On Alvin Bragg and the art of not taking the law too seriously

Rube Goldberg, the inventor of bizarre machines that performed simple tasks through dozens of mechanical steps, was once asked about the essence of creating such fantastic, illogical machines. He replied "An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously." After the first week of testimony, the trial of Donald Trump is increasingly looking like a mad prosecution machine by lawyers who don't take law too seriously.

I have long been a critic of the Bragg indictment as legally incomprehensible.