US Supreme Court as of October 27, 2020 Congress creates most federal agencies in the United States and authorizes them to promulgate and enforce regulations to »
It’s 25° in Salt Lake City where I live and 25° in San Antonio where my daughter lives. It was a year ago this month »
United States Supreme Court Building, Washington D.C. Since Antony Scalia’s passing in February 2016, the decay of the Court’s credibility as an apolitical »
I work at a law firm that focuses primarily on litigation. From time to time, I hear someone say, “we know” a fact to be true »
In the now infamous words of Peter Navarro, the Green Bay Sweep, a scheme that had “over 100 congressmen committed to it,” could have succeeded and, »
Sergeant Ficarra gave everyone in our sophomore ROTC class a “C” after some overly sensitive kid ratted him out for having barked a variety of conjugations »
Self-Portrait, Oil on Canvas, 24" x 48", Richard J Van Wagoner, Circa 1962, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** I post something in remembrance of my »
Fifth Amendment Right Against Self-Incrimination A “predicate to liberal constitutional government is the freedom of a citizen from government compulsion to testify against himself. . . . It may »
The Stench The liberal justices correctly portend that the Supreme Court’s retrenchment on women’s reproductive rights will not pass the smell test of political »
Emergence, Watercolor, 21.5" x 29.5", Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** She died August 28, 2021 of pancreatic cancer. Unafraid »
Issues relating to Critical Race Theory, LGBTQ, and sex are central to the most recent culture wars du jour in school districts across the country. Like »
Former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was subpoenaed to appear before the Jan. 6 Commission to give testimony relating to events that culminated in the »
Today's essay is a slightly revised version of one I posted a year ago. Utah's own Dixie State University in St. George, Utah is undergoing a »
Criminal laws in the United States are a product of the legislative process. They are an expression of the society’s disapproval of behaviors it seeks »
The campaign finance system doesn’t just reek of but is defined by quid-pro-quo corruption. Corruption is not the sole province of any political party, candidate »
Last week I posted about the controversy surrounding CRT, arguing that the politicized hysteria of legislators and school board members over the theory, and the resulting »
This essay presumes the study of history in public schools is important for students’ conceptual development. History creates a sense of identity and personal context. It »
I refuse to become numb to the crimes Trump and his enablers have committed – and continue to commit – against the United States. My clients are held »
PROTESTING THE HIGH COURT’S LEGITIMACY: IT’S REIGNING SNOWFLAKES IN THE COURT* Supreme Court Justices are out and about attempting to rehabilitate and reinforce the »
After Robert Kagan’s opinion was published in the Washington Post and the results of the Cyber Ninja audit in Arizona were formally announced, Rachel Maddow »
“One wonders whether modern American politicians, in either party, have it in them to make such bold moves, whether they have the insight to see where »
As inevitable waves of criticism pounded from every quarter, for both the withdrawal and how it was carried out, President Biden ended one of America’s »
“'Texas will always defend the right to life,' Governor Abbott tweeted, on the day that S.B. 8 went into effect—approximately two weeks after »
Neither the post-election buffoonery of Trump’s lawyers nor the state attorneys generals’ contempt for their oaths in filing and joining the frivolous Texas lawsuit could »
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AND CLOROX INJECTIONS REVISITED Conservative media platforms are recommending use of ivermectin as an alternative to vaccines, masks, social distancing, and hand washing. My expertise »
CHILDREN HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO SURVIVE THEIR PARENTS AND GOVERNMENT The Constitution recognizes fundamental rights known as liberty interests. Liberty interests include the right to »
The earth is burning up with fever, generating defenses to vanquish its anthro-parasitic pathogens. Shopping for Body Parts, Wood Cut, 11/5" x 18", Richard J »
Representative Eric Swalwell sued Trump, Brooks, Jr., and Giuliani. The lawsuit makes two statutory (Ku Klux Klan Act) claims and seven tort (personal injury) claims for »
Federal law, formerly part of the Ku Klux Klan Act, creates the right to sue people who conspire to use force, intimidation, or threats to prevent »
My friend Leonard is delighted that Juneteenth is now a national holiday, in remembrance and celebration of the 1865 emancipation of African American slaves in states »
I happened upon what is known as an amicus, or friend-of-the-court, brief in three lawsuits filed against Trump for inciting an insurrection against the United States »
Untitled, Watercolor, 12" x 15", Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust (Watercolor Honor Society)** The GOP’s post-policy, intellectual bankruptcy is on »
Untitled, Watercolor, 9.5" x 9.5", Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trusts** Once obtained, a license to practice law is a »
Morning Flight, Oil on Panel, 32" x 48", Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** I wish to thank my friends for sharing »
Untitled, Watercolor, 20" x 35", Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** Remember the debate over whether the Constitution allowed Trump to pardon »
Untitled, Pen and Ink on Paper, 11" x 10", Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** Authoritarian GOP Propaganda and Goals for the »
Untitled, Pen and Ink, 9" x 13", Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** In McConnell’s calculous, a bipartisan, 9-11 style commission »
Pen and Ink on Paper, Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** The definition of antidemocratic is a person, place, or thing unfriendly »
Renee, Oil on Canvas, 18" x 24", Richard J Van Wagoner, Circa 1962, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** As a tribute to my mother I »
Untitled,Pencil on Paper, 18" x 20", Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** Everyone knows that federal and state law enforcement seek »
The Marble Shooter, Oil on Canvas, 26" x 24", Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust* During a segment on her Thursday show, »
Untitled, Watercolor, Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** “Love is preserved by the link of obligation . . . Which is broken at every opportunity »
Kelly, Oil on Masonite, 16" x 18.5", Richard J. Van Wagoner, Circa 1968, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** Joel Micah Greenberg, at 37 years »
"The Best People," Performance Art by Mike Lee, 2021 Based on reporting in real-time, the investigation of Mr. Gaetz may be focused on one or more »
Untitled, Watercolor, Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** The good news is polarization in the United States is asymmetric. Only one side »
The Sneeze, Watercolor, 21" x 29", Richard J Van Wagoner, Circa 2005, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** One year ago March 28, 2020, I posted »
Untitled, Watercolor, 20" x 28.5", Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** This post includes input from several lawyers including George M. »
Self-Portrait, Oil on Canvas, 24" x 48", Richard J Van Wagoner, Circa 1962, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust** Richard J Van Wagoner, my father, would »
Galileo’s Recantation, Watercolor, 42" x 51", Richard J Van Wagoner, 1995, Courtesy of Angela Moore** What possesses Mike Lee? What about H.R. 1 scares »
AMERICAN PIRATES* Untitled, Watercolor, 28” x 30”, Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Robert A. Bero** A band of pirates, plunderers, oppositional saboteurs who create nothing »