U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters traveled from Washington, D.C., to suburban Minnesota last weekend to attend a rally related to the police shooting of Daunte Wright. 

She didn't need an investigation to conclude that this was yet more evidence on America's war on men of color. She couldn't sleep, she was so upset.

The unvarnished truth is that there is a steady rate of police shootings in the United States, roughly 1,000 per year. And, each year, roughly 51 police officers are gunned down in the line of duty. 

On balance, when deaths are population adjusted, police officers are more likely to be killed doing their job than they are to be kill.

Closing arguments have taken place in the Derek Chauvin murder trial in Minneapolis. 

This is the most significant criminal trial in America since John Adams' defense of the British soldiers following the famed Boston Massacre trial in 1770. 

Do we assess the evidence against Chauvin under the rule of law, or do we let our judgment be moved by the agitation of those who've already made up their minds, and threatened unrest unles

When the Supreme Court opened its doors in 1790, there were six (6) justices. 

The number of justices changed six times until the 1860s, and has been steady at nine (9) since then. The Constitution does not set the number of justices; Congress gets to do that.

Don't get me wrong—I'm all in favor of vaccinations. But I hate the idea of vaccine passports. 

Once we get accustomed to limiting access to public places, and goods and services, based on compliance with public directives about what's good for us, there's no telling where it will end.

Derek Chauvin is sure to be convicted, right? I mean, isn't that what the press coverage says?

I've had plenty of cases that were widely reported as they were conducted. I used to read the coverage. It felt like I was getting access to the thirteenth juror. Win the case in the press and you're all set, right?

More often than not, I didn't recognize the trial in the reporting. Reporters capture what catches their attention. No mor

Query: What scares you more? Speech you can ignore, or the censor who decides what you can see?

The United States Supreme Court rejected a petition we filed on behalf of Alex Jones of Infowars on April 5, 2021. 

It signals yet again that the Court is ripe to consider recognizing a hate speech exception to the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech.

The reparations bandwagon is gathering steam. 

Are you ready to pay race-based transfer payments or to allocate public goods on the basis of race? What about equal protection of the law?

After two days of trial in the Derek Chauvin case, folks kept asking me: What's going on? Why isn't the defense objecting to the "expert" testimony of the mixed martial arts (MMA) fact witness, Donald Wynn Williams?

The truth is that I have issues with authority, and I am a contrarian. 

That's why I write about law and legitimacy; it's also why I represent unpopular people. I suspect I'd do the same thing in paradise, should I ever get there.