Category Archives: Law
Are 3D Guns Free Speech?
Printers aren’t just for fed funds anymore. Now you can print a gun from a 3D printer. Really. Needless to say this has the anti-gun lobby up in arms.
Of course you can’t print anything until you download the software. Obviously this is Trump’s fault. What’s next? Russian hackers emailing weapons to enemies of Hillary?
Not if Federal Judge Robert Lasnik can help it. He issued a restraining order to stop the release of electronic gun making instructions by a group called Defense Distributed.
Are 3D Guns Free Speech?
David French in National Review points out “The plaintiffs weren’t distributing guns, they were distributing information…and blocking the flow of information is a prior restraint of free speech.”
FISA Court Uncovered
In a Saturday document dump the FBI released 400 pages of its FISA court application seeking permission to spy on Carter Page. And it turns out the application was based on the Steele dossier.
FISA Court Uncovered
That’s the “salacious and unverified” dossier Comey testified about to Congress. It’s purpose was to dig dirt on Trump. It was paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign.
Kavanaugh Paper Trail
President Trump’s SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh has lots of experience. And that means a long paper trail. Chuck Schumer hopes to use it to blow up his nomination.
Here’s a WSJ editorial that says Schumer is trying to show Kavanaugh would have let Nixon off the hook over the Watergate tapes. (No relation to the Cohen Tapes.)
The editorial is titled Tricky Dick Schumer.
Strzok Grilling
FBI agent Peter Strzok insisted he was able to ignore his bias against Trump while investigating him. But congressional Republicans weren’t buying it during a circus of hearing on Friday.
Strzok Grilling
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, was so moved by Strzok’s grilling that he told him “If I could give you a Purple Heart, I would.”
Opposing Kavanaugh Nomination
Democrats protested President Trump’s Supreme Court choice. And that was before he picked Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
Opposing Kavanaugh Nomination
Meanwhile, Democratic Senator Dick Durbin wants red state Dems to take one for the team and commit political suicide by opposing the Kavanaugh nomination.
