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Powell’s Failures at the Fed Have Real Consequences
While some may argue that the president cannot remove the Federal Reserve chairman, doing so would not run afoul of the law.
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I’ve Seen Fake Cites on Both Sides Now
Listen on Suno From yesterday’s decision by Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Stafford in Evans v. Robertson (E.D. Mich.) (both parties are pro se): The Court notes that the parties’ briefing contained multiple factitious citations and quotations, presumably a product of using artificial intelligence (AI) software. For example, Evans cites Aguirre v. Reese, No. 2:12-cv- 01837, 2013 WL […]
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After Deinstitutionalization, America’s Mental Health System Struggles To Protect the Public
One of the charming, if bizarre, discoveries I made living in New England was its constellation of splendid, thoroughly abandoned mental institutions. They occupied commanding heights in bucolic rural backwaters—fine Victorian masterpieces of red brick and turreted cupolas. The one near Danvers, Massachusetts, was perhaps the most impressive—the sheer scale and strange, unsettling quiet of […]
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Imagine the Last Two Weeks If the Parties Were Reversed
Imagine that we have a Democrat administration. Now imagine that a right wing radical shot and killed one of the most influential liberals in the country on live TV. Now imagine that thousands of other conservatives shamelessly celebrated the assassination and called for more of them. Now imagine that in the same week another right […]
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Second Circuit Allows Claim That “Implicit Bias Trainings” Constituted Racial Harassment
The decision in Chislett v. N.Y. City Dep’t of Ed., decided today by Judge Pierre Leval, joined by Judges Joseph Bianco and William Nardini, dealt with a lawsuit brought by Chislett, a New York educator and administrator. Following a Department program of implicit bias trainings, and conflict that arose there, Chislett was demoted and then […]
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Court Throws Out Case After Finding Plaintiffs Submitted Deepfake Videos and Altered Images
The case is Mendones v. Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., decided Sept. 9 by Judge Victoria Kolakowski (Cal. Super. Ct. Alameda County). Here’s a short excerpt; the whole opinion (including copied images and detailed analysis) is worth reading: The Court finds that Plaintiffs violated section 128.7(b) of the Code of Civil Procedure by submitting fabricated evidence in […]
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Americans Aren’t as Divided as We’re Made To Think
This is a moment for America to show its decency, compassion and forgiveness.
