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Let me clarify - part I
Anyone who has read pretty much everything I’ve written in the past seven years - guest columns to local news outlets, a book, posts on...
Geoff Schoos
Feb 2, 20237 min read
Injustice anywhere….
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of...
Geoff Schoos
Jan 15, 20235 min read
The second anniversary.
Most of us can recall where we were when JFK was assassinated in 1963, or where we were when Neil Armstrong took that one small step for...
Geoff Schoos
Jan 6, 202310 min read
Embellishments, lies, and fraud.
If anyone wants to know what the Republican ”leadership” in House of Representatives will look like in 2023, I give you the Curious Case...
Geoff Schoos
Dec 29, 20226 min read
Mr. Zelenskyy goes to Washington.
On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy came to Washington, got the primo White House tour, visited the Capitol and picked...
Geoff Schoos
Dec 22, 20224 min read
Fīat jūstitia ruat cælum
Translated, “Let Justice be done though the heavens fall.” I don’t read Latin, I had to look it up. No doubt you have heard this phrase....
Geoff Schoos
Dec 19, 20224 min read
Whose rights? A holiday essay.
(While many of us will enjoy the holidays, we shouldn’t forget about those who by circumstances of life won’t be so lucky. This is an...
Geoff Schoos
Dec 16, 20227 min read
Right to an appointed attorney in Rhode Island
As it is everywhere, indigent criminal defendants have a constitutional right to have counsel appointed to work on their behalf. This...
Geoff Schoos
Dec 6, 202210 min read
The red trickle
V.O. Key, a renowned political scientist in the early/mid 1900s, made a simple but often overlooked observation about American voters:...
Geoff Schoos
Nov 14, 20229 min read
These are not ordinary times and this is not an ordinary election - an essay
This is when I wish I had the ability to write something classy and inspirational, something to motivate you to go out on Tuesday,...
Geoff Schoos
Nov 6, 20226 min read
Two weeks and counting...
As of the date of this writing there are two weeks, just two tiny weeks, before we determine what kind of country we'll have going...
Geoff Schoos
Oct 25, 20226 min read
They’re baaaccckkk!
They're baaaccckkk! This time each year, the Supremes reunite to entertain and amaze. I don't mean the Supremes of Diana, Mary and Flo; I...
Geoff Schoos
Oct 11, 20227 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...
Geoff Schoos
Sep 21, 20226 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...
Geoff Schoos
Sep 6, 20229 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...
Geoff Schoos
Sep 1, 20225 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...
Geoff Schoos
Aug 31, 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...
Geoff Schoos
Aug 24, 20228 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...
Geoff Schoos
Aug 17, 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...
Geoff Schoos
Aug 10, 20227 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...
Geoff Schoos
Jul 31, 20226 min read
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