“[a]ll parties to these cases, like all members of this Court , agree that an unborn child is a genetically unique human being whose life began at fertilization and ends at death.: In LePage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine ___ So. 3rd ____ (Ala. 2024) (opinion of the Court by J. Mitchel)(emphasis added).
Conjectures & Arguments, Philosophy & Law
Saturday, March 9, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Alabama’s Hastily Enacted IVF Providers Protection Act Is Unconstitutional
The Alabama Constitution’s 2022 Sanctity of Unborn Life Amendment “acknowledges, declares, and affirms that it is the public policy of this state to ensure the protection of the rights of the unborn child in all manners and measures lawful and appropriate.”
Thursday, January 4, 2024
The Trump Trials: Hung Juries and Jury Nullification
What happens if there is a diehard MAGA juror for one of Trump’s trials?
Thursday, September 28, 2023
The Convict President: Trump & the 25th Amendment Shuffle
Let us suppose that Trump is convicted in the Washington D.C. case and the New York case, but in the latter only of a misdemeanor. (See Conjectures & Arguments, Philosophy & Law: Legal Problems of the New York Criminal Case against Trump.) In the Florida case he benefits either from postponement until after the election from the hand of his appointee Judge Canon or from her Judgment of Acquittal (Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 29, which, when granted after the jury is sworn, is unappealable).
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Legal Problems of the New York Criminal Case against Trump
In the case brought by the New York County District Attorney, Trump’s goose is pretty well cooked on the misdemeanor Falsification of Business Records in the Second Degree, NYPL. §175.10.05. There are 34 counts of the indictment listing e.g., invoices and checks falsified to cover up the hush money payments made via Michael Cohen to Stormy Daniels.
Whether Trump committed the felony of falsification of business records in the first degree, §175.10, however, is another matter.
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Should Parents Control Pronouns at School?
The teacher received a note from fifth grader Jill’s parents:
We understand that you and other school personnel as well as pupils refer to Jill using “she, her, hers.” This is contrary to our family values. Please, in the future, use “they, them, their” and ask all school personnel and pupils to do so as well. We understand that Jill may resist this and ask you to use “she, her, her.” We expect her to grow out of this with time and discipline.