Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
May 31, 2024
May 30, 2024
HE SHOULD. IT SAYS TERRIBLE THINGS ABOUT NEW YORK’S JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND AMERICA’S. Jonathan Turley Has a Lot to Say About the Trump Verdict. “I had hoped that the jurors might redeem the integrity of a system that has been used for political purposes.”
Related:
I respect the rule of law and believe we should treat President Trump like any other individual convicted of 34 felonies in New York City: just let him out
— Met Gala Loser Balding 大老板 (@BaldingsWorld) May 30, 2024
Hell, if they’d treated him like anybody else with felony charges in NYC they’d never have brought him to trial.
WHY NOT?
Biden and Garland should be indicted in Texas tomorrow for their ongoing criminal human trafficking conspiracy across the border and into the state of Texas, in direct contravention of state law.
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) May 31, 2024
ANDREW DAVIS: A Republic, If You Can Keep It. Rome couldn’t, and we appear to be going the same way.
OPEN THREAD: Party on.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Chinese reusable rocket maker to cooperate on new MEO constellation.
JOHN LUCAS ON THE TRUMP CONVICTION: The Most Dangerous Day in the History of Our Country in Our Lifetimes.
The Roman Republic ended in no small part because of legal shenanigans like this, where no one could afford to surrender power for fear of political prosecutions.
MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Hunter’s laptop, Wuhan and more: ‘Disinformation’ and ‘conspiracies’ turn out to be true — again and again. And yet no one has been prosecuted for this document fraud.
MORE ON THE NRA’S unanimous Supreme Court victory.
Related: “The ruling was 9 to 0. This included wise brown and black women with lived experience. Watch for gun-industry lawsuits against those who initiated strategic anti-gun lawfare a decade ago.”
Make them pay, then make the rubble bounce. Also, I think the Court’s strong and unanimous line on the First Amendment impact of government coercion aimed at private entities bodes well for the Murthy case.
DOES SUNSHINE HELP? A New Way To Treat Obesity? UV Light Found To Prevent Body Weight Gain. “Recent evidence has suggested that UV exposure limits body weight gain in mouse models of obesity. Subcutaneous fat is a critical organ in regulating energy homeostasis. Alongside previous studies on the effects of UV exposure on obesity and metabolic disorders, our team was inspired by our prior discovery that, although UV rays do not directly reach subcutaneous fat when exposed to the skin, they can regulate the metabolism of subcutaneous fat. . . . They found that UV radiation inhibits weight gain by enhancing the secretion of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine, which not only decreases leptin but also increases energy expenditure through the ‘browning’ of subcutaneous fat.”
I LIKE A STORY WITH A HAPPY ENDING: Intruder With Knife Runs Into Texas Homeowner With Firearm.
THERE’S AN ISSUE WITH THESE: Lithium-ion battery explodes in Chelsea apartment: ‘This could have been a very different story.’
Firefighters across Massachusetts are facing the “nearly impossible” task of extinguishing lithium-ion battery fires more than ever, according to data the state released last month. The figures showed how such blazes have spiked sharply since last October. Roughly 38 cities and towns identified 50 lithium-ion battery fires between last October and the middle of April, more than double the annual average detected by a national fire data reporting system.
They’re extremely difficult to extinguish.
KANGAROOS DELIVER VERDICT: In the least surprising verdict ever, 12 Manhattanites just found Donald Trump guilty: Of what is anyone’s guess.
Much more here. It was as predetermined as the Scottsboro Boys case.
UPDATE: Stacy McCain texts: “Comparing Manhattan to Scottsboro is unfair to Scottsboro.” Fair. Though both are one-party Democratic regimes.
I CAN BELIEVE THAT, BUT THE 12 CYLINDER HAS A CERTAIN PANACHE: 2025 Bentley Continental GT Speed Prototype Drive: Yes, the Hybrid V-8 Trumps the Old W-12!
NOW OUT FROM CHRIS DURBIN: Old Bahama Straits: The Fifteenth Carlisle & Holbrooke Naval Adventure.
WELL, WHEN THE INDUSTRY STANDARD IS COMIC BOOK MOVIES, REMAKES, AND REMAKES OF COMIC BOOK MOVIES, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? Box office blues: Movies today are underwritten and have no emotional payoff.
THEY HAVE A LEGIT BEEF:
Kangaroos Ask People To Stop Unfairly Comparing Them To U.S. Justice System https://t.co/WCjQ0nam1C pic.twitter.com/ZXnqYGbMfa
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) May 29, 2024
NEW YORK’S POLITICIZED LEGAL SYSTEM TAKES A LOSS: Sotomayor hands NRA victory in Supreme Court free speech case. “The question before the justices was whether Vullo used her regulatory power to force state financial institutions to cut off ties with the NRA in violation of constitutional First Amendment protections. . . . Although the gun rights group is typically involved in litigation surrounding the Second Amendment, the case marked an unusual departure to a First Amendment claim that even had backing from the American Civil Liberties Union, which has historically targeted the gun rights group in other cases before the high court.”
Here’s the full opinion.
CHANGE: U.S. girls begin menstruating at younger ages. “A girl’s weight appears to partially explain why periods are starting earlier, researchers said. In other words, childhood obesity — already known to be a risk factor for early puberty — could be contributing to earlier menstruation.”