by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Jun. 14, 2021) — As a brief addendum to your humble servant’s prior post on the “quo warranto” topic (prompted by the comments of “Luke” and “Wilson”), an additional problem for Mr. Lindell and his lawyers takes the form of the proceedings in Laity v. Harris, USSC Doc. No. 20-1503. There, […]
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The Quo Warranto Avenue
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Jun. 12, 2021) — OK, in the continuing simmering stew of issues bubbling around the 2020 general election and the results of same, one particular issue caught your humble servant’s eye. That issue concerns the role now being played by “The My Pillow Guy,” Mike Lindell. While his heart may be […]
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The Four Corners of the Constitution
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Jun. 1, 2021) — Once again – lamentably, but not unexpectedly – the U.S. Supreme Court has successfully evaded addressing, let alone resolving, the question of what the “natural born Citizen” clause in the Constitution means. On Tuesday, June 1, 2021, the Court again denied a petition for a writ of […]
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Laity Sends DeMaio’s “Open Letter” to U.S. Supreme Court, Receives Acknowledgement
by Sharon Rondeau (May 31, 2021) — The plaintiff in a case docketed at the U.S. Supreme Court scheduled for conference last Thursday challenging Kamala Harris’s constitutional eligibility to serve has received an acknowledgement of Laity’s having electronically sent through the court’s website a link to “Open Letter to Justice Clarence Thomas” authored by legal […]
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Open Letter to Justice Clarence Thomas
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 May 23, 2021 Dear Justice Thomas: With respect, it is virtually certain that in the next Court conference – this coming Thursday, May 27, 2021 – the matter in Docket No. 20-1503, “Laity v. Harris” will be addressed. Further, it is also not altogether unlikely that, based on existing Court precedent, […]
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Natural Born Citizens and USSC Docket 20-1503
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (May 16, 2021) — When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for your humble servant to respond to comments in greater detail than allowed in the designated section of P&E posts, a longer post is required. Such is the case with this offering regarding assertions made by those who […]
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Laity v. Harris: A Hypothetical Amicus Curiae Brief
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (May 9, 2021) — Rule 37 of the U.S. Supreme Court Rules deals with amicus curiae briefs. Rule 37(1) states, in relevant part: “An amicus curiae brief that brings to the attention of the Court relevant matter not already brought to its attention by the parties may be of considerable help […]
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Now. Not in 2022
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The D.C. Statehood Bill is D.O.A.
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Apr. 24, 2021) — Well, here we go again. Once more, the Democrats answer the adolescent’s perennial question: “Why does a dog lick itself?” Two hundred sixteen Democrats just responded: “Because it can, and so can we.” Through the passage of H.R. 51, the “Washington, D.C. Admission Act,” the Democrats once […]
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Accountability is a Two-Way Street
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Apr. 22, 2021) — Even before the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial was announced in Minneapolis, another police shooting – this time in Columbus, Ohio – took place. In the Ohio incident, police body cam video shows that the officer was called on scene as a result of a 911 […]
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Lord Acton Was Sooooo Right
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Apr. 20, 2021) — Representative Maxine Waters (D. CA) – now seeks to incite rioting in the streets if the result in the Derek Chauvin trial over the death of George Floyd is anything other than “guilty, guilty, guilty.” She also suggested that people ignore a mandated curfew and “get more […]
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The Four Amigos Letter
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Apr. 15, 2021) — When there is an objection from the leftists and Democrats that state laws requiring the removal of the names of deceased former registered voters from the rolls of still alive, eligible and otherwise qualified voters somehow constitutes “voter suppression,” you know or should know – unless you […]
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Before Invoking “Jim Crow 2.0,” Study “Jim Crow 1.0”
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Apr. 12, 2021) — As one-time former Democrat Ronald Reagan used to quip: “There you go again,” Congressman James Clyburn (D. S.C.), appearing on the Democrats’ propaganda channel, CNN, responded recently to a question from pseudo-journalist Jake Tapper. Monsieur Tapper asked whether Clyburn shared the Goofball-in-Chief’s view that the recently-enacted Georgia […]
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Senators Manchin and Sinema and the Cannibals of the Left
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Apr. 11, 2021) – As noted here, Senators Joe Manchin (D.W.VA) and Kyrsten Sinema (D. AZ) continue to weather Al Sharpon’s slander against them for standing firm against the elimination of the Senate filibuster. These two politicians seem to understand perfectly the 1887 admonition of Lord Acton: “Power corrupts. Absolute power […]
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The Post-45 State of the Union Message
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Apr. 9, 2021) — Credit where credit is due: Dan Bongino made a great suggestion on his 4/6/21 podcast last Tuesday regarding how the MLB blunder in moving professional baseball’s All Star Game from Atlanta to Denver (discussed by your humble servant here) should be handled. Recall that the reason coughed […]
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The MLB Pickle
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Remember What Stalin Said
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Apr. 4, 2021) — Let us cut to the chase: the goal of the Democrats under either and/or both H.R. 1 and S. 1 – both woefully, but intentionally mislabeled by their Democrat creators as the “For the People Act of 2021” –, is not expanded voting opportunities for “people” or […]
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The Clyburn Confession
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 This issue was addressed recently by your humble servant, but in the context of race-baiter Al Sharpton’s threat against both Senator Manchin as well as Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D. AZ.) to either “straighten-up-and-goose-step-right” or face being slandered as “supporting racism.” The rest of this post may make more sense if readers […]
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The Sun Does Not Set in the West
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Apr. 1, 2021) — Nor does it “rise” in the east. Words are important. They are the prime mechanism by which we communicate with one another. Different languages may be used, but aside from viewed images and pictograms we may see, words are how we express ourselves. There is now an […]
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The Sharpton “Racist” Slander
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Mar. 28, 2021) — Well, well, well…, whatta ya know? The Senate filibuster is now labeled by Democrats as a relic of the scurrilous “Jim Crow” era of the nation’s past. Because of that, Democrats have declared that it must be killed. Not only must it be killed, Senators who don’t […]