President Bush’s nominee for the Fourth Circuit is in trouble. E. Duncan Getchell, Jr. is being sued for defamation stemming from an appeal dismissed for malpractice. Continue reading “Bush Nominee for the Fourth Circuit — Duncan Getchell, Jr. — Sued for Defamation”
Category: Justice
In a continuing affront to the rules of law and decency, the Saudi Court responsible for the sentencing of a rape victim to 200 lashes and jail has now taken the license of her lawyer. Continue reading “Saudi Religious Court Takes License of Attorney After Sentencing Rape Victim and Client to Flogging and Jail”
In yet another failure of an appellate court to check the excessive use of the military and state secrets privilege, the Ninth Circuit has ruled that Al-Haramain cannot use a critical piece of evidence that was inadvertently disclosed to it — evidence showing potentially serious violations by the government. Continue reading “Ninth Circuit Rules Against the Plaintiffs in Al-Haramain Case”
Jim Stevenson is facing two years in prison for shooting a cat that he said was stalking an endangered bird in a case that contains a fascinating question of what constitutes a “pet.” Continue reading “Murderous Ornithologist or Just Protective Bird-Lover? Texas Man on Trial for Shooting Cat to Save Bird”
Barry Bonds faces a classic grand jury trap indictment. Continue reading “Barry Bonds Indicted in Classic Grand Jury Trap”
A 19-year-old woman was gang raped and probably thought the worst was over when she survived and went to the authorities. Continue reading “Rape Victim in Saudi Arabia Given 200 Lashes and 6 Months in Jail”
In the ever-increasing list of taser controversies, a new video has surfaced showing a very graphic and disturbing example of how this device can kill. This video comes from the Vancouver airport. Continue reading “Shocking Video Shows Man Tasered to Death at Vancouver Airport”
The Democratic plan for improving civil liberties protections in national security surveillance programs has been criticized as facially weak, but it appears too much protection for Michael Mukasey. Continue reading “Mukasey Starts Service as AG By Opposing Civil Liberties Reforms in Surveillance”
An animal control company working for the government has been accused of a massacre of pets that included burning some alive or tossing live animals from a bridge for a 50 foot plunge. Continue reading “Alleged Animal Control Technique in Puerto Rico: Throwing Pets Off Bridge by the Dozens”
The faculty of Oral Roberts University has voted no confidenced in President Richard Roberts, who has been accused of spending university funds on a lavish lifestyle. Continue reading “Faculty Votes No Confidence in Oral Roberts University President”
After being shutdown by President Bush’s denial of security clearance to his own investigators, the Justice Department investigation into the domestic surveillance program has reportedly re-opened. Continue reading “NSA Surveillance Program Reopened at Justice”
On his recent visit to the United States, President Ahmadinejad insisted that there are no homosexuals in Iran. Many noted that the reason that he might think so is the execution of gays who are discovered by his government. Now, a high ranking minister admitted that in Iran gays must be tortured or killed or both under Islamic law. Continue reading “Iranian Jusice: Gays Should be Tortured or Killed or Both, According to High Ranking Iranian Minister”
Corruption in Alaska has always been an open secret, particularly with continual allegations surrounding Sen. Ted Stevens and his family. Now, the federal government has released secret tapes showing how crude and open this corruption is in the state capitol. Continue reading “Former GOP Speaker of Alaskan House Said He Would “Sell Soul” to Make Oil Companies Happy”
In light of the Oral Roberts scandal, the following exerpt from my prior law review article entitled Laying Hands on Religious Racketeers may be of interest: Continue reading “Laying Hands on Religious Racketeers”
The allegations against the family of Oral Roberts are building, including breathtaking accounts of lavish spending at the very time that Oral Roberts was begging twenty years ago for donations or he would be “called home” by God. Continue reading “Scandal Deepens for Oral Roberts University Which Appears Close to Financial Bankruptcy and Long Past Moral Bankrupcy”