Netflix’s 2020 release, The Trial of the Chicago 7 (written and directed by Aaron Sorkin), attempts to make a straightforward story out of a complicated trial, in which eight defendants are accused of conspiracy to provoke the riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. In some ways, Sorkin had incredible success, while in other ways, the compromises he made may have been too hasty.
After I concluded my clerkship with Chief Justice Hasting of the Nebraska Supreme Court I moved to San Diego to begin working for a law firm. Within a month or two the executive director of Harmonium, Inc. (a non-profit company dedicated to helping at-risk children and adolescents) asked me to be on their board of […]
“Under Article I, Section 5, each house of Congress can set its own rules of proceedings. The larger House, where membership reflects the population of each state, has set rules that limit how long members can speak and that reduce their opportunity to block legislation coming to a vote. The smaller Senate, where all states […]