That last line…God bless him.

This man is a hero and should get the highest recognition from the White House possible.

Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage - C.S. Lewis

A shit day calls for homemade crab dip

Just so we're clear here, this comes in the context of a bill passed by Congress and signed by a president to remove funding from an organization funded by a bill passed by Congress and signed by the president. There is no legal justification. A lower judiciary run rampant.

Apparently, the Constitution means that if Congress won’t fund Planned Parenthood, a judge in the District of Massachusetts will. And it’s a Bill of Attainder if Congress ever decides not to fund any group that has previously been funded. It’s a one-way ratchet. Who knew?

This is an almost sanctionably frivolous argument. Stopping funding to Planned Parenthood cannot be a bill of attainder not least because PP does not (and cannot) have a vested property right in as-yet-unappropriated payments. And plenty more reasons besides.

There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future. — St. Augustine

Congress really should have just eliminated Planned Parenthood funding completely, not just for one year. If we're going to get ridiculous resistance decisions like this, at least make the legal fight meaningful.

It’s a great day to call your member of Congress & demand they co-sponsor H.Res 500! This would require background checks for all congressional staff as well as disclosure of all foreign ties. Simple, common sense & very much needed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

On the road again

I support judicial review, but if it is to survive another 250 years, the judges need to show their work. I've seen a whole lot of court orders in recent years that had more holes in them than Swiss cheese, but they were markedly better than the new genre of ex parte TROs.

What if Congress never laid sufficient taxes for this purpose? Can a district judge order the imposition of a tax to pay for this?

Zoning abuse often punishes human kindness by restricting where people can engage in basic good deeds. That's what's happening to Alex and Lynda Pepin in Blaine, MN.

BREAKING - Pope is Catholic

A Catholic priest in Lexington has offered to help families devastated by the Texas flooding by covering the full cost of funeral services for any child lost in the disaster, as part of his mission as a Papal Missionary of Mercy. Info: Lex 18 News

i'm just so tired and worried

I’m so bored by simplified hot takes on the Supreme Court (by either side). Bring back nuance. Bring back good faith. Bring back an acknowledgment that law is hard & complicated & obviously diff than partisan politics. It’s easy to be outraged. It’s challenging to see nuance.

This is basically my whole schtick actually

Fascinating insights into the VA gov