“What is bail, Mr. McLaughlin?”
I got that question a lot when teaching the Eighth Amendment: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted,” the Amendment reads.
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People are staying at their vacation homes longer because they are either required to or have the option of working remotely. They are not fleeing the leafy suburbs of Boston or their New York City pied-a-terres because of BLM protests. Typical bunk from McLaughlin. This is the Trump/Fox News playbook: stoke fear and hate.
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