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Top 10 Law Songs

Posted on June 20, 2008
Thank goodness ATL took the time to set up this poll!1. I Fought The Law - The Clash [ Lyrics?YouTube ]2. Lawyers, Guns, and Money - Warren Zevon [ Lyrics?YouTube ]3. 99 Problems - Jay-Z [ Lyrics?YouTube ]4. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash [ Lyrics?YouTube ]5...

Blackwater Choses Sharia Law

Posted on June 19, 2008
Asserting that Sharia Law has any resemblence to actual law is sick.From the News & Observer:To defend itself against a lawsuit by the widows of three American soldiers who died on one of its planes in Afghanistan, a sister company of the private military firm Blackwater has asked a federal court to decide the case using Islamic law, known as Shari'a...

Federal Judge May be Impeached

Posted on June 19, 2008
This doesn't happen very often, but this judge looks like a likely candidate for impeachment.From the Times-Picayune of New Orleans:U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, confirmed that the U.S. Judicial Conference, a panel of the nation's top federal judges, notified a House committee Wednesday that impeachment proceedings may be warranted...

38 Years for Fake Grades

Posted on June 19, 2008
This is just sick. Murderers get less time than this.From the Times Online:It could be a long time before Omar Khan goes to college: as long as 38 years, according to Orange County prosecutors, who have arrested and charged the 18-year-old student with breaking into his prestigious high school and hacking into computers to change his test grades from Fs to As...

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Girl Uses Court to Evade Grounding

Posted on June 19, 2008
This little girl is going to grow up to be a lawyer in the divorce business.From the Sydney Morning Herald:A Canadian court has lifted a 12-year-old girl's grounding, overturning her father's punishment for disobeying his orders to stay off the internet, his lawyer said...

FISA Vote Tomorrow

Posted on June 19, 2008
Looks like there is going tobe a ote to amend FISA tomorrow. From the ACSBlog:Preliminary reports indicate that key players have reached a deal regarding amending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, with a vote to be held on Friday.

Marijuana is California's Most Lucrative Cash Crop

Posted on June 19, 2008
If you don't have anything else going on right now you might want to watch the US Joint Economic Committee discussing our drug policy.Grits for Breakfast has provided us with a link to the hearing page and a link to watch the hearing online. (Which he says started at 9AM Central...

The AMA Hates Blacks

Posted on June 18, 2008
Okay, not really, but they are sure doing a crappy job of protecting African-American smokers from the addictive habit. In fact, you could say that they are doing next to nothing to protect black smokers in order to protect white smokers.But don't worry, they aren't racist, they just wouldn't have been able to protect the non-menthol users if they had tried to protect 75% of black smokers...

Counties Just Stop Performing Weddings

Posted on June 18, 2008
I have always said that I believe that the state shouldn't be in the business of performing weddings and should just issue civil unions. I believe that "marriage" is aterm of art best left to religious oganizations.Looks as if a few counties down in California have decided thisis the best way to deal with the ability of gay couples to get married; just don't perform marriages...

McCain on the Enviroment

Posted on June 18, 2008
I saw this on CNN this morning and started crying because I was laughing so hard. Apparently it was John McCain who "sounded the alarm on global warming five years ago."I wonder where Al Gore was.

Kozinski Pictures

Posted on June 18, 2008
I've had a couple of you email me asking where you can see some of the pictures that were on Judge Kozinski's web site. So here are a few. (Some pictures are seriously NSFW.)One of the reasons that I've decided to go ahead and post them is that it seems that Judge Kozinski has decided that blogs aren't just ?grandiloquent? and ?self-indulgent" and may actually be a good way for people to honestly discuss issues...

Oil in Africa

Posted on June 18, 2008
Looks like we're already looking for new ways to use our military in order to control oil.From the Asia Times:In recognition of "the emerging strategic importance of Africa", President George W Bush in February 2007 ordered the creation of AFRICOM, the US Africa Command...

Immigration Prosecutions Up and So Is Violent Crime

Posted on June 18, 2008
These statistics, (Immigration prosecutions up 75% of last year and 50% of last month) seem quite surreal. Especially, when you read that the increase is due to increased charging of minor crimes.Maybe some of you think that is good. You want to get the illegal immigrants out of the country...

The Cause of U.S. Deaths in Iraq

Posted on June 18, 2008
This is damning. Former Navy general counsel Alberta Mora states in his video that the first and second most identifiable causes of U.S. combat deaths may be Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo respectively. He notes as well that these two locations have become a device for our enemies due to the harsh interrogation tchniques that were authorized in 2002...

Drumming Up Charges

Posted on June 18, 2008
It isn't often that you hear a police officer go on the record as trying to "drum up charges" against someone.Be careful about speaking out against surveillance video cameras.From the Philadelphia Daily News:Four young residents of a North Philadelphia house who circulated petitions questioning police-surveillance cameras were rousted from their home Friday and detained 12 hours without charges while police searched their house...

Police Beating in Memphis Caught on Tape

Posted on June 18, 2008
So I'm trying to understand why the cop that actually punched the transexual in the face with handcuffs around his knuckles in on leave while the officer that held him/her was fired.(Story and video here.)Just a quick note to the police officers down there in Memphis, if you want people to respect you, instead of protecting assholes like this you should punish the hell out of them for doing this...

Taser Injuries

Posted on June 18, 2008
I have discussed taser many times on this blog, but it never ceases to amaze me that people think tasers are somehow "safe" and don'tdo any injury to the people they are used on. Of course, it is better than getting shot, but as the doctor in this article states, it makes sense for the officer to assume that they have done damage...

Change Your Genes

Posted on June 18, 2008
Looks like you won't be able to blame your genes any longer.From ABC News:Comprehensive lifestyle changes including a better diet and more exercise can lead not only to a better physique, but also to swift and dramatic changes at the genetic level, U...

Grand Jury by Petition

Posted on June 17, 2008
In Kansas, if you get enough voters to sign your petition, you can call a Grand Jury to invstigate someone you don't like. But don't worry, it would never be used as a political tool to harrass someone you don't like....especially since you need a whopping 2% of a county's turnout...

Swedish Spy Agency

Posted on June 17, 2008
It looks as if the Swedes have decided that the Amercian goal of listening in on any call that crosses the border without a warrant is a good idea. Strangley, the people who live in the country don't think it such hot idea.From Boing Boing:When I was in Sweden last weekend, everyone was up in arms about the new Swedish proposal to empower the national spy agency to listen in on all phone calls and network transactions that "cross the border" (due to the way Swedish telcos manage their tariffs, this would include virtually every mobile phone call, whether or not the speakers were in Sweden at the time)...

The Black House

Posted on June 17, 2008
Apparently there are still enough racists down in Texas to support the introduction of a pin that causes fear for those Americans that still use the term "nigger."There isn't much to say, except that I'll be voting for Obama in November.

Congressional Misinformation

Posted on June 17, 2008
Having just spent four weeks in China, I feel that I got a pretty good glimpse at the way in which the government just makes up facts to support its policy determinations. I have absolutely no respect for anyone who cannot support their policy without using lies and fear tactics...

REAL ID Act Gives Judicial Review

Posted on June 16, 2008
This isn't an area of law that I pay particular attention to, but as I worked on an immigration case recently I find it quite interesting. Actually, I'm a bit surprised the political wonks aren't talking about this issue as regards the immigration debate...

This Guy Owns Your Water

Posted on June 16, 2008
If you were wondering who is planning to own your water, here he is (thanks to BusinessWeek):If water is the new oil, T. Boone Pickens is a modern-day John D. Rockefeller. Pickens owns more water than any other individual in the U.S. and is looking to control even more...

Blogging will get you Arrested

Posted on June 16, 2008
Today I saw the story of a blogger who was arrested and is awaiting a verdict for "insulting" a judge from Singapore. (Did I mention that h is a U.S. citizen?)Of course, he did say that the judge was prostituting herself by being nothing more than an employee of thePrime Minister...

Google Health

Posted on June 13, 2008
If you are a member of Blue Cross or Blue Shield you can Google all your health information now.Why you would want to do so is beyond me, but I'm looking forward to perusing your health documents.

Habeas kills Americans?

Posted on June 13, 2008
Of course you've heard that Justice Scalia believes that giving aliens habeas rights means that more Americans will die.His argument is that if the government has to actually make a case against someone and they can't, the person will be let free and return to the battleground to fight and kill Americans in the future...

Irish Vote No on Lisbon Treaty

Posted on June 13, 2008
It comes as no surprise that Ireland, (the only country that put the decision to popular vote), has decided that they don't want to ratify the EU "reform" treaty.Why is it not a surprise?Well, giving a new name to the same old policy is unlikely to confuse voters so much that they decide to now vote for what they rejected before.

Kozinski Investigates Himself

Posted on June 12, 2008
As a fan of Judge Kozinski, I have to comment on the recent story involving his posting of crazy sexual photographs on a website. Of course, I could sit here and try to defend his actions, (it is important to note that he did nothing illegal), but I think I'd rather point to Kozinski's official reaction to the snafu...

Taser's First Court Loss

Posted on June 12, 2008
Taser has won an unprecedented 69 straight victories in the court system, but has now sustained its first loss.According to the New York Times (quoting The Herald of Monterey):"A federal jury has held Taser International responsible for the death of a Salinas man in U...

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