The absence of an actual crime is “not determinative” of whether justice could have been obstructed, but it should be.
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Absent A Crime, It’s Obstruction Of What?
Tag Archives: Law
The Rational Approach To The Insanity Defense
The insanity defense existed long before the U.S. Constitution was written. Would the framers have agreed with banning it?
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This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Laws
What makes a good law go bad? Few things can do it faster than payday-seeking contingency lawyers.
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Putting A Lid On The Seizure Business
A unanimous Supreme Court lays the groundwork to curtail law enforcement’s financial stake in seized property.
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Costly Falsehoods
First lady Melania Trump once again looks across the pond for redress after mistreatment by the press.
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Keeping Someone’s Kid Safely Outside China
The first duty of a boss is to keep employees safe. How safe is it to send someone to do business in China?
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‘Beale Street’ Says: Be Careful
Through malice or mere mistake, false identifications continue to destroy lives in fact and fiction.
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Backseat Driving From The Bench
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is cleaning house, but a federal judge in Tallahassee wants to hand him back a previously cleared mess.
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Canada Chooses Sides
The detention of a prominent Chinese businesswoman puts Canada in a position familiar to many children of divorced parents.
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A Grumpy Judge’s Wrong-Way Voyage
Banning a cruise line for environmental transgressions would hurt many onshore workers who have done nothing to deserve it.
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