Flirting with Disaster: Kid Glove Treatment of an Assassination Attempt Sets Damaging Example

Flirting with Disaster: Kid Glove Treatment of an Assassination Attempt Sets Damaging Example

October 6, 2025

Flirting with Disaster: Kid Glove Treatment of an Assassination Attempt Sets Damaging Example

By: James Trusty

On a crisp October afternoon while the media focused on P Diddy’s high-profile New York sentencing, a less conspicuous—but more consequential—hearing took place in another federal courthouse, not far from the nation’s capital. Nichola Roske was sentenced for the attempted assassination of at least one Supreme Court associate justice. On June 8, 2022, Roske flew across the country—California to Virginia—and then traveled by cab to the Maryland address of Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Roske arrived armed with a laser-sighted handgun, knife, lock picking set, duct tape, hammer, crowbar, and tactical gear. In his on-line research before the cross-country flight, Roske searched for information on conservative justices, mass shooters, and techniques for hurting people with knives, including the question:…

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This Wall Won’t Hold: Preventing Foreign Claims on Asbestos Trusts

August 25, 2025

This Wall Won’t Hold: Preventing Foreign Claims on Asbestos Trusts

By: George Calhoun

Bankruptcy continues as a favored vehicle for the resolution of mass-tort claims, particularly asbestos-based claims.  In two recent cases in Delaware, an often-overlooked issue has raised a red flag concerning the fairness of the trusts proposed in many of these cases.  The plan proponents in those cases proposed asbestos trusts that provided that foreign claimants were not eligible for payment.  It is a foundational principle…

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The Referral was the Easy Part – Where does Gabbard’s Evidence Lead DOJ?

July 29, 2025

The Referral was the Easy Part – Where does Gabbard’s Evidence Lead DOJ?

By: James Trusty

Americans are used to a considerable level of dirty tricks when it comes to politics. Occasionally, however, a legal line is crossed and a high-level official is either chased out of office, subjected to a criminal prosecution, or both. Ask Richard Nixon, Marvin Mandel, and Bob Menendez. Despite the predictable proclamation from prominent democrats that DNI Director Tulsi Gabbard’s referral is “old news” and “politically…

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Even Bad Guys Have Rights

March 7, 2016

Even Bad Guys Have Rights

By: Nicole Kardell

This article first appeared February 29, 2016, on FEE.org – you can access this version here. Remember Martin Shkreli, the “pharma bro” notorious for raising the price of his company’s life-saving drug by some 5,000 percent? Did you know he was recently arrested for securities fraud (completely unrelated to the drug hike)? It didn’t take long for the Justice Department to go after the universally unpopular…

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Police Make iPhone Public Enemy No. 1

February 26, 2016

Police Make iPhone Public Enemy No. 1

By: Ifrah Law

FBI Director James Comey took a rare break from the posturing typical of investigators and prosecutors in the current showdown between Apple and the FBI.  While prosecutors argue that Apple’s privacy concerns are a smokescreen to avoid “assist[ing] the effort to fully investigate a deadly terrorist attack,” Comey posted a statement over the weekend in which he took the position that the tension between security…

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FBI Recruits Apple to Help Unlock Your iPhone

February 19, 2016

FBI Recruits Apple to Help Unlock Your iPhone

By: Ifrah Law

It is a well-known maxim that “bad facts make bad law.”  And as anybody even casually browsing social media this week likely has seen, the incredibly tragic facts surrounding the San Bernadino attacks last December have led to a ruling that jeopardizes the privacy rights of all law-abiding Americans. First, it is important to clearly understand the ruling.  After the horrific attack in San Bernadino…

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Normandie Casino Operator Pleads Guilty to Charges Stemming from Protection of High-Rollers

February 11, 2016

Normandie Casino Operator Pleads Guilty to Charges Stemming from Protection of High-Rollers

By: Ifrah Law

Despite the old saying “the customer is always right,” the law places limits on customer service in the casino industry.  Normandie Casino has found this out the hard way.  The operator of the casino has agreed to plead guilty to charges that it violated anti-money laundering provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act, according to a Department of Justice press release. Normandie Casino is one of…

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Oklahoma Judge Rejects Penalties for Rolling the Dice Before a Jury

January 15, 2016

Oklahoma Judge Rejects Penalties for Rolling the Dice Before a Jury

By: Ifrah Law

As a matter of course, federal prosecutors often pile on charges in order to strong-arm defendants into entering a favorable guilty plea quickly. Those who exercise their jury trial right and put the government to its proof often receive harsh sentences based on these overreaching indictments. But last week, a federal judge in Oklahoma took a rare stand against this practice. United States v. King,…

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Flirting with Disaster: Kid Glove Treatment of an Assassination Attempt Sets Damaging Example

Flirting with Disaster: Kid Glove Treatment of an Assassination Attempt Sets Damaging Example
By: James Trusty

This Wall Won’t Hold: Preventing Foreign Claims on Asbestos Trusts

This Wall Won’t Hold: Preventing Foreign Claims on Asbestos Trusts
By: George Calhoun

The Referral was the Easy Part – Where does Gabbard’s Evidence Lead DOJ?

The Referral was the Easy Part – Where does Gabbard’s Evidence Lead DOJ?
By: James Trusty

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