Trump’s indictment was not just. Courtesy | Wikimedia Commons. Did democracy die with Donald Trump’s arraignment? Perhaps not––but justice certainly did. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg brought a set of 34 counts against the former president, including falsifying business records, which is the lowest level felony in the state. Currently, it appears unlikely that Trump...
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State police arrest two, seize meth and guns in drug bust
The Michigan State Police arrested two suspects in a Hillsdale County drug bust on April 7. MSP troopers arrested 29-year-old Kyle Bertok and 44-year-old Larry Estel in execution of a search warrant, according to Cmdr. Sean Street of the Region of Irish Hills Narcotics Office, a division of the MSP. Police searched Bertok’s residence on...
The Kyle Rittenhouse trial shows it’s time to allow cameras in courtrooms
For the past eight days, hundreds of thousands of viewers have tuned in to livestreams of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. The Illinois resident, who was 17 years old when he was arrested, is accused of murdering two rioters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August 2020 during the riots that swept the country in the months after...
“Batman Begins” discussion of justice and politics
Students and faculty grappled over justice with Batman and the Pi Sigma Alpha politics honorary Sept. 27 as part of an ongoing series discussing political themes such as justice, corruption, and the rule of law through the lens of the popular Batman trilogy. “I thought the Batman trilogy might be helpful and useful,” said Adam...