I’ve lived in town for close to 30 years, and there have been several residents over the years with my name. According to the 11th circuit, that’s close enough for government work. If there’s a warrant for one of my doppelgangers, the Constitution allows them to scoop me up and detain me for 72 hours.
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The FBI Raid at Mar-A-Lago Was One-Sided, Undemocratic
If you think that the raid, oh, excuse me, warrant execution at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence (by multiple heavily armed agents of the state, some wearing tactical gear) is acceptable or even wonderful, you might want to pause and think again. The search was ostensibly for documents, not narcotics that could be flushed away or … Read more
Judge Reinhart’s Jedi Mind Trick
I’m reading an article on the deliberations being undertaken by U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart over how much of the affidavit used to obtain the search warrant for Mar-a-Lago can be released to the public.
The Return of General Warrants
The warrant issued for the recent search — we’re not supposed to use the r-word — at Mar-a-Lago authorized agents to take ‘all physical documents and records constituting evidence, contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed’ that violate the U.S. Code.