Texas governor loses initial fight against gender-affirming care
Welcome to Monday, the 58th anniversary of Jack Ruby‘s conviction of murder and his death sentence for killing John F. Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. The conviction was later overturned and Ruby died in January 1967 while awaiting a new trial. Here are some more news items. — Texas judge blocks governor’s order that gender-affirming […]
Convicted Baltimore killer’s defense-of-mom claim draws appeals court’s scorn
A Maryland appeals court has upheld the voluntary manslaughter conviction of a Baltimore drug dealer in an opinion overflowing with disbelief at his argument that he killed a competitor to defend himself and the life of his mother.