Ungovernable Ed Walker
@edwalker
I read a lot of books, Some of them are interesting enough to write about at emptywheel.net. Retired lawyer. Currently reading After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre. Avatar: detail from Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden by Masaccio.
Todd Blanche understands the sensitive feelings of the ICE goons killing people across the country. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/19/n...
A good lawyer would have pounced on this point. These six rogues have ignored every guardrail on their power, including standing, mootness, and stare decisis, as well as judicial restraint, in their drive to restructure our democracy. Chotiner prefers to let Honig writhe in his own mess.
Andrew Jackson's first inauguration. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_i...
Do any Republican senators or representatives think Trump is fit to be President? Doesn't that seem like a plausible question for reporters to ask? open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
The applicable provision is the Illinois version of Rule 8.4 of the ABA Model Code Of Professional Conduct. Prosecutors have high responsibility under this Rule. See Comment 7. www.americanbar.org/groups/profe...
From the Michelangelo Rodin exhibit at the Louvre. Body of Michelangelo by Daniele de Volterra ca. 1565.
AUSA withheld information about a murder warrant in home country of detained immigrant at a habeas hearing. Lacking the knowledge, Judge released him. Trump;s DHS attacked her. Turns out ICE demanded secrecy. He's vanished. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/08/m...
The actual cost of the War on Iran. Does not include the cost of ameliorating the blow to Trump's ego for being the biggest and fastest loser in US history. popular.info/p/the-real-c...
US Atty for Chicago admits he obtained indictments from a Grand Jury before completing his investigation. He's forced to dismiss cases after imposing personal and financial costs on innocent people. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Afternoon at one of my favorite places in Paris; the Medici Fountain in the Luxurious Garden. With a book.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social discusses campaign finance, and the staggering amount of money donated by billionaires to buy elections. Decades of Republican anti-democratic Republicans on SCOTUS gutted campaign finance lawsm leading to this immoral regime. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
@hcrichardson.bsky.social offers a history lesson to the cowardly Republican politicians neutered by the Mad King. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
So Netanyahu says the war will take some time. Did he mention that to Trump?
And in case you think that's too bloodthirsty (their impure blood will water our fields), here's the third verse of the Star Spangled Banner.
ICE is killing and wounding us. Holy Speaker Mike is worried someone might say something ugly to the shooters or their families. This is your Republican Party. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/10/n...
A racist Kavanaugh stop. Attacks on Somali-Americans justify attacking every Black person in the nation. Focusing on Latino people was just the first step for Trump's racist regime. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The Trump-fluffers on SCOTUS love this. Tthey let their special boy get away with attacking democracy in Trump v. US. Lower courts stayed their injunctions barring Trump from randomly imposing tariffs. SCOTUS has sat on the case for months. open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...?
Meaningless nothing from the spineless Susan Collins, whose state is currently under assault by the murderous Trump/Miller goons. Talk but no action. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/28/n...
In case you were wondering if you are a domestic terrorist, here's the definition. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
The US Attorney for Chicago, Andrew Boutros, is a loser. Look at this horrible record on cases coming from ICE/CBP. Only a chump takes the word of ICE/CBP. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Time for the oil companies and others to enter the Trump Venezuelan Oil Bribery Games.
Trump will pardon all of his criminals, and John Roberts and the Fash Five have pardoned Trump, so how the hell is Congress supposed to insure compliance with laws? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Judge Ellis kindly listed the weapons the ICE goons and the other thugs use against my fellow Chicago residents.
The judge is not thrilled with Bovino. Apparently sua sponte she increased the time he must sit for depositions. The pics in this article are shocking. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
This is Wheelbarrow. He’s about 20 years old and about 15 poudsds. He likes people food.