Legal Commentary

Wednesday Afternoon Open Thread

By Jeralyn

Looks like we're all busy at work today. Here's some stuff to think about:

• Law Prof Corey Young crunches some numbers on Judge Sotomayor's criminal record.

In the be careful what you wish for department, Bernie Kerik has been indicted in Washington for lying to the White House on his 2004 application for Homeland Security Chief. Similar charges were part of his New York indictment, but he had successfully moved to dismiss them.

In December, Kerik pleaded not guilty to another indictment in New York levying similar charges against him, but those charges were dismissed because the incident allegedly happened in Washington, officials said.

Now he faces trial on two indictments in separate districts.

This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 27, 2009 (boomark / email).