Actually, I am wrong, Looking this up, juries in criminal trials can rely only on the legal guidance given to them by the judge in his summing up (along with the submissions of the prosecution and de… (View Post)

The US liberal news media. Washington Post editorial board comes out in support of Trump tearing down East Wing and building a massive ballroom. That is wrong. But what is unethical is the owner of t… (View Post)

. It's the Senate, not the House that gets briefed. And as far as constraints are concerned, the GOP voted down a Democratic resolution in the Senate which would have required Trump to seek Congressi… (View Post)

It's a far more consequential solecism than the American spellings which exercise you. Fair cop, though. (View Post)

An excellent header, though. One other point you could add - the deterrent effect of criminal justice is severely diluted when it takes multiple years to bring cases to court. And it demoralises law … (View Post)