Kentucky

There is an alternative to toll roads and toll bridges in Kentucky.

Posted on February 03, 2008
By LawReader Senior Editor Stan Billingsley ? Feb. 3, 2008  ?Upgrading and expanding U.S. transportation systems to world standards won?t come cheaply?a federal Commission estimates $225 billion dollars annually for the next 50 years.? We are facing the necessity of a 40 cent a gallon increse in the federal gas tax indexed to inflation to meet [...

Marihuana Possession has been functionally decriminalized in much of the U.S.

Posted on February 03, 2008
One of every three Americans lives in a state or city where pot users typically don’t go to jail. A truth Obama won’t dare tell - Steve Chapman  Chicago Times  February 3, 2008 Lately, Barack Obama has been quoting John F. Kennedy: “The world is changing...

Fed. Appeals Court deals White House another blow re: detainees

Posted on February 01, 2008
WASHINGTON (CNN) ? Feb. 2, 2008 - A federal appeals court Friday let stand its ruling giving judges greater power to review government evidence against accused terrorists challenging their imprisonment.  The decision hands the Bush administration another legal setback over its policies on foreign detainees...

Actor Wesley Snipes Is Acquitted of Tax Felonies. Convicted on Three Misdemeanors

Posted on February 01, 2008
  Snipes said he was legally a ?nontaxpayer? and the tax laws did not apply to him because he was not a resident of the District of Columbia, was not a federal official and was not engaged in any trade or business.   OCALA, Fla. ?Feb. 1, 2008 - New York Times-  The actor Wesley Snipes was [...

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The Supreme Court and the Anti-Retroactivity Presumption

Posted on January 31, 2008
by Patricia Mann   Jan. 31, 2008 Ex post facto laws retroactively change the legal consequences of acts, or the legal status of facts and relationships that existed prior to the enactment of the law. Justice Joseph Story, a member of the Supreme Court in the early 19th Century, defined a retroactive statute as “taking away or [...

Chief Justice supports Beshear plan to review Penal Code to reduce prison overcrowding

Posted on January 31, 2008
Professor Lawson?s call for review of Penal Code finally on track. Jan. 31, 2008 Kentucky’s prison population has skyrocketed 600 percent since 1970 and continues to grow because of “irrational” penalties enacted by lawmakers, according to a study byUK Law School Professor Robert Lawson, the man who wrote the state’s penal code...

Kentucky foreclosures skyrockets in Sept., to 7th. highest in nation

Posted on January 31, 2008
A national survey has ranked Kentucky 7th in mortgage foreclosures based on September data, according to the Kentucky Office of Financial Institutions.  The Mortgage Bankers Association survey–which only includes data on foreclosures made due to loan nonpayment, not tax nonpayment–showed that 2...

State Senate approves drug treatment bill that could allow diversion of felony drug offenses

Posted on January 31, 2008
Jan. 31, 2008 A proposal to help arrested drug addicts be treated before heading to trial won unanimous approval in the Senate today.  Senate Bill 72, co-sponsored by Senate Majority Floor Leader Dan Kelly, R-Springfield, and Senate Minority Floor Leader Ed Worley, D-Richmond, passed on a 36-0 vote and now heads to the House for its [...

Benham Sims III interviewed re: BA machine source code ruling

Posted on January 31, 2008
 Can eating a slice of bread give false positive BA reading?  Jan. 31, 2008 -  WHAS Channel 11 television interviewed Louisville attorney Benham Sims III on the recent Ct. of Appeals ruling that permitted defense attorneys to subpoena the source code of the Intoxilyzer 5000 BA machine...

Governor Beshear Appoints Chappell District Judge

Posted on January 31, 2008
Jan. 31, 2008 FRANKFORT, KY ? Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed the Honorable John Paul Chappell to the office of District Judge for the 27th Judicial District, Division 2, of Kentucky, serving Knox and Laurel Counties. The vacancy was created when Judge Michael Caperton was elected to the Kentucky Court of Appeals...

NATIONAL POLLS SHOW MCCAIN LEADING CLINTON AND OBAMA

Posted on January 31, 2008
Election 2008 National Head-to-Head Polls John McCain (R) vs. Hillary Clinton (D) Poll Date Sample McCain (R) Clinton (D) Spread RCP Average 01/09 to 01/27 - 46.8% 45.0% McCain +1.8% Rasmussen 01/25 - 01/27 1200 LV 48% 40% McCain +8% NBC/WSJ 01/20 - 01/22 1008 A 46% 44% McCain +2% LA Times/Bloomberg 01/18 - 01/22 1312 RV 42% 46% Clinton +4% USA Today/Gallup 01/10 - 01/13 1106 LV 50% 47% McCain +3% Hotline/FD 01/10 - 01/12 803 RV 47% 43% McCain +4% CNN 01/09 - 01/10 840 RV 48% 50% Clinton +2% See More General Election: McCain vs...

Thirteen State Senate races contested

Posted on January 30, 2008
1st District Sen. Ken Winters, R-Murray, will face the winner of a Democratic Primary between Carroll Hubbard (former congressman) and Rick Johnson (former Appeals Court Judge).  3rd District: Sen. Joey Pendleton, D-Hopkinsville, versus Republican challenger Tom Jones, a Christian County magistrate...

See listing of all candidates on the ballot this year

Posted on January 30, 2008
          Ky. 2008 Candidate Filings  See who is running in the 2008 elections.

 

Posted on January 30, 2008
 

Obama snubs Hillary at State of the Union address

Posted on January 30, 2008
Jan. 30, 2008 Maureen Dowd of the New York Times wrote about THE SNUB:  ?It?s already famous as The Snub, the moment before the State of the Union when Obama turned away to talk to Claire McCaskill instead of trying to join Teddy Kennedy in shaking hands with Hillary...

Justice Dept. releases letter detailing investigation of Grant County Detention Center

Posted on January 30, 2008
  In May of 2005, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Dept. of Justice wrote a letter to the Grant County Judge Executive concerning its investigation of the operation of the Grant County Jail.   A full copy of that letter has been released by the U...

Chief Justice Lambert, lawmakers announce legislation to open court proceedings in child-protection cases

Posted on January 30, 2008
Jan. 30, 2008  FRANKFORT, Ky. ? Chief Justice Joseph E. Lambert, Rep. Susan Westrom and Rep. Tom Burch announced legislation at a news conference today that would open certain Kentucky child-protection proceedings to the public. Child-protection court cases typically involve dependency, neglect and abuse, and termination of parental rights...

Governor Beshears Ethics Reform Bill Passes House

Posted on January 30, 2008
Jan. 30, 2008 FRANKFORT, KY ? Gov. Steve Beshear?s ethics reform package passed through the House today by a unanimous vote of 94-0 and has been sent to the Senate for consideration. ?This proposal was the result of my campaign pledge to strengthen ethics laws that govern the conduct of state officials and employees,? said Beshear...

Rep. Ron Lewis does not file for reelection to U.S. House. Four others do file.

Posted on January 29, 2008
Jan. 29th. 2008 U.S. Rep. Ron Lewis ended his re-election campaign on Tuesday in a surprise last-minute move. Lewis withdrew from the race only moments before the campaign filing deadline.  Lewis’s decision to retire has been followed by dozens of other Republican representatives and senators who express a lack of interest in their jobs since the [...

Governor Beshear Reappoints Logsdon and Jennings as Citizen Members of the Judicial Conduct Commission

Posted on January 29, 2008
Jan. 29th, 2008  FRANKFORT, KY ? Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed Diane Logsdon and Joyce King Jennings as members of the Judicial Retirement and Removal Commission. Both shall serve for terms expiring January 1, 2012. Logsdon, 65, is a hospital administrator at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown...

ARE ATTORNEY FEE AWARDS IN DIVORCE CASES GETTING OUT OF HAND?

Posted on January 29, 2008
LawReader Senior Editor Stan Billingsley    Jan. 29, 2008 We have been receiving some inquiries about how divorce attorney fees are set.  These inquiries detail horror stories where the deep pocket spouse is getting nailed with six figure attorney fees from the opposing spouse?s attorney...

DYCHE RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF FOUR REPUBLICAN BILLS ? WE AGREE

Posted on January 29, 2008
John David Dyche in his Courier-Journal column has called on Gov. Beshear to endorse several  Republican bills that have been introduced in this session of the General Assembly.  Of the bills discussed by Dyche, we find great merit.  While these bills were all introduced by Republicans, they are not partisan bills...

Judicial candidate filings as of Jan. 28th. - Deadline Jan. 29th.

Posted on January 28, 2008
 Ky. Supreme Court James M. “Jim” Shake 4 th Supreme Court District Nonpartisan Court of Appeals     Denise G. Clayton 4 th Appellate District 2nd Nonpartisan Circuit Court filings as of Jan. 28th.   Deadline Jan. 29th. at 4 P.M.   Olu A...

Candidate filings for Ky. Legislature as of Jan. 28th.

Posted on January 28, 2008
With one day to go the  following candidates for Ky. State Senate have filed their candidacy papers.  The deadline is 4 P.M. Tuesday Jan. 29th.   Carroll Hubbard 1 st Senatorial District Democrat   Rick Johnson 1 st Senatorial District Democrat   Kenneth W...

RECENT CASES ARE CHANGING SLIP AND FALL LIABILITY

Posted on January 28, 2008
The Kentucky courts have rapidly been developing new theories regarding slip and fall tort actions.  The trend is to recognize greater duties on the part of property owners.   LawReader Senior Editor Stan Billingsley Jan. 28, 2008 -    Community Trust Bancorp, Inc...

Ky. Supreme Court adopts four new legal doctrines

Posted on January 27, 2008
    This Supreme Court panel is reviewing doctrines of law, and is not afraid to toss out those theories they disagree with.  Recently they overruled a decision of the prior Supreme Court panel on jury strikes, and that prior ruling was only about a year old...

Shaquille ONeal lists his expenses in divorce proceeding

Posted on January 27, 2008
Steve Horner ? January 27, 2008 Again, final words have been very sparse this past week in the C-J sports section page C-3.  On the 25th, there were these ?notable numbers:?           ?Miami Heat center Shaquille O?Neal earns nearly $2 million a month, according to a financial affidavit that is part of his divorce files obtained [...

Officers Arrests Put Spotlight on Police Use of Informants

Posted on January 27, 2008
By ALAN FEUER and AL BAKER   January 27, 2008   It is sometimes said that snitches are the lifeblood of police work. The question is: Are they also a poison? Formally known as C.I.?s, for confidential informants, they are a detective?s best friend. They act as eyes and ears...

Tuesday is deadline for filing to elective office.

Posted on January 26, 2008
The deadline for filing for this year?s Ky. Elections is.4:00 P.M. Tuesday, Jan. 29. At 4 p.m., all candidates for the 2008 election must have filed paperwork with the secretary of state’s office, meaning that lawmakers will either be able to breathe a sigh of relief or gear up for the sharp scrutiny of a [...

U.S. Marshals Office offers forfeited property for sale

Posted on January 26, 2008
Visit their site at:  http://www.usmarshals.gov/assets/nsl.htm   The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) offers property for sale to the public which has been forfeited under laws enforced or administered by the United States Department of Justice, its investigative agencies (Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms), and certain other federal law enforcement [...

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