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The Barnes Brief: Friday, February 14, 2025
February 14, 2025
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Art of the Day w/ Wisdom of the Day

Schedule

  • Friday at 9ish pm eastern: Betting w/ Barnes: AMA
  • Saturday Night at 9 pm eastern: Movie TBD
  • Monday at 9 pm eastern: Viva & Barnes, Law for the People

Book Recommendation: Essential Federalist & Anti-Federalist Papers.  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/110335.The_Essential_Federalist_and_Anti_Federalist_Papers

Art of the Day: As a 12-year-old boy, just a bit removed from the death of my father (who died 12 days from my 12th birthday), I looked for role models, and I found two that baffled some of my schoolmates. Inspired by two books I carried around with me everywhere, the texts I turned to for inspiration were Donald Trump’s Art of the Deal and Robert Kennedy’s To Seek a Newer World. Now, I helped bring the two movements together in RFK Jr. and Trump, completing an extraordinary journey. I never forgot Trump’s pearl of proverbial wisdom to expect the best but also plan for the worst, a brilliant balancing act of mindset I find useful to this day. I also never forgot the quote on the screen, that we must not just ask why things are but also why not change them? A simple question with a revolutionary effect for both men – dream big, and believe those dreams, and you might be surprised just how much those very actions can make them come true.

Wisdom of the Day: “Look at what can be, and ask – why not?” Robert Kennedy.

 

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Art of the Day 
  • The Charles Bridge of Prague. Fond of bridges, I remember it well, having come down from Kafka Lane higher in the city, and a man on a bycicle literally barking into the wind, and thinking somehow that made sense on Kafka Lane. The ancient history, the brooding statues, the iconic stone arch, the hopeful singers peopling it’s passage, all made it my favorite part of Prague, and a place to revisit for hopeful thought in my memory’s vault. 
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  • “It’s the bill of rights, not the bill of requests. Rights are not up for negotiations.” Thomas Massie. 
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  1. Elon Musk AI Verdict. https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/elon-musk-loses-lawsuit-against-openai-2026-05-18/
  2. Speech civil rights after Kirk murder. https://apnews.com/article/charlie-kirk-facebook-arrest-tennessee-bushart-b8c5808d77f47a2d93497d12cf0daf84
  3. DOJ Attorney indicted. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndfl/pr/former-doj-attorney-indicted-concealment-theft-government-records
  4. SCOTUS: Foreign Immunity https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-983_c07d.pdf
  5. SCOTUS: Trump delayed. https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-puts-off-deciding-whether-to-consider-5-million-verdict-against-trump-yet-again/
  6. SCOTUS: Death row. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-872_ec8f.pdf
  7. Paxton sues Facebook. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/texas-v-whatsapp-complaint.pdf
  8. DOJ Loses voter records suit. https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/114-2026-05-21-Order.pdf & https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/89-2026-05-21-Opinion-and-order.pdf
  9. Flouride in water. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ninth-circuit-fluoride.pdf
  10. Castro indictment discussed. https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/7947972/the-grayzones-max-blumenthal-reacts-to-the-department-of-justices-indictment-of-former-cuban-presi
  11. Trump gives himself immunity. https://apnews.com/article/trump-justice-department-irs-tax-audits-7ba4781b9b9bef99873151df6bfc33ab
  12. Woman fights for free speech. https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/7947305/woman-files-lawsuit-after-arrest-for-facebook-post-concerning-trinidad-water-supply-issues-https-y
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Art of the Day 

  • The cowboy hat on a country fence in the country. Americana defined. Independence. Freedom. Conviction. The best traits of America captured in the yeoman farmer of Jeffersonian lore. The echoes of a country song about love and loss, heartbreak and hope, a whisper of the future amidst the distress of the day. The sun ain’t set yet. 
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  • “A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.” President Eisenhower. 
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  3. SCOTUS: Corporate immunity. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1238_1b7d.pdf
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  8. Internet spying: Privacy as injury. https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/233235p.pdf
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  10. Framed man wins verdict. https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/26a0148p-06.pdf
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  12. Car shutoff. https://cei.org/news_releases/house-vote-today-could-help-end-vehicle-kill-switch-mandate/

*Bonus: California: agency power. https://www4.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/S284378.PDF

**Bonus: OKeefe Wins https://www.pacermonitor.com/case/61866801/Fseisi_v_OKeefe_Media_Group_et_al

***Bonus: EU: must allow welfare for migrants. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/kh-inps-cjeu-judgment.pd

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