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Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

  • Here is the final kilometer of Stage 6 of the Tour of Switzerland. Here are the final 12 kilometers. It's very dangerous descending in the rain at high speed.

    Cycling

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    Jun 15
  • The Civil War (1990  2015)

    I recently acquired this documentary mini-series on DVD. It was first shown on television in 1990. I own the fully restored 25th anniversary edition, which was released in 2015. Although I have seen snippets of the series over the years (while channel-surfing), I have never watched it straight through. Katherine and I watched Episode 1 this past Monday and have eight episodes to go.

    Film

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    Jun 15
  • Here.

    Ten Years Ago Today in This Blog

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    Jun 15
  • Here.

    Dilbert

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    Jun 15
  • To the editor:

    The Supreme Court had better think twice before it overturns the federal appellate decisions on President Trump’s travel ban on six predominantly Muslim countries. (“Trump's severe lack of credibility doomed his travel ban with the courts,” Opinion, June 12)

    In the 1886 case Yick Wo vs. Hopkins, the court unanimously held that a San Francisco ordinance regulating laundries in “wooden buildings” discriminated against the Chinese even though it mentioned no nationalities. Although almost all laundries in wooden buildings were operated by workers of Chinese descent, the city granted only one permit to those laundries but virtually all of the applications from non-Chinese operators.

    The court found an “evil eye and unequal hand” behind the ordinance, reflecting virulent anti-Chinese prejudice.

    Yick Wo teaches that when testing the constitutionality of a law, the court should not turn a blind eye to evidence of invidious discrimination like Trump’s hateful statements against Muslims.

    Stephen Rohde, Los Angeles

    The writer is a constitutional lawyer.

    Note from KBJ: Good try, Stephen. Only 13% of the world's Muslims are covered by President Trump's travel ban. Did you not learn in law school how to argue from analogy? Oh, wait. You're not interested in rational persuasion. You're a left-wing ideologue intent on misleading people.

    From Today’s Los Angeles Times

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    Jun 15
  • You are witnessing the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history – led by some very bad and conflicted people! #MAGA

    — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2017

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    Presidential Tweet

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    Jun 15
  • Here is Kurt Schlichter's latest column.

    “Mueller Needs to Resign”

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    Jun 15
  • Here is Ann Coulter's latest column.

    “A Bloodless Coup”

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    Jun 14
  • Here is the final kilometer from Stage 5 of the Tour of Switzerland.

    Cycling

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    Jun 14
  • Highway to Hell (1979).

    AC/DC, “Girls Got Rhythm” (1979)

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    Jun 14
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