March 7, 2017 (Fault Lines) –Protests have become a regular thing in the time of Trump. While many remain peaceful, others turn into violent events where trash cans burn, Starbucks gets looted, and necks get yanked....

March 3, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Justice Ginsburg reminds me of my grandmother. My grandmother would have been almost the same age as Justice Ginsburg. She was a first-generation American, born and raised in Manhattan. So,...

February 28, 2017 (Fault Lines) – Good legislative drafting is hard to do. And bad legislative drafting is easy to do. In the criminal sphere, bad drafting leads to open-ended statutes with broad terms defining an...

February 24, 2017 (Fault Lines) –In 1982, Troy Wicker, Jr. was murdered. While he was still in his bed, Wicker was shot four times, the fatal shot passing through his eye. Shot with a .22 rifle,...

February 21, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Venting on social media is nothing new. In fact, humans have been whining and complaining for decades, centuries, and perhaps millennia. An angry outburst can lend itself to violence. In the Appalachian parts...

February 17, 2017 (Fault Lines) – The self-styled “Dangerous Faggot,” Milo Yiannopoulos, has gained great fame by being the alt-right poster boy for free speech. Among other things, he was famously kicked off Twitter for allegedly...

February 14, 2017 (Fault Lines) – If you’ve never served on a jury, then you might not know that jurors get paid. No, it’s not very much money; it’s usually far less than minimum wage. It’s...

February 10, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Corruption in police departments is an old accusation. New York City formed the first American police department in 1845. It was established early on as a pay-to-play environment, and it...

February 7, 2017 (Fault Lines) – Asking for mercy for non-violent drug offenders is a palatable argument for advancing criminal justice reform. It appeals to the idea of forgiveness, second chances, redemption, and so on. And...

February 3, 2017 (Fault Lines) – Don’t fish off the company pier. It’s an old adage that has proven to be quite sage. Clinton carrying on with an intern got him impeached and censured. Clarence Thomas’s...