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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...
Geoff Schoos
Jul 24, 20226 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...
Geoff Schoos
Jul 17, 20225 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...
Geoff Schoos
Jul 12, 20226 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,...
Geoff Schoos
Jul 3, 20229 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...
Geoff Schoos
Jun 28, 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...
Geoff Schoos
Jun 25, 20225 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...
Geoff Schoos
Jun 20, 20224 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...
Geoff Schoos
Jun 10, 20226 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...
Geoff Schoos
Jun 3, 20225 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,...
Geoff Schoos
May 25, 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...
Geoff Schoos
May 20, 20228 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...
Geoff Schoos
May 12, 20222 min read
You either believe or you don’t
On MLK Day, was on Twitter (yes, Twitter, but if it’s good enough for Biden, Obama, and professor Tribe it’s good enough for me) when in...
Geoff Schoos
Jan 18, 20225 min read
Personal announcement
“We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts Made...
Geoff Schoos
Jan 2, 20224 min read
(No) right to bear arms.
Events over the past several weeks have brought the issue of gun control into stark relief. Over the past two weeks from the time of this...
Geoff Schoos
Apr 8, 20218 min read
testimony of my experience
FOR SUBMISSION TO THE WASHINGTON POST On Sunday, February 28, the Washington Post published an unsigned Opinion on its editorial page...
Geoff Schoos
Mar 12, 20213 min read
Open letter to rep. Kevin mccarthy
Representative McCarthy, I’d like respond to something you said over the weekend. In an interview, you remarked that we are “all...
Geoff Schoos
Mar 12, 20212 min read
The whole world is watching - the music’s over
In 1967, the Doors released its second album “Strange Days.” The last track on the album was entitled, “When the Music’s Over.” On...
Geoff Schoos
Feb 14, 20217 min read
The whole world is watching - part iii
The phrase “the whole world is watching” was first used in a political context at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. Outside the...
Geoff Schoos
Feb 13, 20214 min read
The whole world is watching part ii
In today’s episodic daytime drama, the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump - Part II, the House Managers rested their case-in-chief. Before...
Geoff Schoos
Feb 12, 20214 min read
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