Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

LOL, “CURRENT JUSTICE OFFICIALS” ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT “BRAZEN POLITICIZATION.” Where were they for the last 16 years at least?

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GOOD ANALOGY:

PRETTY SURE THOSE CAUSED THE INSTA-WIFE’S HEART ATTACK: Some birth control pills, devices linked to greater heart risks. “The most common formulation of birth control pills has been linked to a doubling of relative risk of heart attack and stroke, a new study finds. Contraceptive vaginal rings and skin patches formulated in the same way also were linked to higher heart risks.”

I’VE MENTIONED HERE OCCASIONALLY that I teach a class in the law of distilled spirits. Here’s something on that.

JOSH BLACKMAN: DID THE TRUMAN ADMINISTRATION DISOBEY A DISTRICT COURT INJUNCTION IN YOUNGSTOWN? “Most of the current rhetoric about an apparent ‘constitutional crisis’ is woefully misinformed.” “For starters, President Trump cannot possibly have ignored any court order because no court order runs against him. Even if Trump has been a named defendant, any injunctions would apply to members of his administration, not the apex official. Moreover, Trump’s Justice Department has dutifully appealed every adverse ruling (as best as I can tell). I’ve seen no evidence that Trump, or anyone in his administration, has given an order to ignore a court ruling. Some judges ordered immediate compliance, but that sort of demand is simply not realistic. The federal government cannot change direction so quickly in the face of many litigation demands. We saw these dynamics during the travel ban litigation. Attorney General Sessions described the nationwide injunction as an order to turn a battleship around 180 degrees immediately. It cannot be done.”

THE PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT TRUMP’S LACK OF “DECENCY:”

IT’S NOT MUCH MORE THAN A MONTH SINCE I PREDICTED THAT 2025 WAS GOING TO BE THE YEAR THINGS COME TO A HEAD. Boy, was I ever right!

YES.

DON SURBER: Why Democrats hate Hegseth. “Trump hired Hegseth to change the military back into a lean, mean, fighting machine. That is what true warriors want. The president did not have the military behind him in his first term. This time he will succeed because he will have the military on his side instead of the future members of Boeing’s board of directors.”

WATCH LIVE: VP Vance speaks in Munich as Trump seeks end to Ukraine war.

UPDATE: He’s giving the Euros and UK what-for over their retreat from liberty and their bending over backwards for Muslim immigrants’ sensibilities. And boy is he good: Clear, strong, and direct. “If you’re running in fear of your own voters, there is nothing that America can do for you. . . . You cannot win a democratic mandate by censoring your opposition.”

He’s also subtly warning the EU not to meddle in Germany’s election.

COMMENTING ON YESTERDAY’S COLLISION of the USS Harry S Truman with a civilian bulk freighter, a friend writes: “USS Harry Truman looks like shit in the linked photo. Don’t know when that was taken, but I’ve seen a lot of US Navy ships at home and abroad. Don’t recall seeing one with that kind of rust on the hull.”

Here’s the pic:

I hear people say this a lot about naval vessels in general lately, because it’s true. I believe it’s due to a combination of very long deployments brought about by an understrength Navy, reduced standards, and, I believe, new, inferior “eco friendly” paint. There was always time and money for pronoun training though.

Related: “One of the top priorities of the President and the Secretary of Defense is to excise the cancer that is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’s (DEI) cultural-Marxist, socio-political worldview from our military.”

OPEN THREAD: Make me proud.