Prohibition of alcohol is the only part of the Constitution enacted for a specific policy [FN1] & then voided a few years later by subsequent amendment. [FN2] Prohibition has long stood as an example of a policy that worked, but not as intended, for a few groups. 1/13

F Scott Fitzgerald solemnly wrote: “So, with one hand on the Eighteenth Amendment and the other hand on the serious part of the Constitution, I have taken an oath that I will tell somebody my story.” [FN3] If a…

6 Democratic members of Congress, former service members, made an ad in November noting the UCMJ [FN1] requires refusal to obey an illegal order. [FN2] The ad focused on orders issued by one’s superior. [FN3] An order to commit a crime is “a patently illegal order.” [FN4] 1/14

At My Lai, in Vietnam, unarmed civilians, including babies, old women and old men, were shot. [FN5] Murder is a crime. [FN6] In the November ad, contrary to claims by trump, the members of Congress did not…

In a November ad, six Democratic members of Congress, who served in the military, stated that the UCMJ [FN1] not only allows, but requires, a service member to refuse to obey an illegal order. [FN2] The ad angered the trump, et al. Nonetheless, 1/10

1) They stated the law.

Failure to obey the lawful order of a superior [FN3] is a violation of the UCMJ. Presumption that an order is lawful does not apply “to a patently illegal order, such as one that directs the commission of a…

“What is reality!?” [FN1]

Variations of this question arise frequently; their application in works of absurdist humor are apt in the context of Wednesday’s shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis & the broader issue of the dictatorship taking over this country. 1/14

Video, aired right after the shooting, shows Ms Good being shot, w/o valid legal cause, by ICE. [FN2] V Pres Vance held a press conference & said there was no dispute: Ms Good was shot trying to run over the…