People do not make wars; governments do.
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A few years ago, several organizations joined forces to sue the federal government to force the EPA to control greenhouse gases. Although they’ve never won in court, it has now made it to the Supreme Court and is being argued today. The group that sued to force the EPA to force controls on greenhouse gas [...]
Three idiots got real lucky this week. Three men accused of trying to dig up a young woman’s body to have sex with it had charges of attempted sexual assault dismissed Friday by a judge who noted Wisconsin has no law against necrophilia. Grant County Circuit Judge George Curry dismissed those charges against twins Nicholas [...]
The Volokh Conspiracy looks at a recent judgment in regards to datamining. Specifically, it looked at whether datamining triggers Fourth Amendment protection? Well, here’s the Fourth: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, [...]
Things have changed in the US in a big way during my adult lifetime. And, it’s all the media’s fault. I have been a Republican my entire life. It wasn’t really a choice when I was young, but it has been for about 20 years. For about 100 years, there was a core seperation in [...]
What would you do if a lawyer threatened, "Give me a million dollars or my client and I will publicly brand you as a rapist and destroy your life?" On July 27, the California Supreme Court expanded the range of choices possible to one man who was presented with that threat. The dance phenomenon Michael [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled that war tribunals are not legal regarding the detainees of Gitmo. This made things a real mess. What SCOTUS did not do is give any guidance either. So, if they can not be tried as prisoners of war, and they are not US citizens, and they are not protected by [...]
William Jefferson is just tickled pink that some lawmakers are distracting his actions by crying foul over the FBI searching Jefferson’s office. I’m no lawyer, I don’t even play one on tv, so I read a lawyer’s take on it. Particularly, I read Orin Kerr’s take on it. Orin does not come to a definitive [...]
Zacarias Moussaoui’s lawyer pleaded with jurors Monday to send his client to prison for life "the long slow death of a common criminal" rather than give the terrorist conspirator the martyrdom he seeks through execution The prosecution argued that death does not mean martyrdom, Moussaoui’s wishes don’t matter and the only person charged in the [...]
Exposetheleft gets so many priceless images it makes me quite jealous. I don’t know how they do this. In this particular case, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, while listening to arguments regarding the Texas congressional redistricting, fell completely asleep. Now, this could be an opportunity to trash liberals in general, but, I’m not. I’m on her side. [...]
There’s a lot of discussion on Alito & the Concerned Alumni of Princeton. IMO, this is the only article worth reading: Earlier this week, recently released documents drew attention for showing that, in a 1985 job application, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito ’72 wrote that he is "particularly proud" of his work on cases arguing [...]
