Posts By Villapiano
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118Judge’s OpinionsThanksgiving In America
“Government requires make-believe. Make believe that the king is divine, make believe that he can do no wrong or make believe that...
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368Judge’s OpinionsThe FBI and Zero-Click
During the Trump administration, the FBI paid $5 million to an Israeli software company for a license to use its “zero-click” surveillance...
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636Judge’s OpinionsRepublicans and the Growth of Government
As I write this on Election Day, I obviously don’t know the outcomes of the U.S. midterm elections. As you read this,...
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697Judge’s OpinionsThe Government and Race
This week, the Supreme Court of the United States is confronting yet again an issue that has bedeviled it for the past...
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704Judge’s OpinionsBush, Guantanamo and the Rule of Law
Last week, the government announced that it does not want to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four of his colleagues whom it...
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1.0KJudge’s OpinionsAlex Jones and the Freedom of Speech
“Congress shall make no law abridging … the freedom of speech.” — First Amendment to the Constitution The iconic language of the...
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1.5KJudge’s OpinionsKilling with Near Certainty
Last week, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. secretly reaffirmed his own self-willed authority to kill persons in other countries, so long as...
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1.2KJudge’s OpinionsTaking Rights Seriously
“If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, Mankind would be no more justified In silencing that one person, Than he,...
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1.2KJudge’s OpinionsAn American in Moscow
When the Trump administration obtained an indictment of Edward Snowden for violation of the Espionage Act of 1917, many of us who...
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1.1KJudge’s OpinionsThe Right to Travel
Watching the unprecedented, forced removals of immigrants from Texas to New York City, Martha’s Vineyard and the District of Columbia, I thought...
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1.4KJudge’s OpinionsWhy You Should Use Cash to Buy Guns
Under pressure from the governors of New York and California and their enormous state pension funds, Visa, Mastercard and American Express have...
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3.4KJudge’s OpinionsThe Right to Be Left Alone
Every move you make And every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I’ll be watching you. —...
