03/23/2020 - 12:00am

Prescott, Ariz. – Despite widespread cancellation and suspension of crowd activities, life at the big box stores in this northern mountain area of Arizona goes on as usual.

At Costco and Walmart, the parking lots are jammed and the hand sanitizer is sold out and, as during any panic shopping spree, toilet paper is scarce.

The Beauty of Election: Anyone Can Win

Published by Scott Stewart on Fri, 03/06/2020 - 12:00am

My first vote for president was for John Kennedy in the Nebraska primary of 1960.

He was the only Democrat officially on the ballot, having locked-up support of the party largely due to the dogged determination of his right-hand man, Ted Sorenson, a Nebraska native.

The Fascinating Story of The Fremont Brothers

Published by Scott Stewart on Tue, 03/03/2020 - 12:00am

For a little distraction from today’s acerbic politics, I turned to Steve Inskeep’s delightful new book, “Imperfect Union,” a biography of John and Jesse Fremont.

Inskeep is the co-host of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” and the author of two other works.

No Vacancy Left Behind

Published by admin on Tue, 02/25/2020 - 12:00am

Last Thursday marked the four-year anniversary of the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, and the start of the most recent battle for the ideological control of the Supreme Court.

Gun Sanctuary Guarantees Nothing

Published by admin on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 12:00am

I live in a county (Yavapai, Arizona) whose governing board has joined the cultish movement declaring us a gun sanctuary.

Democrats Need to Get Back to Work

Published by admin on Thu, 02/06/2020 - 12:00am

Democrats who have had a really bad week can either sulk or get to work on winning back at least the winnable Second District House of Representatives seat.

Whether the “dark cloud” was the election of Richard Nixon in 1968 or the “theft” of the presidency in 1990 or loss of the impeachment vote this week, whining doesn’t win back the right to govern; hard work wins elections.

Political Memory Short – and Fickle

Published by admin on Thu, 01/30/2020 - 12:00am

Just days before the Des Moines Register endorsed Elizabeth Warren, the New York Times-Sienna poll showed Bernie Sanders with a six-point lead ahead of third-place Joe Biden. Anita Hill went to Iowa City and tore into Biden’s conduct as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee almost 30 years ago.

Virginia Ratifying ERA Doesn’t Mean Much

Published by admin on Fri, 01/24/2020 - 12:00am

If you had been cheering after Virginia ratified the Equal Rights Amendment last week, forget it!

Virginia was the last state needed to reach the magic number required (3/4 of them) to enact an amendment to the Constitution. But when the ERA was sent to the states in 1972, Congress gave them 10 years to ratify (they didn’t quite make it), and then another three (still no luck).

Some Hope of Relief For Law School Grads

Published by admin on Thu, 01/16/2020 - 12:00am

There’s a glimmer of hope for law grads with huge student debt seeking relief from bankruptcy courts.

While the test for when that rare species of relief for student loans may be discharged (the Eighth Circuit uses a “totality of circumstances” measure), a new decision from the chief judge of Manhattan’s bankruptcy court took one heckuva load from the shoulders of a non-practicing man.

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