Star Peace
12.03.2026 11:36
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Star Peace
March 6th! 🤠
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Good guess, but nope!
During the last few years events themselves had been irrational; politics in America could no longer be wholly sane. Here and there, like flickers of angry light before a thunderstorm, there had been bursts of violence, and although political debate continued, the nearness of violence-the reality of it, the mounting threat that it would monstrously grow and drown out all voices-made the debaters shout more loudly and appeal more directly to emotions that made reasonable debate impossible. Men put special meaning on words and phrases, so that what sounded good to one sounded evil to another, and certain slogans took on their own significance and became portentous, streaming in the heated air like banners against the sunset; and even the voices that called for moderation became immoderate.
Pop quiz: What year is being described?
This is bananas
A Republican candidate for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is explicitly running to "punish the guilty"—which he claims the CCA currently fails to do.
I don't know what's worse, the dishonesty, or the naked partiality.
Either way, the practice of criminal law in Texas is about to get worse.
There are a LOT of good reasons to hate Kristi Noem. Letting us keep our shoes on is not one of them.
"As his post goes on, his language gets older. 100 years older with each jump. The spelling changes. The grammar changes. Words you know are replaced by unfamiliar words" Fascinating. So how far back in time can YOU go?
Really fascinating post.
Federalism can't work under these conditions.
State court should be safe for all. And many people — from defendants to victims to other witnesses — need to be able to go to state court without fear that doing so will result in their apprehension by ICE. www.startribune.com/white-house-...
JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.
Introverted public defender and his Westlaw account
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I had purposely not brought up that comment as a point of error because there was adverse case law, and the "60 percent" comment was so clear cut.
I am happy that the court chose to disavow that prior case law anyway.
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Yes. Click on the link in the follow-up post, and then click on the PDF for the opinion. If you can't see links to PDFs on the docket page, change your browser view to "desktop view."
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Link to case, briefs, and opinion:
search.txcourts.gov/Case.aspx?cn...
A Houston judge told a jury that "beyond a reasonable doubt" can be as low as "60 percent." This morning the 14th Court of Appeals reversed my client's conviction because of that comment. #appellatesky
And don't admit that they're wrong:
www.woodtv.com/news/target-...
Nope. Hasn't been my experience at all. Cops accuse innocent people all the time.
abovethelaw.com/2021/09/neve...
Cherry cordials can yeet themselves into the sun
Ah yes the man who picked the 38th parallel as the dividing line between North and South Korea
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"Any event you go to, people ask about it. It's like the border used to be," said Dave Carney, the top political strategist for Mr. Abbott. "What are you doing about Shariah law? What are you doing about the Muslims taking over the state?'"
It will surprise y’all to hear that there are no “Muslims taking over the state” and there is no “sharia law” in Texas that threatens anyone.
This is genuinely disgusting.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
This is the most Olympic Opening Ceremony Super Bowl halftime show ever (deeply complimentary).
