With decades of experience as a lawyer, Mike brings a deep understanding of the legal system to his writing. His insights are sharpened by his background as a former Norfolk Sheriff, offering a unique, no-nonsense perspective on justice and the law.

THE PRESIDENT AUTHORIZES A LETHAL STRIKE ON A VESSEL TRANSPORTING DRUGS—THE OPENING SHOT IN A NEW AND EVOLVING WAR ON TERROR

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The USS Gravely, an Aegis-class destroyer, deployed to the waters near Venezuela as part of counter-narcotics operations. THE PRESIDENT AUTHORIZES A LETHAL STRIKE ON A VESSEL TRANSPORTING DRUGS—THE OPENING SHOT IN A NEW AND EVOLVING WAR ON TERROR   INTRODUCTION The current Administration is formulating a strategy to join issue with an increasingly dangerous influx…

A LABOR DAY WEEKEND TARIFF RULING FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT—A SEPARATION OF POWERS SHOWDOWN GOES TO SCOTUS

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A LABOR DAY WEEKEND TARIFF RULING FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT—A SEPARATION OF POWERS SHOWDOWN GOES TO SCOTUS   INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS On Friday, August 30th, a divided federal appeals court issued a ruling on the majority of the President’s tariffs imposed to address various declared emergencies from trade imbalance, fentanyl…

THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION IS PARTIALLY RELIEVED FROM LETITIA JAMES’S CORRUPT CIVIL ACTION, BUT REAL JUSTICE AWAITS A FURTHER APPEAL

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THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION IS PARTIALLY RELIEVED FROM LETITIA JAMES’S CORRUPT CIVIL ACTION, BUT REAL JUSTICE AWAITS A FURTHER APPEAL   INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS It appears that a few Justices of the Appellate Division, First Department, an intermediate appellate court within the New York legal structure, may have read my blog on these issues from September…

EXPLODING THE STATUS QUO AND ENSURING LIFE AND LIBERTY IS NOT AUTOCRACY—IT IS A STRONG ARTICLE II PRESIDENT WIELDING CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

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EXPLODING THE STATUS QUO AND ENSURING LIFE AND LIBERTY IS NOT AUTOCRACY—IT IS A STRONG ARTICLE II PRESIDENT WIELDING CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY   INTRODUCTION The status quo in the Nation’s Capital has seen a disproportionate share of violent crime, the actual impact and effect of which seems to contradict so-called crime statistics. A politically broad swath…

JUDGE BOASBERG’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL QUEST TO HOLD TRUMP’S DOJ IN CONTEMPT COMES TO AN ABRUPT AND IGNOBLE END

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The District of Columbia Court of Appeals. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. JUDGE BOASBERG’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL QUEST TO HOLD TRUMP’S DOJ IN CONTEMPT COMES TO AN ABRUPT AND IGNOBLE END   INTRODUCTION Previous editions of this blog have examined the drama between the Executive and Judicial branches as…

A CALIFORNIA FEDERAL COURT ENJOINS ICE—JUSTICE JACKSON WOULD APPROVE BECAUSE FEELINGS ARE ACTUALLY LAW

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A CALIFORNIA FEDERAL COURT ENJOINS ICE—JUSTICE JACKSON WOULD APPROVE BECAUSE FEELINGS ARE ACTUALLY LAW   INTRODUCTION On July 11th, 2025, US District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, a recent Biden appointee, entered an extraordinarily broad and likely unlawful Ex Parte Restraining Order essentially telling federal immigration authorities that they cannot enforce immigration law in the Central…

SCOTUS’S 27 JUNE OPINIONS—NOTHING LESS THAN COMMON SENSE JURISPRUDENCE

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SCOTUS’S 27 JUNE OPINIONS—NOTHING LESS THAN COMMON SENSE JURISPRUDENCE   INTRODUCTION The left’s handwringing over the three decisions that I will discuss herein continues to establish its untethering from mainstream moral and legal thought. The bottom-line takeaways from these decisions clearly resonate with most Americans, who do not need to be Constitutional scholars or lawyers…