This guest post was submitted by Fargo-area attorney Mark Western. The impeachment trial of President Trump is now over. It is a part of history. The President has been acquitted on both counts. There will be collateral damages, both in terms of the body politic as well as public trust in their institutions. Now the…
Guest Post: Is There Something Other Than a Trump Republican?
This guest post was submitted by Fargo-based attorney Mark Western Impeachment is a big deal this week. Even though the result of Wednesday’s vote in the United States House of Representatives has not yet happened, the results of it are being reported as a foregone conclusion. The President of the United States will be impeached. …
Guest Post: Impeachment Hearing Gave Little Reason for Anyone to Change Their Minds
This guest post was submitted by Fargo-based attorney Mark Western I spent some time yesterday watching the impeachment hearings conducted by the United States House of Representatives Intelligence Committee. As a practicing attorney (and an avid political watcher), I have been watching, with some interest and some confusion, about the points that the various members…
Guest Post: Justin Trudeau Shouldn’t Resign but He Should Change His Tune
This guest post was submitted by Fargo attorney Mark Western Today, the internet is gripped by the hysteria of knowing that the Prime Minister of Canada wore a black-faced costume in 2001, and also appeared blackfaced at some point in the 1990s. As a matter of war and peace, this is not. But it is…
Mark Western: Northam Shouldn’t Resign
This guest post was submitted by Fargo-based attorney Mark Western “Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” If I were a betting man, I bet I don’t agree with many policy ideas that Governor Ralph Northam (D- Va.) has proposed. I think that his recent comments about birth/abortion are especially barbaric. But I…
Mark Western: Free Speech 101
I used to be a high school government teacher. I can remember many different times in which a student said something inappropriate, and then tried to explain to me that they could say whatever they wanted because of the “freedom of speech.” It’s unfortunate how often this happens. There has been a lot of discussion…