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J.B. Williams, J.D.
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Overstepping their bounds
Governments at all levels really seem to delve into areas that are not truly legal in nature. This tends to force individuals down a single path regardless of whether it is helpful or not. For instance, no child left behind. Sounds like a wonderful tag line and great concept. However, its implementation should have been abandoned, yet it has not. Or the use cloth bags not plastic grocery bags. This began when I was still in high school and it was just an individual choice. Now it is becoming a forced issue, and perhaps may have moved forward more quickly but for COVID. Sadly cloth cotton bags have to be used so many times to equal re-using a single use plastic bag just one time.
Here is where I plan on delving further into issues like this. These are really legal adjacent but should not be legal matters at all. Some where along the lines we as a society have become a driving force to make others live like 'I see fit', rather than a live and let live. We claim everyone doing anything not like us has some enormous negative affect on us. But in reality that is not true. And honestly some of the biggest pushed items are far from the best options to solve the issue. And some of them actually solve nothing. Even gun rights laws that limit gun ownership as people push for more to reduce deaths. All because 'here this place did it and gun deaths decreased.' Maybe but did they decrease at the same rate they were decreasing at before the law. And did deaths, non-natural, actually decrease. What I've found time after time is that deaths did not decrease only gun deaths did. If reading about gun deaths 'triggers' you then scroll by and stop reading. But please do not act like there will be significantly less deaths by limiting gun ownership. Personally if someone is going to kill me, a shot would be much less painful than being beaten to death with a claw hammer.
Most Recently Updated Other Subtopic
The following section summarizes the most recently updated subtopic of Other. The subtopic was last updated on 2025-01-30. To see all of the published information for the subtopic, click the subtopic heading.
Abortion
This topic is getting a lot of press again right now. It is always bubbling in the background, and now it seems to be at a boil. My opinion has always been that this is not a right protected under the constitution - that is there is no right to an abortion. I feel much the same about the claim of right to healthcare. You do not have the right to force someone else to provide these things to you. That being said, I also feel that you should not be required to continue a pregnancy that was a mistake - either contraceptive failure or assault. But I also feel that you need to be a responsible adult, and at a point there is a life inside of you that is owed protections as well. Since I do not think it is a Constitutional right, I have always felt state legislatures should be the ones making the laws. And they should be responding to their constituents when doing so.
The Most Recent Blogs
J.B. Williams, J.D. has published 5 blogs for this subtopic. The 3 most recent blogs are summarized here. The remaining blogs can be found on the subtopic page.2022-05-16 Leaked Opinion
This blog is a basic review of the leaked opinion. Since the opinion will not be out for 2 more months, I am beyond certain that some things will change in it. However, I do believe that the outcome of the opinion will remain the same. The underlying case is being sent back to the Fifth Circuit to be in line with the opinion. And the opinion will turn abortion back to the people to be decided amongst their legislatures.
2022-05-21 States and Territory Laws pre-14th Amendment
37 States and 14 Territories, including DC all limited abortion. Most, unless the life of the women was endangered, carried jail time.
2022-05-22 Roe Review
I don't think most people truly understand what the ruling in Roe stated. While I felt it sounded much more like judicial legislation and less like a court ruling many years ago, upon reading it again I find it even more so today. Even Justice Rehnquist in his dissent states it is more judicial legislation than court ruling.
And while everyone likes to shout Roe v Wade, it was modified immensely in Planned Parenthood v Casey. More on that in my next blog.
Other Subtopics For Other
| Blog Date | Blogs | Subtopic Name | Subtopic Info |
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| 2023-09-27 | Environmental impact | The goal here is to read studies and articles on different small items that become, or have become, an environmental target. I'm doing this mostly because I bought into some of the hype many years ago, and now sadly I see that what was being pushed as better environmentally was not. | |
| 2023-04-30 | More Data on Topics | The idea is to provide more data in a variety of ways. This should allow you to see the issue more clearly rather than being driven by fear. | |
| 2025-08-13 | Durham Report | The Durham report is the attempt to review what occurred during Crossfire Hurricane. It shows major fails on the part of the FBI to remain non-political and significantly harms their reputation. It makes Watergate look like child's play, even if taken in a light most favorable to the FBI. | |
| 2024-10-19 | Interview | Interesting Interview that FB is not allowing to post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwQil7tcImI |
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| 2024-11-27 | Holidays | A spot for small greetings and reminders for holidays |
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