Law Choate’s Election Guide 2020, Down-Ballot, Part 2 12 Oct 202012 Oct 2020 Early voting begins tomorrow in Texas, and it’s very exciting. I’ve discussed my recommendations for President, Congress, and part of the down-ballot candidates. Today, I will race through to the…
Law… Bribery Finally Gets Alleged 15 Nov 201915 Nov 2019 Every couple of days, commentators affiliated with Fox News do a tremendous disservice to their viewers by lying about the application of laws to particular behavior. A few days ago,…
Law… A Citizen Who Happens to be President 29 May 201929 May 2019 Thirty-some odd years ago, as my political sensibilities began to awaken, one of my biggest questions was why Richard Nixon was, in the first place, allowed to resign, and, even…
Law… The Constitution’s Achilles Heel–Part III 14 Feb 201914 Feb 2019 This post is the third installment of my short look at the Constitution and how democracy is intetionally and unintentionally stymied under its construction. The first post looked at the…
Law… The Constitution’s Achilles Heel–Part II 25 Jan 201925 Jan 2019 In my previous post, I dove into the way the drafters envisioned the composition of the Legislative and Executive branches, and how the populace was supposed to be kept at…
Law… The Constitution’s Achilles Heel 24 Jan 201924 Jan 2019 In theory, the citizen who happens to be President of the United States should be relatively unimportant to the general public. The writers of the Constitution intentionally devised a system…
Law Salting the Fields for Kavanaugh 6 Oct 20186 Oct 2018 The Brett Kavanaugh confirmation was always expected to be difficult. Mitch McConnell, for example, suggested that President Trump not nominate him because of his substantial paper trail that would theoretically…
Law… Double Jeopardy, Dual Sovereigns, and Blockburger 4 Oct 20184 Oct 2018 Now that Kavanaugh appears to be gliding into the Supreme Court after Republicans disingenuously but successfully reduced every serious concern about his nomination into the question of whether or not…
Law… Walking Back False Statements 25 Sep 201825 Sep 2018 The Special Counsel's investigation into Russian contacts and coordination has secured guilty pleas for making false statements under 18 U.S.C. § 1001 from Michael Flynn, Rick Gates, Alex van der…
Law… Reduction to the Worst 24 Sep 201824 Sep 2018 Back when Katy Freeway was under construction, I’d entertain myself by reducing the telephone numbers on service trucks and 18-wheelers to just one number. It’s a very simple game. Take…
