I felt the nudge on my right shoulder. “Captain, you are pondering again?” I glanced up and saw the LTC standing next to me. In his right hand he held his drink and in the left was a crystal glass containing the 11-year-old Lagavulin he had just tapped me with. In his mouth was an ancient cigar,...
Justice Oliver Wendall Holmes had a famous saying: “Hard cases make bad law.” This is quite true. A particularly noxious defendant can assert rights that may very well have been abrogated during an arrest or trial. Recognition of those violations might well negate the defendant’s conviction. Judges are human, and the idea of setting a miscreant free might...
Last week a court decision (well, actually a decision on a motion for preliminary and permanent injunction) was handed down in the case of Andrew Hanson, et al., v District of Columbia. Mr. Hanson was challenging the District of Columbia’s ban on standard capacity magazines. If this sounds similar to the case we have been...
Well, I had every intention of writing a blog this week about either God, the transcendent human condition, why I really like gefilte fish, or the demographic catastrophe about to manifest on the European continent… But, a funny thing happened on the way to the forum, so to speak. We got a victory in federal court (well…...
MAJOR NEWS!!! Injunction issued regarding CA Roster!!! I was in Federal Court today making an appearance on an unrelated matter when my phone began to blow up….in a really really good way! The California Rifle and Pistol Association, (CRPA) in conjunction with the law firm of Michele and Associates had filed a lawsuit challenging the CA Handgun Roster. ...
“Come fly with me, come fly away… if you can use some exotic booze, I know a bar in far Bombay”… The sounds of Sinatra fill the empty spaces in my troubled soul. Yes. I can use some exotic booze. The world is in need of a great reset. This has been looked upon by many...
The Cadet was home last week. It was nice having her back in Le Château de Lieberman, even if it was only for a brief period of time. Incidentally, what Sandy and I are really looking forward to is Thanksgiving… Carolyn is about to turn 30 and Chaney is about to turn 21… Thanksgiving itself sort...
Another week, another murderous rampage. This has become pathetic, and our response to it has become equally pathetic. While Sandy, Kavon, and I were in Wisconsin this last week, part of the flotsam and jetsam of human waste decided to seek notoriety by killing a bunch of children. Naturally, there was an immediate and visceral reaction to...
Berlin, at the end of the Cold War, was a den of spies, vipers, and other miscreants. It was a beautiful place. A cold martini and a cold blade were in equal abundance and the one constant in this cloudy world was a lack of constants. Light might serve as an antiseptic, but in certain...
Last week I received a call from a distressed client. He had just been subjected to a federal search warrant, and he was… and continues to be… terrified. Anyone would. His bucolic life was instantly turned upside down. He will never be the same. What portends of his future remains in question, and the trauma of the...
