Legal Commentary

Justice Thomas Amends Disclosure Forms To Reveal Wife?s Income

Posted on January 25, 2011
With surprisingly little coverage from the media, Justice Clarence Thomas has amended his financial disclosure after Common Cause exposed his failure to report his wife’s income for many years — including her payments from conservative organizations...

Salesman Sent Packing Over Tie

Posted on January 25, 2011
Outside Chicago, car salesman John Stone was reportedly fired for the world’s most ill-conceived neck wear: a Packers tie. The sales manager at Webb Chevrolet ordered Stone to remove the tie and when he refused, he fired him. When I first read this story, I was going to post it to show that Bears fans [...

Crusaders Criticized For Crushing Victory: Girls Basketball Score Leading To Calls for Reform ? To Force Closer Scores

Posted on January 25, 2011
Utah school officials are in deep debate over a shocking development at the girls basketball game between Christian Heritage High and West Ridge Academy. Drugs? Violence? No, the score. After Christian Heritage High won 108-3, many are crying foul and demanding to know why the CHH coach did not slow his “Crusaders” down and force [...

American Woman Charged in England After Hanging and Burning ?Devil Dog?

Posted on January 25, 2011
Dogs routinely shock their owners by eating everything from documents to dolls. (My dog Molly prefers to eat socks). However, when an one-year-old pit bull named Diamond eat a Bible in England, Miriam Smith, 65, decided to take action. She hanged Diamond with an electrical cord and burned its body...

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Minnesota Bar Owner Roasts Black Bear To Show Contempt For Chicago

Posted on January 24, 2011
The rivalry between the Bears and Packers and Vikings is intense but largely good-natured. Some, however, take it to a new and disturbing level such as Blake Montpetit, the co-owner of Tiffany Sports Lounge in St. Paul, who announced that he would roast a black bear to show his hatred for Chicago...

Terror Tots II: School Suspends 7-Year-Old Boy For Shooting A Wall With Make Believe Finger Gun

Posted on January 24, 2011
We have yet another example of the mindless enforcement of zero tolerance for gun play at school. Seven-year-old Patrick Riley used his finger to form a pretend gun and went bang toward a war. He was promptly suspended from Parkview Elementary in Oklahoma City...

School Terrifies Students With World War III Prank

Posted on January 24, 2011
I am beginning to get a rather bizarre view of teaching techniques in England. If you recall, we recently saw how teachers terrorized students with the fake murder of a colleague. Now, teachers including Headteacher Mike Richards at St. Mary’s RC told children that World War III had broken out and, using fireworks, had them [...

Court: Rahm Emanuel Not Eligible to Run for Mayor

Posted on January 24, 2011
Just when he probably thought that it could not get much worse than losing to the Packers in a home game, Rahm Emanuel has lost his fight to get on the ballot. The court just ruled that he is ineligible. He had won below and the Illinois Appellate Court ruled 2-1 to overturn a Chicago [...

Would You Like Salsa With Your Anti-Dusting Agent? Taco Bell Sued Over Allegedly Serving Non-Beef in Tacos

Posted on January 24, 2011
There is an interesting lawsuit out of Alabama where lawyers have filed a class action against Taco Bell over its claim to serve “beef” in its dishes. In fact, the lawsuit alleges, Taco Bell is serving what are called “beef extenders” and not actual beef as defined by the U...

Wet and Wild: Two Potential Litigants Step Forward Early In Competition For Most Frivolous Cases of the Year

Posted on January 24, 2011
This week we have two cases rivaling for the most frivolous litigation of the year. In Pennsylvania, Cathy Cruz Marrero is shown in the video below texting while walking through the mall. Marrero was not looking where she is going and walks right in a fountain...

Marine Hospital Service

Posted on January 23, 2011
-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger The Marine Hospital Service was an organization of hospitals dedicated to the care of ill and disabled seamen in the U.S. Merchant Marine, U.S. Coast Guard, and others. The Service was created by an act of the 5th Congress and signed into law on 16 July 1798 by [...

Rock Around the Clock

Posted on January 23, 2011
-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger Rock Around the Clock Today we have Bill Haley & His Comets in glorious STEREO! Everybody get up and dance.

State of the Union Wishlist

Posted on January 23, 2011
Submitted by Lawrence Rafferty (rafflaw), Guest Blogger In light of the all the hoopla about President Obama?s upcoming State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, I have been thinking of all of the ideas and issues that I would like the President to address in his talk with the country...

Scalia and the Rise of the Celebrity Justice: Should Justices Have a Political Base?

Posted on January 23, 2011
Here is today’s column in the Washington Post on the controversy over Justice Scalia’s appearance on Monday in a Tea Party Caucus event for new House members. I view the issue as having broader implications for the Court. ___________________________________________________________ Justice Antonin Scalia is scheduled to appear before an eager freshman class Monday to talk about [...

Packers Joke of the Day

Posted on January 23, 2011
Yes, it is time for our Packers Joke of the Day.   Given today’s game, I thought I would include a couple extra: Q: What do you call 53 men watching the Superbowl? A: The Green Bay Packers _________________ Q: What do you call a Packer fan with half a brain? A: Gifted...

Jack & Rudy: Sunday Football Talk

Posted on January 23, 2011
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro, Guest Blogger JACK: Sheesh, Rudy! It looks like no one will be taking me for a walk today. Football?football?football! That?s all our folks have been talking about around here the past couple of weeks. They?ll be watching NFL playoff games ALL afternoon...

Appeals Court Rules Religious Test Improper in Asylum Case

Posted on January 23, 2011
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro, Guest Blogger The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Lei Li, a Chinese Christian whose request for asylum in the United States was denied by an immigration judge in 2005, should be given another chance. Lei, who became a Christian in 1999, said he was persecuted in China [...

The Ring of Truth

Posted on January 23, 2011
-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger Last week, the Fourth District Court of Appeal of the state of Florida issued a ruling denying the motion to suppress. Ruiz v. State of Florida is a drug case dealing with “consent” to search...

Packers Beat Bears Bears Decide Not To Go To Dallas

Posted on January 23, 2011
That is the best I do right now. It is hard for me to express my feelings at this time of utter darkness and despair. This is the end Beautiful friend This is the end My only friend, the end Of our elaborate plans, the end Of everything that stands, the end No safety or [...

There Is No Joy In Tehran-ville: Mighty Cupid Struck Out

Posted on January 22, 2011
Submitted by Mark Esposito, Guest Blogger No more will that little babe with the angel wings shoot his arrows at love struck Iranian couples and promote the “sins” of compassion, passion, and love. The corruption that is red hearts and paper valentines has been officially banned by Iranian officials in homage to hoary Islamic law that proscribes unmarried [...

Packers Joke Of The Day

Posted on January 22, 2011
Not to intrude upon our weekend editors, but here is the insulting Packers joke the day. Q: If you see a Packers fan on a bicycle, why don’t you swerve to hit him? A: It might be your bike. Go Bears, Monsters of the Midway! Jonathan Turley

Bachmann-Tea Party Overdrive

Posted on January 22, 2011
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro, Guest Blogger Next Tuesday, President Obama will deliver his 2011 State of the Union Address.  Rep. Paul Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin and chairman of the House Budget Committee, has been selected to deliver his party?s ?official? rebuttal...

Snyder v. Phelps

Posted on January 22, 2011
-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger This case was argued before the Supreme Court on 6 Oct. 2010 and we are awaiting their decision. This is the “funeral picketing” case involving Petitioner Albert Snyder, the father of Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder who was killed in Iraq, and Respondent Rev...

SAWSTOP

Posted on January 22, 2011
-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger   What saw manufacturer is going to want to build this device? The demonstration in the video doesn’t seem realistic. The finger detection mechanism is the key factor. It would have to work perfectly under a variety of conditions not demonstrated in the video...

House of the Rising Sun

Posted on January 22, 2011
-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger House of the Rising Sun For your listening enjoyment, we have The Animals in glorious STEREO!

Americans Don?t Have the Right to Learn Just How Detainees Were Tortured

Posted on January 22, 2011
  Submitted by Lawrence Rafferty (rafflaw), Guest Blogger Earlier this week I read on the ACLU website the Appellate Court decision in ACLU, et al v. Department of Defense, et al,  which decided you and I are not entitled to learn how our government tortured detainees illegally...

Woman Hospitalized By Hickey

Posted on January 21, 2011
A New Zealand woman is proof that no hickey is entirely harmless. The woman experienced paralysis after her boyfriend gave her a hickey on her neck. She is expecting to fully recover . . . as for the relationship, the prognosis is unclear. The 44-year-old woman went to the emergency room after suffering a mild [...

Louisville Police Officer Suspended After Giving Seven-Year-Old Boy Ticket For Hitting His Personal Car With a Ball

Posted on January 21, 2011
Louisville Police Officer Cody Chapelle has been suspended for 13 days after he gave a ticket to a seven-year-old boy who accidentally threw a ball that hit his personal vehicle. He charged the child with criminal mischief in the third degree. The boy was playing ball when he turned felon with an overthrow...

Mutiny on the Bounty Gorch Fock

Posted on January 21, 2011
The German Navy has a rare mutiny case on its hands. The case involves students who were training on The Gorch Fock, but rebelled when ordered to climb a 40-metre mast in November. One of the students had previously fallen off the mast and died. A sailor known as Sarah S, 25, had died during [...

Swedish Court Convicts Soccer Star of Buying Sexual Services Based on The Woman?s Make-Up and Dress

Posted on January 21, 2011
I saw this extraordinary case on Reddit on the basis for a conviction in a prostitution case. Swedish Soccer goalkeeper Magnus Hedman was reportedly convicted on a charge of buying sexual services because a court found that, even though he did not pay for the services, he should have known the woman was a prostitute [...

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