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Not All Heroes Wear Capes, Or Have Credible Arguments: John Eastman suggests that in the hypothetical world where election fraud had occurred, he’d be the good guy! Don’t know why this defense hasn’t totally caught on for other crimes yet.

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What Are You Thinking?: Davis Polk partner appearing at event with sanctioned officials to applaud Hong Kong democracy crackdown. Remember when all those American firms went to “Huzzah for the Berlin Wall!” events in the 60s? Yeah, neither do we.

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The Smell Of Justice: Won’t smell like anything for a bit after a judicial conference turned into a COVID outbreak.

Sure, But…: Sadness is not a disability, but when you fire a guy after his wife dies maybe try to dial back the cruel dismissiveness a tad.

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Choke Artists: How many times do the cops need to be told not to try to suffocate people? That’s a rhetorical question, obviously.

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