Paul Luvera Journal

My firm’s partner, David Beninger sent me an article from The Bulwark https://www.thebulwark.com/ an independent media company featuring good-faith, fearless journalism and committed to defending liberal democracy. Kim Wehle, in the August 3rd edition, wrote a piece entitled “A Blistering Critique of the Roberts Court, From Hawaii’s Supreme Court.” Excerpts will give a flavor of this excellent article: “THE HAWAII SUPREME COURT issued a stunning opinion last month that said explicitly something that many other judges across the country have been thinking:…

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My career as a lawyer began at the Fox movie theater in downtown Spokane on a Sunday while the theater was closed for movies. The law school graduates proceeded into the theater as diplomas were presented by Gonzaga Law School. The diplomas were written on large parchment paper in Latin with a huge ribbon & seal. Except, that is, the fellow sitting next to me. When he unrolled the paper, he found it was a blank page with a note…

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The First Amendment prohibits the government from “abridging the freedom of speech.” It also prohibits retaliation against people for speaking out, even if the speech is critical of the government. The Constitution is meaningless when our Supreme Court is in President Trump’s hip pocket and ignores its mandates. It has issued frequent “shadow docket” rulings, critics informally label as “ghost decisions” because they carry legal effect but lack full, transparent reasoning for challenge. At the same time,  Congress has been…

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