Government by Clown Show

From our new national anthem to partnering with Russia on cybersecurity at the G19+1 Summit, the political news this week continues to be grim. We also cover the Third Circuit affirming the constitutional right to record police, go through a week’s worth of criminal justice f*ckery (including the extrajudicial summary execution of Dejuan Guillory), and for our #Law140 segment we look into that car accident involving Venus Williams and what happens when you’re defamed by the Government. Join the conversation by following @fsckemall on Twitter, and tweet us your comments and questions using the hashtag #fsck! Show Notes: * Our new national anthem is creepy as hell (Twitter) * The Director of the Office of Government ethics bails (Twitter) * Chris Uhlmann skewers the Cheeto-in-Chief (Twitter) * The Moscow Muppet wants a cyber task force with Russia (Twitter) * Don Jr. met with the Russians for the campaign (NY Times) * Recording police in PA is now confirmed to be legal (ACLU of PA) * The Fields v Philadelphia opinion (Third Circuit Court of Appeals) * NC magistrates can refuse to marry LGBT folks (News & Observer) * The Ansley v Warren opinion (Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals) * Mother Jones is easily impressed by charts (Mother Jones) * Judge Goodwin’s opinion (US District Court for SDWV) * A Florida judge invalidates an amendment to Florida’s Stand Your Ground law (Reason) * Judge Hirsch’s opinion (Miami Herald) * Michael Harriott on Dejuan Guillory (The Root) * Lantana FL police officer Christopher Decker resigns for sending porn to kids (WPTV 5) * Florida police repeatedly abuse their database of your info (News 4 Jax) * Jacksonville PD rely on facial recognition software to identify people (Florida Times-Union) * Police retract their blame of Venus Williams for a fatal car accident (NPR) * The statement from the police (Palm Beach Gar...