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Category: Legal Docket

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Don’t Call Them Conservatives: Supreme Court Edition

December 9, 2025December 10, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Call them reactionaries, wingnuts, radicals, extremists, right-wingers; call them anything but conservatives. Continue reading Don’t Call Them Conservatives: Supreme Court Edition

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Eve Of Corruption

December 8, 2025December 8, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Adrastos on the MAGA Supreme Court and its shady use of the shadow docket.
Continue reading Eve Of Corruption

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The Comey Commedia Dell’Arte

November 24, 2025November 24, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Instant analysis of the Comey and James dismissals. Continue reading The Comey Commedia Dell’Arte

Adrastos, Congress, Gret Stet Politics, Legal Docket, MAGA, Political Crack, The Darnold1 Comment

Da Winnas & Da Loozas: Epstein Vote Edition

November 19, 2025November 19, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Instant analysis of a remarkable day on Capitol Hill. Continue reading Da Winnas & Da Loozas: Epstein Vote Edition

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Third Term Chatter

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

MAGA’s dream of a Trump third term is America’s nightmare. It’s also illegal but when did that ever stop them? Continue reading Third Term Chatter

Adrastos, Diary, Legal Docket, Music, New Orleans, Odds & Sods, Political Crack

Saturday Odds & Sods: Show Me The Way

October 11, 2025October 10, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Show Me The Way

Adrastos, Law/Justice, Legal Docket, MAGA, Political Crack, Supreme Court, The Darnold

The Comey Indictment

September 29, 2025September 29, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

MAGA’S trumped up case against James Comey fails both the smell and laugh tests. Continue reading The Comey Indictment

Adrastos, Fog Of History, Legal Docket, MAGA, Political Crack, Supreme Court, The Darnold

Quote Of The Day: Free Speech Edition

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

On MAGA free speech hypocrisy. Continue reading Quote Of The Day: Free Speech Edition

Adrastos, Legal Docket, Political Crack

The Maxwell Scandals

August 25, 2025August 25, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Like father, like daughter. Continue reading The Maxwell Scandals

Adrastos, Legal Docket, New Orleans, Political Crack

The Cantrell Indictment

August 19, 2025August 19, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Unsolicited advice for New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell. Continue reading The Cantrell Indictment

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Demonstrably False

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

A Federal Judge calls out DOJ’s malevolent mendacity in the Epstein-Maxwell mishigas. Continue reading Demonstrably False

Adrastos, Legal Docket, Malakatude, Political Crack2 Comments

Malaka Of The Week: John Cornyn

August 11, 2025August 11, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Malakatude as big as Texas. Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: John Cornyn

Adrastos, Congress, Law/Justice, Legal Docket, Political Crack, Supreme Court

Emil Bove Is A Perjurer

July 29, 2025July 29, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Lying his way to the top: The Emil Bove story. Continue reading Emil Bove Is A Perjurer

Adrastos, Congress, Gret Stet Politics, Law/Justice, Legal Docket, Political Crack

Speaker Yellowbelly

July 24, 2025July 24, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

A nickname is born: MAGA Mike Johnson is a coward. That’s why Adrastos calls him Speaker Yellowbelly. Continue reading Speaker Yellowbelly

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Todd Blanche Is A Shyster

July 23, 2025July 23, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche takes performative MAGA lawyering to new depths of depravity. Continue reading Todd Blanche Is A Shyster

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Shecky’s Six Pack Of Links

July 17, 2025July 17, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Get your red hot links about politics, the law, Canada, and The Gilded Age Continue reading Shecky’s Six Pack Of Links

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Click-To-Cancel Culture

July 15, 2025July 15, 2025 rcb30

In which businesses renew their subscription to the belief that no-hassle unsubscribing is bad for America. Continue reading Click-To-Cancel Culture

Adrastos, Bigotry, Fog Of History, Legal Docket, Political Crack

The Strange Comeback Of Jim Crow

June 26, 2025June 26, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Political Jim Crow is back, and legal Jim Crow beckons to MAGA maggots like a racist siren. Continue reading The Strange Comeback Of Jim Crow

Immoral Values, Jamie O, Legal Docket, Political Crack, So Called Liberal Media

If You’re A President They Let You Do It

May 12, 2025May 12, 2025 JCO

Trump gets his new Air Force One in the only way he knows how: illegally. Continue reading If You’re A President They Let You Do It

Adrastos, Legal Docket, Political Crack

Resisting The MAGA DOJ Killer Bees

April 24, 2025April 24, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Bondi, Blanche, and Bove bring justice with fear and favor to the forefront. Continue reading Resisting The MAGA DOJ Killer Bees

Adrastos, Fog Of History, Immigration, Law/Justice, Legal Docket, Supreme Court

Giving Due Process Its Due

April 21, 2025April 21, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

The deportation freeze: Turning point or point of no return? Continue reading Giving Due Process Its Due

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Big Law Extortion Racket Redux

April 17, 2025April 17, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Life Imitates The Godfather and The Sopranos. Continue reading Big Law Extortion Racket Redux

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Contempt

April 16, 2025April 16, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

In which Adrastos expresses his contempt for the bad political and legal actors involved in the illegal imprisonment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Continue reading Contempt

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Team Trump’s Extortion Racket: Big Law Edition

March 27, 2025March 27, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Life imitates The Sopranos. Continue reading Team Trump’s Extortion Racket: Big Law Edition

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Blame It On Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh & Barrett

February 24, 2025February 24, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Don’t call the Dobbs/Immunity Six conservatives. Continue reading Blame It On Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh & Barrett

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Extorting Eric Adams

February 18, 2025February 18, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Blackmail over Manhattan. Continue reading Extorting Eric Adams

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JD Vance Chimes In

February 11, 2025February 11, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

JD Vance gets off the couch to attack judicial review. Continue reading JD Vance Chimes In

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Quick & Dirty Thoughts On The Smith Report

January 14, 2025January 14, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Jack Smith’s parting shot. Continue reading Quick & Dirty Thoughts On The Smith Report

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Blanket Pardons?

December 10, 2024December 10, 2024 Peter Adrastos Athas

You say preemptive pardons, I say blanket pardons. Let’s call the whole thing off. Continue reading Blanket Pardons?

Adrastos, Legal Docket, Political Crack

Rudy Gets His Comeuppance

December 2, 2024December 2, 2024 Peter Adrastos Athas

Giuliani’s pity party. Continue reading Rudy Gets His Comeuppance

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