Archive for the ‘Judiciary’ Category
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has upheld a lower court ruling that paper money is unfair to the blind because it's all the same size and texture. Blind and vision impaired people need help to determine which bill is which denomination and the blind and ...
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Friday, June 8th, 2007
Paris has been ordered to serve her entire 45 day sentence in jail!
She'll be staying at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility.
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Friday, June 8th, 2007
Paris was unhappy in jail, she cried.
After three days the sheriff let her out and sent her home to a palatial estate wearing an ankle bracelet. The sheriff released her for medical reasons (rumors of a rash, the crying jags).
The LA County Attorney was livid and scheduled a hearing for ...
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Thursday, January 18th, 2007
NY State Supreme Court Justice Michael Ambrecht dismissed charges against BASE (Building, Antenna, Span, Earth) Jumper Jebb Corliss.
Corliss was charged with reckless endangerment for trying to parachute from the 86th floor (observation floor) of the Empire State Building on April 27th, 2006. He snuck his equipment in the building and ...
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Friday, June 23rd, 2006
Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.
- Clarence Thomas
He's 58 years old today. Still young.
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Friday, May 19th, 2006
In the "Before the Bench" segment with Judge Andrew Napolitano during Studio B, Judge Andrew and Shep Smith were discussing the Senate's two votes making English official.
Shep: Before the Bench on a Friday, the debate over making English our national language. The Senate voted twice yesterday. First they made ...
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
Mrs. O'Connor, enjoy your retirement.
Final Vote: 58-42.
He should be sworn in this afternoon and join his fellow justices at the SOTU tonight.
Roll Call will be here.
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Monday, January 30th, 2006
...so says the headline at C-Span.
No rollcall available yet. Roll Call here via Bench Memos.
Vote is tommorow at 11 eastern.
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Thursday, January 26th, 2006
John Kerry, from Davos, Switzerland no less, is calling for a fillibuster of Judge Samuel Alito. He was calling back to the States trying to muster support (who's paying that bill?) According to CNN Kerry has the support of his co-Senator, Kennedy.
Easy for Kerry, there in Davos, attending the World ...
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Friday, January 13th, 2006
GOP Bloggers points us to a Forbes piece which states:
Democrats confirmed Friday that they will make a last-ditch attempt to slow Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's momentum by delaying the first vote on his candidacy. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said in the waning minutes of Alito's confirmation hearing that unnamed ...
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The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
