Category Archives: Courts

How to Win Friends and Influence People: Invitiation to Federally Self-fornicate Edition

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Gene Howington

submitted by Gene Howington I’m not going to offer much commentary on this document other than to note that representing yourself in litigation is usually a very bad idea, that sugar works better than napalm when dealing with a Federal … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Courts | 11 Comments

What You Should Know about the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Government Agency Overseeing US Trade Deals

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro “A Corporate Trojan Horse”: Critics Decry Secretive TPP Trade Deal as a Threat to Democracy Lee Fang has an important article about the agency that is overseeing trade deals for the United States over at The Intercept. … Continue reading →

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The State of South Carolina Files Amicus Brief with SCOTUS…Claims It Is Legal to Discriminate Against Women–So Why Not Against Gays?

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Mark Joseph Stern posted an interesting article titled South Carolina to SCOTUS: We Can Discriminate Against Women, So Why Not Gays? over at Slate on Thursday. In his piece, Stern said that a major problem with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Courts, Democracy, Equal Rights, Free Speech, Government, Homosexual Rights, Jurisprudence, Justice, Politics, Religion, SCOTUS, Society, States, United States | Tagged , , | 6 Comments

WTF: Department of Justice Defies Congress and Claims It Can Prosecute Medical Marijuana Cases…at a Time When a Government-Funded Group Admits New Research Shows That Cannabinoids May Be Helpful in Treating a Deadly Form of Brain Cancer

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Timothy Phelps (Los Angeles Times) reported last week that the Department of Justice (DOJ) claims that it can prosecute medical marijuana cases despite the fact that Congress passed a bipartisan amendment last year which prohibited the DOJ from … Continue reading →

Posted in Biology, Constitutional Law, Courts, Crime, DOJ, Government, Health Care, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Pharmaceuticals, Politics, United States, War on Drugs | Tagged | 6 Comments

Kevin Bollaert, Creator of a “Revenge Porn” Website, Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Last Friday, Kamala D. Harris, California’s Attorney General, announced that Kevin Christopher Bollaert, “the operator of a cyber-exploitation website which posted nude photos of individuals with personal identifying information without their consent, was sentenced to 18 years in … Continue reading →

Posted in Courts, Crime, Internet, Law Enforcement, Media, Short Video, United States, Weird Crime | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

Some Things You Should Know about the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Senator Elizabeth Warren and Others Have Major Concerns Regarding the Trade Pact That Is Being Negotiated in Secrecy

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro In Ferbruary, I wrote a post about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) being another bad trade deal for the United States. (You can read that post here.) Many people—including some members of Congress—have complained about the “extreme” secrecy … Continue reading →

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Municipal Violations, Debtors’ Prisons, For-Profit Probation Companies…and a John Oliver Video

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Two years ago, I wrote a column for Res Ipsa Loquitor on the subject of debtors’ prisons in the United States. In that posting, I told about a 2010 report published by the America Civil Liberties Union … Continue reading →

Posted in Alabama, Civil Liberties, Countries, Courts, Democracy, Equal Rights, Government, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Prison, Racism, Short Video, Society, United States | Tagged , , , , , , | 96 Comments

A Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video: “Racist EZ-Cash”

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Mark Fiore, the Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist, posted a video last week titled Racist EZ- Cash following the release of the Justice Department’s report on the city of Ferguson, Missouri. Fiore said that the veil had “been … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, Corruption, Countries, Courts, Democracy, DOJ, Equal Rights, Government, Humor, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Missouri, Political Science, Politics, Racism, Short Video, Society, United States | Tagged , , , , , | 9 Comments

Family of Mentally Ill Man Who Was Killed by Dallas Police Releases Video of His Shooting (VIDEO)

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro A recently released video of the officer-involved shooting of Jason Harrison in Dallas last year shows what happened in the moments before the mentally ill mandied. Harrison, 38, was shot by police while holding a screwdriver.  His … Continue reading →

Posted in Countries, Courts, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Short Video, Society, Texas, United States | Tagged , , | 26 Comments

NEWSFLASH: Disgraced General David Petraeus Remains a Trusted White House Advisor

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Former CIA Director David Petraeus, who is expected to formally plead guilty “to mishandling classified materials” next month, is scheduled to be sentenced on April 27th. Petraeus, who also served as the top U.S. general in Iraq and Afghanistan, “was … Continue reading →

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