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If Donald Trump is Elected President, His Appointment of Loyalists to Positions of Power Will Turn the United States Into a Nation…
Published in the Verdict, Sept. 13, 2024
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Elegant Legal Writing, book by Ryan McCarl
The best book I have found to help you make your legal writing more effective.
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August 2024

Boar’s Head Executives and Employees Need to Lawyer Up.
As I am writing this (3:37 a.m.
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Dr. Leah May Roberts quoted in Politifact on difference between IVF and IUI
Once again Politifact goes to Dr. Leah May Roberts to clarify issues regarding reproduction and women's health issues.
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DOJ’s Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program: Fatally flawed, DOA
With great fanfare, the Department of Justice has published its official Guidance on the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program, which is intended…
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Clarence Darrow, the First Sentencing Trial Lawyer, and His Innovative Sentencing Advocacy
Clarence Darrow is the one lawyer from the 20th Century (Atticus Finch notwithstanding) who will be remembered a hundred years from now.
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“In the End, the Election Wasn’t Even Close” New York Times, Nov. 20, 2024
Election Analysis
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July 2024

Predicting Kamala Harris will be the next President--back in February
From the Legally Speaking archives
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An Ethos for Criminal Defense Lawyers
A question defense counsel get throughout their career is, “How can you defend those people?” Certainly, there are occasions where we very much dislike…
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A Deep Dive Into Project 2025’s Plan to Subvert the Rule of Law and Use the Department of Justice as an Instrument for Political Oppression
Published today in the Verdict, July 12, 2024
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Everyone is looking at the Immunity decision the wrong way. It may be a loss for the prosecution, but it is a Big Win for Biden's campaign.
Everyone is missing the bigger picture of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump’s immunity claim.
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June 2024

America, June 27, 1914
Does history teach us anything, or does it just rhyme?
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