Canada: Man who sold legal substance bullied into plea deal to avoid clearly false murder charges

Source: Times of India [India]

“A Canadian man facing murder charges for allegedly selling lethal substances online to people at risk of self-harm has agreed to plead guilty to 14 counts of counseling or aiding suicide, his lawyer said on Saturday. In turn, Canadian prosecutors will withdraw all 14 murder charges filed against Kenneth Law, lawyer Matthew Gourlay told The Associated Press in a email. … Canadian police say Law, from the Toronto area, used a series of websites to market and sell sodium nitrite, a substance commonly used to cure meats that can be deadly if ingested.” (04/18/26)

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/canadian-man-facing-14-murder-charges-to-plead-guilty-to-aiding-suicide-his-lawyer-says/articleshow/130367041.cms

Thomas L. Knapp

Certificate of Need Laws: How Government Permission Slips Restrict Care and Raise Costs

Source: The Daily Economy
by Richard Menger

“CON laws give regulators — and incumbent providers — the power to block new competition, at the expense of access and affordability.” (04/17/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/certificate-of-need-laws-how-government-permission-slips-restrict-care-and-raise-costs/

Thomas L. Knapp

Is It Time to Impeach Trump?

Source: The American Conservative
by Bruce Fein

“Congress should not idle like Nero while the Constitution is in flames. Members should be inspired by the 56 signatories to the Declaration of Independence who signed their death warrants to secure unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness promoted by government by consent of the governed. Trump must be impeached and removed from office immediately before it is too late.” (04/17/26)

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/is-it-time-to-impeach-trump/

Thomas L. Knapp

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Thomas L. Knapp

American Heresy

Source: Antiwar.com
by Andrew P Napolitano

“In 2008, Congress added Section 702 to FISA permitting warrantless surveillance of foreign persons who communicate with Americans. The FISA court interpreted 702 to permit warrantless surveillance of Americans to whom foreign persons had spoken, out to the sixth degree. Thus, if you call or email a hotel in Rome to book a room, you are subject to warrantless surveillance under 702. If you call your mom, she is subject. If she calls her sister, your aunt is subject to warrantless surveillance, and so forth to the sixth degree. Behold the monstrosity that FISA has wrought. Can the data gathered by this warrantless surveillance be used by the FBI for prosecution purposes, as an end run around the Fourth Amendment? Congress said yes. That’s the American heresy, as it directly defies the history, values and plain meaning of the Fourth Amendment.” (04/16/26)

https://original.antiwar.com/andrew-p-napolitano/2026/04/15/american-heresy

Thomas L. Knapp

US House passes short-term extension to unconstitutional warrantless spying “law”

Source: The Hill

“The House unanimously passed a short-term of the [regime’s] spy powers until in the wee hours Friday morning — pushing the deadline from April 20 to April 30 — after GOP rebels dramatically rejected a late-night, last-minute deal to extend for five years while adding some additional reforms and language intended to woo the holdouts. The move buys time for leaders to figure out how to address Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act after the deal crumbled, while avoiding a lapse in the authorization that expires on April 20. … it marked one of the most notable instances of the GOP’s right flank outright defying Trump’s wishes on a major vote.” (04/17/26)

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5835879-fisa-702-spy-powers-vote/

Thomas L. Knapp