Bmaz is a rather large saguaro cactus in the Southwestern Sonoran desert. A lover of the Constitution, law, family, sports, food and spirits. As you might imagine, a bit prickly occasionally. Bmaz has attended all three state universities in Arizona, with both undergraduate and graduate degrees from Arizona State University, and with significant post-graduate work (in physics and organic chemistry, go figure) at both the University of Colorado in Boulder and the University of Arizona. Married, with both a lovely child and a giant Sasquatch dog. Bmaz has been a participant on the internet since the early 2000’s, including active participation in the precursor to Emptywheel, The Next Hurrah. Formally joined the Emptywheel blog as an original contributing member at its founding in 2007. Bmaz grew up around politics, education, sports and, most significantly, cars; notably around Formula One racing and Concours de Elegance automobile restoration and showing. Currently lives in the Cactus Patch with his lovely wife and beast of a dog, and practices both criminal and civil trial law.
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Rudy had his lawyer promise to the jury that Rudy would testify and explain the truth. Nope, he not only failed to personally testify, he put on no defense at all. Mothers, don’t let your babies to ever grow up to be this stupid. $148 million. Wow. You all should get ready to learn about: […]
Sandra Day O’Connor has passed away. Don’t let anyone spoof you, she was one of the nicest, brightest and best people you could ever hope to meet. Gracious is not enough of a word to describe her. She went from the smartest girl in the room at Stanford Law to not being able to get […]
In a now formal, but not unexpected, decision in Colorado yet another local county judge has issued a somewhat convoluted, but yet clear, decision that the 14th Amendment, specifically section 3, cannot be used by a handful of common citizens to sway the election of a President Of The United States. The decision is here. […]
We had a bit of a detour on Marcy’s Absolute Immunity post. To get it out of the way here, yes I think the absolute immunity claim is ludicrous. But that is what Trump does. But the detour started with Adrian Belew being underrated. He was, and still is. What about other legendary, yet still […]
A few of you may remember Sunset Musings II regarding the fall of Grandpa Pricky. Most were likely not here back then. So Casa de bmaz has today lost yet another noble centurion. Grandma Pricky.
Georgia now charging protestors with RICO. I warned that what has, and was, being done in Georgia as to RICO was dangerous. And this is just then tip of the iceberg coming because it will spread.
In this guest post: an innovative tax-the-rich proposal now before lawmakers would reverse the wealth concentration that’s suffocating our democracy
Well, shit fuck damn. Jimmy Buffett has up and died. One of the better performers ever. Saw several times, but the most memorable was at Red Rocks. which was twice, because the first one was killed by a storm. Also once saw Jimmy play a whole show from a chair on the end of the […]
There are two hearings today, one as to the DC case the other regarding the Fulton County case. Both go off at 10:00 am EST.
Rudy has effectively, apparently legally, admitted liability for defamation.