When the Shaw family sought to introduce legislation that would but a chink in Los Angeles’ sanctuary city flirtation, the city council was covertly (and overtly) vociferous in its agreement that no proposal would be welcomed at this time.

Where do the freedom to practice your religion and the duty to hold to a middle of the road, suitably whitewashed religiosity jell?

In an eloquent brief that was anything but, Jon Eardley, Esq. asserted that the rules of papa’s conservatorship are too strict and reminiscent of the lack of freedom experienced by Guantanamo Bay detainees.

One can only hope that Mr. Sharpton will find another cause to cling to which will permit him to throw his considerable weight behind an issue that might actually need it.

Government officials are alleged to have been purposefully invalidating properly collected signatures in a possible effort to push through a popular piece of legislation while silencing the unpopular opposition.

The hang-up with still treating Americans as separate but equal when it suits a special interest group but ferociously equal only when it does not is stunning. Does it spell a gradual return to Jim Crow philosophy?