The majesty of the law

Bruno Dey was convicted of a mind-boggling 5,232 counts of accessory to murder in Hamburg, because he was a guard at Stutthof concentration camp in 1944-5.  "How could you get used to the horror?"  Judge Anne Meier-Goering* asked him.  But he's 93 and uses a wheelchair, so she gave him a two-year suspended sentence.  It's the price of longevity -- you get nailed for what others got away with.

Trump fixer Michael Cohen is about to be re-released after Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled that he was the victim of retaliation.  Being a felon doesn't mean you lose your First Amendment right to publish inside dirt about your most notorious client.

U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska has unsealed a load of documents from a 2015 civil suit against Ghislaine Maxwell, potentially containing famous names.  It's a win for the Miami Herald, which sued to have them unsealed.  Meanwhile, a 2015 Trump interview with Sean Hannity suggests that bad things are in store for Bill Clinton ("nice guy," Trump calls him, months before demanding the incarceration of his wife), Prince Andrew and other lucky habitues of Jeffrey Epstein's "cesspool" island.

The ACLU is suing the Department of Homeland Security, the Portland Police Bureau and the U.S. Marshals Service for attacking medics who were assisting demonstrators.  But who will sue on behalf of the people they were helping? 

Michael E. Horowitz, inspector general of the Justice Department, is investigating the use of violence by federal thugs against protesters in Portland and Washington, D.C. (the teargas/Bible atrocity).  For five points, how much longer will he be inspector general?




*Yes, I too was reminded by the judge's name of Hermann Goering's wisecrack, "If one bomb falls on German soil you can call me Meier."  It's how my mind works.  I'm having therapy.