June 18, 2017 – While Judge Gorsuch was recently sitting in confirmation hearings before the US Senate, his US Supreme Court peers were handing down a rebuke of a precedent he had set in motion in 2008–in the case of Thompson R2-J School District v. Luke P.. Thompson is now infamous case after a recent US Supreme court ruling in Endrew v Douglas County School District RE-1. As a result of this 2017 ruling, the “precedent” set by Gorsuch and his bench in Thompson, and subsequently applied to Endrew by Gorsuch and his bench was “vacated” by the US Supreme Court. What followed was a unanimous rebuke of his opinion from the Supreme Court Justices–and more pointedly Chief Justice Roberts writing for the Court.
Privacy, the Internet of Things & the Third Amendment, Who’s Watching You Now?
May 13, 2017 – With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT), where one can ask questions of their Siri, Alexa or other concierge device–devices that are always waiting…”listening” waiting to answer you…do you ever wonder if what you ask your device–stays with your device? If so, the next…
As US Celebrates Accomplishments of Women in Space – Isn’t it Time to Celebrate Equal Pay?
May 2 – Recently, Peggy Whitson famed female astronaut was seen celebrating more than 534 days in space–more days spent in space, than any other American astronaut. Yet, not only is Ms. Whitson’s accomplishments astounding, being a woman in a field dominated by men-she has broken the gravitational pull of…
Youth Plaintiff’s Suing US Gov’t Over Right to Inherit a Habitable Planet
April 23, 2017 – Just as Earth Day got unprecedented viewership with marches all over the US and the world, where scientists marched in droves to protect our planet, demand money not be cut by Drumpf administration for EPA and science exploration and research, a group of children may be in the best position to made adults squirm as so many callously disregard the next generation’s right to “inherit” a habitable planet as all previous generations have done.
The Cold Hand of Judge Neil Gorsuch–Supreme Court Nominee, on Worker Rights
March 25, 2017 – Recently the Senate Judiciary Committee embarked upon confirmation hearings for the open position on the US Supreme Court vacated by the late Justice Antonin Scalia in February of 2016. The candidate chosen by President Trump is Judge Neil Gorsuch of the 10th Circuit Federal Appeals Court…
Trumped Up Charge: Snoop Dogg Not in Dog House, Video Gets First Amendment Protection
March 18, 2017 – Just recently President Trump was upset that rapper, Snoop Dogg published a video with a male mannequin referred to in the video as Ronald Klump sporting a clown face, wearing a blonde wig, dressed in a suit and tie, and smoking marijuana,–obviously to mock Mr. Trump…
Trump, A President in Search of a Warrantless Intrusion
March 7, 2017 – Just as Donald Trump is bristling over what he contends is a warrantless intrusion into the caverns of Trump Tower and he’s beloved privacy-here are the real issues. First, the likelihood that there really is a wiretap is quite suspect–after reading the dossier by the former…
The March of the Trumpeteers: It’s Not Lying..It’s Just Alternate Perception
March 2, 2017 – They marched in to the Congressional hearings, democrats played the warning–the bugle cry, but no one heeded the warning. The litany of Trumpeteers marched their way into Congress to sing their song of Ode to Joy, and then were made members of the marching band–with orders…
Conflicts, Investments & Trump: Emoluments for Him, & Fiduciary Rule for You
March 1, 2017 – It is not a surprise that Donald Trump has not divested himself of any of his holdings, any of which is positioned to give the appearance of impropriety or conflict. It should also come as no surprise that the same individual elected by less than half…
Pressing Times – Pressing Solutions: Free Speech, Censorship & Parallels in History
February 20, 2017 – More attacks on the press are being hurled by the new president and his administration trying to discredit and ultimately silence the media who report on the presidency and his activities. By the efforts of fact manipulation by the president and his associates, one must ask,…