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ORTOLANO: Justice by Exhaustion: How Nashua’s Courts Protect Power and Punish Dissent.(Part II)

January 15, 2026October 12, 2025 Laurie Ortolano

Busy, Burdened, and Broke From the outside, the court seemed to be managing a docket. In reality, it was managing appearances. No one, not the judge nor the City’s lawyers, acknowledged that the process itself had become unjust. The goal was never to expedite, but to delay. Inside City Hall, word had already spread that … Read more

ORTOLANO: Justice by Exhaustion – How Nashua’s Courts Protect Power and Punish Dissent (Part I)

January 15, 2026October 11, 2025 Laurie Ortolano

When the Courts Turn Hostile Courts dread seeing a self-represented litigant walk through their doors, especially one challenging city government. In Nashua, that dread turns to hostility. Over five years of fighting for transparency, I’ve learned how the local court system uses its power not to ensure fairness, but to exhaust and financially break citizens … Read more

DCYF – Let’s See What Is Under Your Kimono On This, Shall We?

July 5, 2023 Skip

As you all know, DCYF decided to reveal my personal information to people I don’t know. Sure, intentions may (giving the benefit of the doubt) be good, but there are two sides to this. Yes, the Granddaughter needs to stay in contact with their families, but what are the costs to the foster families put in the same situation DCYF has created?

The Pre-Emptive Veto

March 12, 2020March 12, 2020 Ian Underwood

There’s a lot of talk lately about how the House wasted time on some pointless reprimands, and consequently everything is behind schedule. However, this represents a small fraction of a much larger slice of time that gets wasted in every session, but especially in sessions — like the current one — where the legislative and executive branches are controlled by different parties.

Pelosi Realizes Impeachment Was a Mistake

January 11, 2020

America is the midst of a one-sided faux impeachment standoff. The House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has done an impeachment vote… in a rush. There were expressions of great urgency and charges of great import. But apparently the charges were not actually important enough to put to paper or to actually convey to the Senate for trial.

Is a charge without a name, from an unknown person, reason to impeach the President?

September 30, 2019

There is no specific charge or charges supported with evidence admissible in a court of law to justify impeachment proceedings. But they are going to investigate anyway.

Vacancies on the Federal Bench

September 10, 2019

There are too many vacancies on the federal bench. Why is that? What kind of judicial-confirmation progress should we expect during the rest of the 116th Congress? We’ve known since Trump took office that the Democrats called for war on judicial nominees. Thanks to National Review for the by presidency statistics. Why is there a … Read more

Welcome to Social Media Government

August 21, 2019

What is the effect of social media on government? Have you ever thought about a combining of Big Government & Big Tech? What that might mean for you? Do those things seem like there they might be impactful? Below is a link to a story from spinquark.com and some of the story for your perusal. … Read more