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Comey, James cases dismissed
Apparently, appointing an insurance attorney and political loyalist, without Senate confirmation, to persecute your enemies is, indeed, illegal no matter how much your dislike Letitia James or James Comey. It’s like law and order or separation of powers or some such nonsense. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/comey-and-james-cases-dismissed-over-halligans-invalid-appointment
Balancing Mark Kelly’s rights
There is a tricky line between the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the First Amendment but Sen. Mark Kelly is on the money regarding his interpretation. Soldiers have a moral obligation to disobey illegal orders. Kelly did not identify if there were specific illegal orders he was talking about, say exploding Venezuelan fishing boats as part of the war on drugs. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2025/11/25/mark-k…
Digging deeper on loans for ‘professionals’
One Big Beautiful Bill mucked up a whole lot, including the ability for aspiring medical professionals to borrow enough money to make their way into fields where there are already desperate needs. Talk about out of touch with reality. https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/11/25/nx-s1-5619731…
