It was ruled constitutional to charge him separately *because there were distinct factual elements to be proved*. For the first charge, they had to prove that the morphine sold was not in its original stamped package; for the second, they had to prove that the morphine was sold to an unauthorized person. Those are…

As I understand the standard set by Blockburger v. United States, that wouldn’t work with these two charges; it would be double jeopardy, which is unconstitutional. I may be mistaken—IANAL—but I have a hard time seeing how first-degree assault and third-degree attempted murder would involve “proof of a different…

“Exactly what is it about pulling out a gun, pointing it at people, and pulling the trigger that makes proving attempted murder so difficult?

Attempted murder *is* a thing, but, in this case, it would have been both (a) harder to prove, and (b) carried a lesser sentence. (Max sentence for first-degree assault in Minnesota: 20 years. Max sentence for third-degree attempted murder: 13 years.)

@sk04: Check MN Statutes 609.17, and you will find what you seek.

He’ll be fine. His power isn’t in his beliefs. His power is in the way he causes a certain class of people to try to shut him down. The Far Right only cares about Milo insofar as the Far Left reacts to him. Thus, his beliefs don’t matter at all — only the Left’s reaction to him expressing them.

Would you be any happier to learn it was a bipartisan bill that passed the Senate with 80 votes?

The first? I think you’re forgetting Justice Robert Grier, among others.

“The Senate is supposed to be where you find the professionals, the ones who know and like people on the other side of the aisle, the ones who moderate the whack jobs over in the House. It isn’t supposed to be hyper political and now it is and that really sucks.”

So, what, which of these do we dislike? College, or heaven? Both sound like a pretty good plan to me!

“What are the next steps here?” 

Having just finished The Amazing Spider-Man 2 — which, in so many respects, is a triumphant update of THE Spider-Man 2, ten years later — I couldn’t put my finger on why I was nevertheless left unsatisfied.

>Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has, as the Washington Post puts it, “suspended his committee’s rules”—what?—and advanced both nominees anyway.

“This has been the subtext of Supreme Court politics ever since the 5-4 split in Bush v. Gore”

“But the indefinite ban, in my view, is far more ripe for legal challenge.”

My mother wrote an article about preborn women’s rights back in the late ‘80s, so I don’t think it’s nearly as new as you think. May have just been pulled to the forefront by this particular march.

Well, hang on, ranking states by raw GDP will basically just get you a ranking of states by population. You’ve got to screen that out by looking at GDP per capita, which yields a surprising list:

Is there / can there be a “recent updates” section in this article? I bookmarked it when published and regularly go back to it, but am never sure whether there’s new stuff or where it is.

Does this mean we can finally get Ashley Feinberg’s proposed review of the book?

“O’Connor thinks that transgender people shouldn’t be protected while in medical care so that people who practice aspects of their religion like total assholes can continue to do so.”