Not under the conspiracy charge, which was the common charge. There, at least as directed by the judge, the agreement had to be “to impede.” If there is a non-conspiracy version of the charge (I don’t know and no longer have Westlaw access) they should have charged that instead.

The prosecutors lost the case on mens rea. The defense successfully argued that the purpose was not to impede federal officials (that was incidental) but the purpose was blah blah freedom. This could have been done better here.

No proof that they are man-made. Just an elaborate plot by the Chinese.

For real. Government rate is government rate. Who the fuck was signing off on this in the finance department?

Don’t forget, Trump consulted Bill in May of last year before launching his campaign...

To be measuring apples to apples you also have to factor in the emissions of oil refining and transportation.

The feds could try and get him on something related (though it almost certainly couldn’t be for the actual murders)

Pretty sure the wording only refers to being elected. Which is weird.

Steph has never hesitated in running up the score at the end of games. This time was fine.

This dude was my commencement speaker after law school. About as good as a sad hand job.

Wow. A lot of people seem to be taking a few allegations against one manager as gospel and as an indictment against a giant company. Those are bad things to do and say but that is pretty mild (and almost certainly not actionable under civil rights laws).

Pocatello school district confused by why the word personnel is so similar to the word personal.

He always said “no” when Fast Eddie offered him toilet wine

The blazers used to run a similar play for Batum in years past.

Oh shit, she guest taught a seminar of mine in law school and she was hilariously and shockingly vulgar in that. This makes me happy.