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Record 2668. #LarryAndTommy #JoeHouston #HereComeTheJudge Kicks off with Larry & Tommy's funk take on Pigmeat Markham's comedy proto-rap "Here Comes The Judge" also released in 1968. From there it's Joe Houston's big sax blasting 50's style R&B jazz. #funk #soul #rhythmandblues #protorap #pigmeatmarkham #vinyl #records #nowspinning #vinyljunkies #recordcollection #vinyligclub #rocknroll https://www.instagram.com/p/CizC8m6ra7Z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The failure to pay taxes is only part of it

So, there’s this:

Stephanie D. Harvell, 28, in January 2016 won $500,000 on a $5 “Hot Ticket” scratch-off ticket from the Michigan Lottery. A few months later, husband Mitchell T. Arnswald on May 6, 2016, bought a house on Lauria Road in Bangor Township for $80,000, records show.

Arnswald, 29, owes delinquent property taxes for 2016, 2017, and 2018 totaling $4,863.50, according to the Bay County Treasurer’s Office. Arnswald on March 21, 2019, filed a hardship agreement with the county, agreeing to make monthly payments of $60.

He did not make a single payment, records indicate.

If the delinquent taxes aren’t paid by March 31, 2020, the county could foreclose on the property.

So they won the lottery, bought a house, and are about to lose the house.

But they have bigger problems. They’re accused in a string of burglaries. 

https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-bay-city/2019/09/couple-who-won-500000-lottery-now-facing-burglary-charges-owe-thousands-in-back-property-taxes.html

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Disabled vet at risk of eviction from Colorado apartment building for flying US flag

A controversy has erupted at a Colorado luxury apartment building over a rule prohibiting tenants from flying the American flag.

Your reminder that the First Amendment prohibits GOVERNMENTS from restricting speech. It doesn’t restrict PRIVATE ENTITIES from restricting speech.

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If psychosis is performance art, is it time for Jones to run for President? (But as an Independent, of course.)

USA TODAY: Infowars host Alex Jones blames 'psychosis' for his Sandy Hook conspiracy claims.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/03/30/infowars-host-alex-jones-blames-psychosis-sandy-hook-claims/3318972002/

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Source: carlballou / Getty ImagesHercules Capital Inc. (NYSE: HTGC) saw its shares trade down sharply on Tuesday, but it’s not based on earnings or any other traditional metrics that you might have expected. Tuesday’s drop is being tied to news that the company’s chief executive officer was included on a list of parents in an […]

Hercules Capital Inc. (NYSE: HTGC) saw its shares trade down sharply on Tuesday, but it’s not based on earnings or any other traditional metrics that you might have expected. Tuesday’s drop is being tied to news that the company’s chief executive officer was included on a list of parents in an FBI complaint related to the college admissions scandal that has been all over the news on Tuesday....

According to Wedbush’s Henry Coffee:

We have no idea how this will play out and to what extent this will or will not impact the company’s long-term growth rate. While we do not want to underestimate the importance of Mr. Henriquez to the company, it is important to point out that the indictment is a personal matter and does not in anyway involve HTGC itself.

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Star Tribune on Twitter

“A foot of snow? Hennepin County judge issues restraining order vs. winter. https://t.co/LCkp96LNWU”

Meanwhile, another judge takes on...winter. 

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“BREAKING: Activist right-wing judge gives Manafort 47 months in prison. The guidlines were 19-24 years, but judge Ellis said he otherwise lived a blameless life. That "blameless life" got him the nickname the "torturers lobbyist" as he represented the worlds dictators.”

ANTI-TRUMPSTERS: We need to protect the independence of the judiciary!

NEWS: Paul Manafort only got 47 months in prison.

ANTI-TRUMPSTERS: We need to review judicial performance!

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Brett Kavanaugh Flunks His First Test as an Originalist

Unlike Thomas and Gorsuch, Kavanaugh stayed mum on originalism in a major constitutional case.

Rather wonky from my perspective, but interesting. 

The majority opinion, written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh, held that the Excessive Fines Clause is "incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment."

Writing separately, Justice Clarence Thomas explained that while he agreed that the ban on excessive fines should be applied against the states, he "cannot agree," as a matter of originalism, "with the route the Court takes to reach this conclusion. Instead of reading the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause to encompass a substantive right that has nothing to do with 'process," Thomas wrote, "I would hold that the right to be free from excessive fines is one of the 'privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States' protected by the Fourteenth Amendment."...

Thomas and Gorsuch are both self-avowed originalists, so it is fitting that they would either explain (Thomas) or at least acknowledge (Gorsuch) their heterodox views in a major constitutional case such as Timbs. For an originalist judge, it is often an uphill battle, and one of the best ways to gain ground in the war of ideas is by writing a persuasive opinion, typically penned in concurrence or dissent. How else are you going to change minds and set the foundation for winning future cases?

Which brings us back to Brett Kavanaugh. Where, you may be wondering, was the Court's newest self-described originalist in last week's Timbs legal wrangling? Did Kavanaugh also explain where he stands on the crucial debate over the original meaning of the 14th Amendment? Did he say whether or not he agrees with Thomas? Did he perhaps lay out a different originalist take of his own? Alas, Kavanaugh did none of those things. He did not bother to weigh in at all.