So it turns out that no one really doubts that Illinois Governor Rod Blagejovich was trying to sell the appointment to the U.S. Senate seate about to be vacated by President-Elect Obama. (Although note that he hasn’t been convicted or… Continue Reading
As I first saw yesterday on The Wife’s favorite site, the usually-amusing cakewrecks.com, the Outrage Of The Week comes from Greenwich, New Jersey, where Heath and Deborah Campbell have had to fight to get a birthday cake made for their… Continue Reading
A subject near and dear to my heart since my legal career began is student newspapers. Fact of the matter is that student writers and editors, at least at the high school level, have diminished free speech rights with respect… Continue Reading
You can get pretty much anything on eBay. Including, until a little bit earlier today, an appointment to the United States Senate seat being vacated in a few weeks by President-elect Obama. Well, no, actually the auction was for a… Continue Reading
How did the cheerleaders text nude pictures of themselves to their boyfriends? You don’t text-message a photograph, by definition. Or is the verb “text” morphing into something other than “sending a text message from or to a cellular phone”? Otherwise,… Continue Reading
The CEOs of Chrysler, GM, and Ford all flew from Detroit to Washington to beg for money, because they fear their companies are going to run out of liquid capital and cease to be able to operate. And those same… Continue Reading
You’ll have to fill out this questionnaire. And I thought applying to be a judge was onerous. This looks more like a Chinese Communist Party exercise in “self-criticism.” Check out question 13: “If you have ever sent an electronic communication,… Continue Reading
Republicans are not the only party that engages in gay-bashing to try and win elections. Over in Kentucky, Mitch McConnell is in what is thought to be a competitive race. McConnell is the minority leader in the U.S. Senate, so… Continue Reading
Usually, when the prosecution in a case is caught fabricating evidence, and the judge instructs the jury to that effect, that leaves the defense a pretty good argument. When the jury then independently finds exculpatory evidence that everyone — prosecutor,… Continue Reading
If you’re rooting for the McCain-Palin ticket, you don’t need me to tell you that you want a game-changer to enter the game. You need some good news, and you need it not much later than two weeks before the… Continue Reading