Some of us found the outcome disappointing. Retired 4th Circuit appeals Judge J. Michael Luttig said on CNN that the decision was “stunning in its overreach.”
Recent developments raise the question of whether or not shore-based aquaculture is a good idea. Or whether or not anyone can raise salmon in tanks at a competitive price.
Does anyone sincerely believe that the drafters – and ratifiers – of the amendment, acting only a few years after the Civil War, meant to bar Confederate traitors from becoming, say, postmaster in Little Rock or a state senator in Tuscaloosa, but were happy to have him serve as President? That’s not remotely plausible.
Let's raise a toast to companions of four legs and two/ whose presence will enrich us through/ this closer-than-it-may-appear/ and soon, let’s hope, more peaceful year.
Of course, under Supreme Court decisions of the past 15 years, virtually every American has a Constitutional right to own a gun. The hard and consequential legal question is whether or not – current federal law be damned – drug users have that right, too.
Trump has set up a situation in which no one who opposes him can win a victory that his supporters consider legitimate. He has said before both his Presidential races that he could lose only if the election was rigged. (Heads I win, tails you cheated.)