Michael Kenny

March 20, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Practicing and aspiring trial lawyers will sharpen their storytelling skills by letting the humanities ventilate their minds and nourishing a deeper, more profound, understanding of the rich diversity of the human experience.

By Michael Kenny

6 minute read

February 22, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a carpenter to build one." —Advice from Sam Rayburn to Lyndon Johnson In August 2023, Representative…

By Michael Kenny

5 minute read

December 26, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Then-President George H.W. Bush, in echoing Ronald Reagan's emphasis on the centrality of immigration to America's strength and prosperity, once said, "Immigration is not just a link to America's past; it's also a bridge to America's future."

By Michael Kenny

5 minute read

December 12, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Trump's legal woes are accelerating through the turn of the new year as he faces 91 felony counts in criminal cases in four different jurisdictions. The felony counts include violations of the Espionage Act, Georgia RICO Act and unlawful conduct to overturn the 2020 presidential election and thwart the peaceful transfer of power. By any intelligent legal assessment, these are serious crimes.

By Michael Kenny

5 minute read

November 13, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Year-end reflection, an impending consequential presidential election and looking for a good holiday read. Lawyers and judges devote a lot of attention to literature, leadership and power, and for those inclined, Eliot Cohen's recent book is highly recommended.

By Michael Kenny

6 minute read

September 20, 2023 | Daily Report Online

By striking down affirmative action, the court has provided an opening for certain groups to challenge both public and private diversity, equity and inclusion programs and initiatives (Perkins Coie and Morrison Foerster are defendants in such lawsuits).

By Michael Kenny

4 minute read

August 18, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The lynchpin of the indictment is a charge under Georgia's RICO statute based on the allegation that Trump and other defendants "associated in fact" and "knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the [2020 presidential] election in favor of Trump."

By Michael Kenny

8 minute read

August 04, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The three conspiracy counts will enable Special Counsel Jack Smith to introduce a wide swath of evidence at trial.

By Michael Kenny

7 minute read

June 12, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The ingenious framers of the U.S. Constitution covered manifold contingencies when they drafted our founding document, and presumably left some outlier issues to voter common sense. That is why nothing in the Constitution prohibited Eugene Debs, a 1920 presidential candidate running as the standard bearer of the Socialist Party, from seeking the presidency.

By Michael Kenny

5 minute read

May 10, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The statistics are staggering. As of April 21, since 2006, 2,842 people have died in mass shootings—happening in homes, houses of worship, schools (lots of them), grocery stores, ballrooms, party venues, concerts. Any provocation, no matter how minor, inflames homicidal passions—knock on the wrong door, pull into the wrong driveway, mistake the wrong car.

By Michael Kenny

7 minute read