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Bizarre, Constitutional Law, Criminal law, International, Politics, Religion, Society

Afghanistan Legalizes Rape and Obligates Women “To Preen” for Their Husbands

158px-flag_of_afghanistansvgFor years, there has been growing discomfort over the loss of American lives and treasure in Afghanistan while the government moves increasingly toward a Taliban-like legal system that rejects most of the rights that we consider fundamental for all humanity. Those concerns have been magnified this week with a new Afghan law that makes it legal for men to rape their wives. Under the law, a woman “is bound to preen for her husband as and when he desires.”

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Justice, Politics, Society

Ted Stevens Claims Vindication While Palin and the GOP Call For Begich to Step Down

225px-ted_stevensIt the ultimate example of hubris, former Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska is claiming vindication in the decision of the Justice Department to drop the case against him. In the meantime, the Alaska GOP is calling for Sen. Mark Begich to step down.
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Academia, Courts, Politics, Society

Ward Churchill Wins Major Verdict of Wrongful Termination

200px-ward_churchillWard Churchill, the controversial former professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has won an important verdict in court. A jury found that he had been wrongly terminated by the university after his public repudiation for referring to the victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks as “little Eichmanns.”
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Bizarre, Congress, Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Military, Politics, Society

Murphy’s Law: White House Military Office Withholds Evidence Leading to the Release of Convicted Air Force Officer

062608af_murphy_lawyerThe Air Force has completed a bizarre case involving a former senior judge advocate general to practiced for more than 20 years without disclosing that he had been disbarred from practice. Col. Michael D. Murphy was convicted on three counts of conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman, one count of failing to obey a lawful order, and three counts of larceny. However, because the White House Military Office refused to release basic discovery material, he will not spend a day in jail and will simply leave the Air Force.

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Bizarre, Constitutional Law, Courts, Justice, Lawyering, Politics, Society, Supreme Court

Justice Department Finds D.C. Vote Bill Unconstitutional — Holder Reverses Conclusion and Declares Bill Constitutional

holdereric225px-alberto_gonzales_-_official_doj_photographThe Washington Post has revealed that an internal review has found that the D.C. Voting legislation is indeed flagrantly unconstitutional. However, Attorney General Eric Holder overruled the view of career lawyers and declared that the law is constitutional — thereby avoiding an embarrassing confrontation with Democrats. I waited to post this story because it could so easily be confused with an April Fool’s spoof yesterday. Holder’s actions, once again, show that political pressure and influence remains a problem at Justice. Rather than follow the dictates of the Constitution, Holder “corrected” the legal analysis by simply declaring the opposite conclusion to conform with political needs. Sounds like a prior attorney general.
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Academia, Bizarre, Politics, Society

Model Teacher: English Teacher Faces Possible Discipline Over Modeling Career

England flagWe have yet another teacher facing punishment over her private life. We have previously seen teachers in the United States disciplined over appearing in provocative pictures after hours. In this case, Natasha Gray is not an elementary teacher but a physical education teacher at Manor Community College in Cambridge, England.
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Bizarre, International, Politics, Society

We Are Not Amused: The First Family Gives IPod to Queen

210px-elizabeth_ii_greets_nasa_gsfc_employees_may_8_2007_editThe Obama assault on English sensibilities continued yesterday with another bizarre gift of an IPod to the Queen — leaving many in that country wondering if the Obamas are trying to be insulting. If you have been following this impressive and growing litany of social faux pas, the Obamas shocked both Americans and English citizens with remarkably cheap and thoughtless gifts to the family of Prime Minister Brown on his recent visit. Then the White House distributed hundreds of briefings on England for the current trip that read like England for Anglophobes. Previously, the Obamas refused to accept an offer of a famous bust of Winston Churchill from the English government (which extended the loan of the piece after the Bush Administration).

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Constitutional Law, Politics, Religion, Society

Islamic Owner Gives Up Franchise with Dunkin’ Donuts Over Long-Standing Fight Involving Pork Products

thumb_donut_11Dunkin’ Donuts has prevailed after a four-day trial with a former franchise owner, Walid Elkhatib. Elkhatib has had a long-running fight with the chain over his refusal to sell products containing pork. No one, it seems, messes with the doughnut people.
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Attorney General Eric Holder Announces Justice Department Will Not Investigate War Crimes Due to Prosecutorial Misconduct

holderericIn a major decision, Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that he has found that the Justice Department has acted improperly in barring any criminal investigation of well-documented war crimes committed by the Bush Administration in the torture program. To punish the failure of the Department to act in a timely fashion, he has announced that no criminal charges will be pursued regarding torture to teach prosecutors a lesson that “justice delayed is justice denied.”
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Congress, Criminal law, Justice, Lawyering, Politics, Society

Justice Department To Void Case Against Former Sen. Ted Stevens

225px-ted_stevensThe Justice Department will be dropping all charges against former Senator Ted Steven (R., Alaska) due to the misconduct of its own prosecutors. The actions of the Justice Department in the case has been a continued scandal and the question is now what action will be taken against these prosecutors who scuttled a major criminal case through unethical and grossly negligent conduct. On closer examination, however, the action by Attorney General Eric Holder falls a bit short.

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Courts, Criminal law, Lawyering, Politics, Society

Judge Sharon Keller Faces New Ethics Charge

keller_sharon_newProblems continue to mount for Judge Sharon Keller, Chief Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. She is already facing a serious ethics charge over her decision to order the Clerk’s Office not to remain open after hours to allow for a final death row appeal. Now, a new complaint has been filed against her for failing to report nearly $2 million in real estate assets. She is also facing an impeachment effort in the Texas legislature.
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Bizarre, Courts, Criminal law, Lawyering, Politics, Society

Alabama Judge Charged in Prisoner Abuse Case

small_jms_frontFormer Mobile, Alabama judge Herman Thomas has been arrested in a bizarre criminal case alleging that he used the local jail as a type of personal stable of victims for beatings and sexual abuse. His lawyer — who goes by the moniker Robert “Cowboy Bob” Clark — has charged racism targeting the county first black judge.

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Bizarre, International, Politics, Society

White House: Britain Is A Declining Power “Slightly Smaller Than Oregon”

England flag200px-flag_of_the_united_statessvgFirst, there was the embarrassing and insulting treatment of the Brown family by the White House during the recent state visit. Now, the White House has put out a briefing booklet that appears to go out of its way to insult the British from referring to them as a declining world power to elevating France over Britain as an ally to noting its small size. It seems that the White House has been taken over by anglophobes.

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