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Geoff Schoos
Sep 21, 20226 min read
why i write...
.... pretty much anything. Why do I write this blog post? Why do I write in this blog? Why did I write my book? Why do I intend to write...
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Geoff Schoos
Sep 6, 20229 min read
Hard cases make bad law - part iv
(Before reading, if you haven’t already, Read Parts I - III so you get the thread of posts.) Saturday was my birthday when I turned...
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Geoff Schoos
Sep 1, 20225 min read
Hard cases make bad law - part iii
In the last post, I noted that Part III would come after I read the DOJ’s response to Team Trump’s filing(s). And by 8:00 p.m. Wednesday...
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Geoff Schoos
Aug 31, 20228 min read
Hard cases make bad law - part ii
When I posted the first article over the weekend I never expected that I’d almost immediately have to post a Part II. But recall towards...
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Geoff Schoos
Aug 24, 20228 min read
Hard cases make bad law
Recent events have had me think about the axiomatic expression “hard cases make bad law.” Most, if not all lawyers, are at passingly...
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Geoff Schoos
Aug 17, 20227 min read
Trump’s transubstantiation
Last week was Donald Trump’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week. On Monday, August 8, the FBI paid a visit to his Palm Beech...
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Geoff Schoos
Aug 10, 20227 min read
Saint Donald the perpetual martyr.
Donald John Trump is prepared to die for our sins. He stands ready to withstand any and all persecutions to shield us from “them” or the...
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Geoff Schoos
Jul 31, 20226 min read
Time’s come today
As I was thinking about how I’d start this post, I thought about the great poets, philosophers, and writers who would better capture my...
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Geoff Schoos
Jul 24, 20226 min read
My frightful Friday night
At the outset let me state that, on balance, my Friday night, July 22, sucked. It started off well enough but soon went down hill. To...
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Geoff Schoos
Jul 17, 20225 min read
What if you had more than three hours to kill?
If I had three hours of unscheduled time I might read a book, watch Lawrence of Arabia, go for a drive (with gas at over $4.00/gallon it...
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Geoff Schoos
Jul 12, 20226 min read
Where are assault weapons unregulated?
Answer: the Rhode Island General Assembly. It’s not like the legislature didn’t think about assault weapons, they did. In the House, a...
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Geoff Schoos
Jul 3, 20229 min read
Happy (anti) Independence Day
Two hundred and forty six years ago, the Second Continental Congress enacted and published the Declaration of Independence. Actually,...
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Geoff Schoos
Jun 28, 20225 min read
The Miranda haircut - rights snipped one at a time.
Since 1966, we have lived in a world where if the police coerce an involuntary incriminating statement, generally it cannot be used...
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Geoff Schoos
Jun 25, 20225 min read
Welcome to the 1790s, or is it the 1640s?
Let’s face it, these have been a really sucky last few days. The Supreme Court has launched us back to our roots when the Constitution...
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Geoff Schoos
Jun 20, 20224 min read
musings before my impending retirement
These are some thoughts I’ve had about my book that was published in June 2020. Most people haven’t heard of or read this book, but a few...
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Geoff Schoos
Jun 10, 20226 min read
Sam the sham - part three
(Note: In Part One of this series of posts, I took issue with Justice Alito’s historical basis in the Dobbs draft that proposes to...
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Geoff Schoos
Jun 3, 20225 min read
Sam the sham - part two
In 1761, Massachusetts attorney James Otis represented a merchant in what is known as Paxton’s Case. At issue was whether the British, in...
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Geoff Schoos
May 25, 20228 min read
The mindless menace of violence...
It was my intent to follow up my “Sam The Sham - Part I” post with the second part, and that will come soon. But as so often happens,...
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Geoff Schoos
May 20, 20228 min read
Sam the sham - part I
When I was a young lad in 1965, rock music was graced by the song stylings of Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs. They had two “hits,” Wooly...
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Geoff Schoos
May 12, 20222 min read
Turn out the lights the party’s (Almost) over!
I write this on May 12, a truly momentous day. Today I submitted via UPS (I don’t trust Louis DeJoy’s USPS) my Motion For Resignation...
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