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https://mises.org/wire/ncaa-making-federal-case-out-private-rules-violations Actually, he is wrong. In 2005, federal prosecutors in Memphis successfully prosecuted the late Logan Young, a booster for the University of Alabama, for federal “crimes” related to his attempt to help recruit a prominent athlete to Alabama. In that case, federal prosecutors convicted Young of illegally withdrawing money and crossing state lines in order to commit bribery — even though there was no federal bribery statute to break, and no one had charged Young with breaking Tennessee state bribery laws. Although the latest set of prosecutions aimed at assistant basketball coaches is the first set of federal prosecutions for alleged NCAA violations, this round is much more ominous, as it gives federal prosecutors the green light to continue down this road, and we can expect prosecutors to expand their reach. Norlander is wrong about something else, or at least he is misleading. These prosecutions are not the result of Congress passing statutes regarding the policing of NCAA violations; in fact, Congress never has officially addressed this legal category in either civil or criminal law. Furthermore, while Evans officially was charged with “conspiracy to commit bribery,” there is NO federal bribery statute. Instead, federal prosecutors took it upon themselves to use existing federal criminal law and apply it in new categories, including one that has no authentic legal basis, something that should set off alarms in the legal community. Unfortunately, few people have protested this new incursion publicly. By these actions, federal prosecutors create de facto bills of attainder which the US Constitution forbids in Article I, Section 9. By refusing to enforce the Constitution, and by permitting federal prosecutors to break the law and endorsing their actions, US District Judge Edgardo Ramos has engaged in the kind of legal fraud that should immediately warrant his impeachment. ... If there is fraud anywhere in this sorry affair, it is committed by federal prosecutors, defense attorneys, federal judges, and journalists. Federal prosecutors charge individuals with violations of private rules governing private organizations that are bundled into federal conspiracy laws alleging the breaking of non-existent statutes, creating illegal bills of attainder in the process; defense attorneys pressure their clients into pleading to such legal abominations; judges look the other way and sign off on these Rube Goldberg charges, and then journalists report these actions as though they had legal and moral legitimacy. Unfortunately, people in the American media and the legal community are celebrating these actions as though they were major moral advancements of law. They are not. If putting people into prison and ruining their lives because they “broke” laws that didn’t exist (or “conspired” to break them) is a form of legal and moral progress, then the world truly is upside down and everything we knew to be true is a lie. A shameful expansion and abuse of federal government power. It needs to be stopped. What do our resident GID legal professionals think of this practice?

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/britains-unexplained-wealth-orders-give-the-state-too-much-power Police State. Why anybody who values personal freedom would actually want to live in Great Britain is beyond me.

Suspect in Fair Oaks Farms animal abuse case was in country illegally, ICE says: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2019/06/13/ice-suspect-fair-oaks-farms-animal-abuse-case-u-s-illegally-edgar-gardozo-vasquez/1448224001/ Color me shocked.

Milk drinker sues Fairlife, Fair Oaks Farms founders after animal abuse videos: https://www.jconline.com/story/news/2019/06/13/fair-oaks-farms-animal-abuse-videos-milk-drinker-sues-misleading-false-advertising-labels/1445080001/ The hits just keep of coming. Wonder if Fair Oaks Farms can survive this?

? How does choosing not to sing the national anthem at a sporting event equate to "venturing beyond their profession"? I would contend that the entire spectacle of the national anthem be removed from U.S. sporting events. It's for propaganda, nothing more. But I can understand a little while it is played at international events like the World Cup and Olympic games.

I still don't understand how Ms. Rapinoe choosing not to sing the national anthem is offensive, since many, many athletes and coaches, at all levels of athletic competition, also choose not to sing.

Is Accepting Information About a Political Opponent From a Foreigner 'an Assault on Our Democracy'?: https://reason.com/2019/06/13/is-accepting-information-about-a-political-opponent-from-a-foreigner-an-assault-on-our-democracy/ Nope, it doesn't make sense.

Feminists Say It's Sexist To Criticize Female Athletes For Excessive Celebration. That's Insanely Stupid.: https://www.dailywire.com/news/48376/walsh-feminists-say-its-sexist-criticize-female-matt-walsh

So catering to the target market means showing "max patriotism"? Is an NFL player standing but not singing along to the national anthem somehow a political statement?

USA soccer star Megan Rapinoe refuses to sing national anthem before World Cup match: https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/448157-usa-soccer-star-megan-rapinoe-refuses-to-sing-national-anthem Ohh, the outrage. Funny that you see plenty of professional baseball, basketball, and football players not actually sing along to the national anthem and nothing is mentioned.

Iran Has Little to Gain From Oman Tanker Attacks: https://news.yahoo.com/iran-little-gain-oman-tanker-093901847.html

https://www.apnews.com/d67714ab8ac344a3b3af19cca1c20192 Is war against Iran imminent?

https://reason.com/2019/06/13/union-battles-inmates-who-want-to-work-as-firefighters/ Yet another reason why public sector unions should be outlawed, they use the force of government to reduce competition. Despicable.

https://reason.com/2019/06/12/how-oakland-cops-gamed-the-system-to-earn-30-million-in-overtime-pay/#comments A couple things here. 1. Can't the Golden State Warrior pay for their own security? and 2. Do all government employees get both overtime pay and comp time for the same work? That’s just crazy. As one of the comments to this article state: "That’s basically saying that every overtime hour costs the department 3x the cop’s base pay. And that’s before the cascading effect mentioned in the article."

I agree with your point about equal pay. Concerning their running up the score against Thailand; normally I would abhor this kind of behavior but you have to look at how the World Cup tournament is structured. The U.S. women had every incentive to keep scoring, because goal differential could decide who finishes first in Group F. The U.S. and Sweden—who knocked out the women's team at the 2016 Olympics—are the likely teams to finish first and second in their group. If they tie head-to-head, goal differential would determine who has to play Canada or the Netherlands, and who gets to play the second-place team in Group B. That’s worth the running up the score IMHO.

https://reason.com/2019/06/12/the-case-for-designer-babies/ Agreed. We currently use science to make our offspring better today, this is just the next step.

Please, teach us teacher.

Ocasio-Cortez, Who Makes $174,000, Wants $4,500 Raise: ‘It’s Not Even Like A Raise’: https://www.dailywire.com/news/48269/ocasio-cortez-wants-4500-raise-its-not-even-raise-ryan-saavedra A cost of living increase on a $174,000 a year salary? Really?

https://reason.com/2019/06/11/masterpiece-cakeshop-faces-yet-another-legal-fight-over-cakes/ Agreed. This is just an example of progressive liberals trying to use government force to compel an individual to perform an action against their will.

Hmm, this is probably the first texastribune.org article I have read or linked to. So if that makes me a "reader" of "that liberal rag" then I am guilty as charged. I saw the story at another website, and it was related to the picture I posted yesterday.