3 results for author: Celeste Koeberl, JD, MA
Be A Good Neighbor
We all like good neighbors.
Most of us try to be good neighbors ourselves, too.
We all know it’s not neighborly to throw our snow into our neighbor’s driveway when we clear ours, so we don’t do that.
We all know it’s not neighborly to blow our leaves onto our neighbor’s yard when we do our Fall chores, so we don’t do that.
We all know it’s not neighborly to send our pets next door to relieve themselves, so we keep them in our own yards.
So is it neighborly for the Lake Mallalieu Association (LMA) to flush up to 13,352 pounds of phosphorous in sediments from the Lake Mallalieu impoundment of the Willow River into the St. ...
Habeas Corpus Protects Us All From Abuses Of Government Power
During a recent Senate hearing, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was asked to define “habeas corpus.” In an answer as wrong as it was terrifying, Secretary Noem declared it was “a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country and suspend their rights.”
Senator Maggie Hassan corrected Secretary Noem, and explained habeas corpus instead allows people to legally challenge their detentions by the government. Senator Hassan also pointed out that habeas corpus is what separates free societies like America from police states like North Korea.
Our Constitution’s Suspension ...
BROKEN PROMISES
In their busy few weeks since Donald Trump and South African immigrant Elon Musk took the Oval Office, the White House has branded their hectic daily antics as “Promises Made, Promises Kept”.
“Promises Broken” is more like it. Here’s a sampling:
Trump promised to have the backs of people in law enforcement.
He broke that promise when he granted a “full, complete, and unconditional pardon” to every convicted criminal who planned and carried out assaults and murders of law enforcement officers on January 6, 2021.
Our nation’s largest police union, the Fraternal Order of Police, which ...