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A King’s Trust, Chapters 29, 30, & 31

July 19, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapters 29, 30, and 31 of “A King’s Trust,” a novel I am publishing online A King finds where good is. Chapter 29 Lenny pulled out on the road and headed his car North. Off in the distance he could see the lights of a town. He knew it wasn’t directly ahead. […]

Cline on the Constitution – Universal Injunctions

July 19, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Judiciary

Just back from a few days at the coast, but in time for a new segment of Cline on the Constitution. In reading though some of the Supreme Court’s recent decisions, I came across an interesting issue which I’m sometimes asked about. Universal Injunctions. The situation is this. Congress passes a law or the […]

A King’s Trust Chapters 26, 27 & 28

July 17, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapters 26 ,27, & 28 of “A King’s Trust,” a novel I am publishing online “A King finds what low is.” Chapter 26 Dylan stood in the hallway with his back to Marcy and Lenny. He was looking in the direction of the closed elevator doors as if he could still see […]

A King’s Trust, Chapters 22 though 25

July 15, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapter 22 “This judge is nobody’s fool. Not as bad as some. Not completely corrupt.” Standing in the hallway outside of court, away from the others, Lenny listened to his lawyer. He knew Easley was no courtroom litigator. And right now, he was headed into a court to do legal battle against someone who […]

A King’s Trust, Chapters, 19,20,21

July 12, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapter 19 “He’s gone.” Nadine was listening to her brother, Regan. She was seated behind a large, polished desk angled in the corner of an executive suite on the top floor of the King building. Her office had floor to ceiling windows and a panoramic view of the entire city. It was […]

A King’s Trust, Chapters 16,17&18

July 11, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapter 16 The man who had been staring at Willets had been indirectly hired by Edmund Oswald, Nadine’s new attorney and now senior partner of Oswald and Associates, a Legal Corporation and the firm the Board of Directors had just approved as the new Corporate Counsel for King Enterprises. Nadine had, at first, […]

A King’s Trust, Chapters 13, 14. & 15

July 9, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapter 13 Lenny felt tired. Extremely tired. But it was the middle of the day. He didn’t take naps. He had never taken naps. He was too busy. He was too important. But today he felt like curling up somewhere quiet and dark. He needed to refresh, re-energize, recharge, get strong again. He needed to […]

A King’s Trust, Chapters 10,11,&12

July 6, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels

Chapter 10 Nick Easley, Attorney at Law, wiped his hands on his napkin. The napkin was well made, elegant, stiff, white. He placed it next to his plate. He reached in his coat pocket and pulled out his vibrating cell phone. Examining the face, he saw it was Lenny King calling. He looked with longing […]

Chapters 7,8, & 9 of A King’s Trust

July 4, 2018 by philcline in Blog / Literary Writings / Novels / Uncategorized

Chapter Seven The other partner, Lenora Crabtree, was already at the meeting when Lenny walked into the conference room. She was secretly pleased with the irritated look on his face when he saw his usual chair was occupied. At meetings of his Executive Committee, Lenny always sat to the right side of the […]

Cline on the Constitution-New Segment

July 1, 2018 by philcline in Bill of Rights / Blog / Cline on the Constitution / Federalism / Privacy

Roe v Wade I have been studying with interest a series of decisions the Supreme Court rendered as their latest term came to a close. If the decisions shared one characteristic is was the impression that the Court was exercising unusual restraint in being definitive in their opinions. It was as if they were […]

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