Saturday afternoon, Judge Brett Kavanaugh became Justice Brett Kavanaugh after being confirmed by the Senate in a 50-48 vote. Two weeks ago I appeared on Dave Congalton's radio show to talk about my two previous posts on the Kavanaugh confirmation process and the more recent live testimony by Kavanaugh and his primary accuser, Christine Blasey […]
Thursday, attention whore lawyer Gloria Allred sent a letter to the state’s attorney in West Palm Beach, Florida, demanding the prosecution of Rush Limbaugh for his comments on Sandra “Thug” Fluke. The statute stipulates that anyone who “speaks of and concerning any woman, married or unmarried, falsely and maliciously imputing to her a want of […]
For some reason, law professors tend to be a little more respected than their gun-for-hire brethren who will argue any position if the money is right. Harvard law professor Lawrence Tribe is a liberal, but he’s also a respected legal theorist. And like your average run of the mill lawyer, he can be bought. In […]
Earlier this week a Nevada judge took aim at Righthaven, a shakedown outfit law firm that has contracted with various newspapers to sue bloggers who do nothing more than quote articles under the doctrine of “fair use.” U.S. District Judge Roger Hunt of Nevada ordered Righthaven to explain why Hunt should not sanction it for […]
McDonald’s is being sued. A California woman is suing McDonald's claiming the fast-food giant uses toys to market directly to young children. Monet Parham, a Sacramento, California, mother of two small children filed the lawsuit Wednesday in San Francisco along with health, nutrition and food safety advocates Center for Science in the Public Interest . […]
You’ve heard the lines: “The people vs. the powerful,” “Pro-business court,” “Main St. vs. Wall Street.” President Obama and the liberal left level these charges whenever a Supreme Court Decision doesn’t go their way. There’s a case before the Supreme Court right now over whether the family of a girl can sue drug giant Wyeth […]
Just a quick recitation of the facts of the Meg Whitman “housekeeper scandal.” The housekeeper committed multiple crimes in presenting false documents to Meg Whitman to verify her employment. When the housekeeper told Whitman she was in the U.S. illegally, Whitman fired her – as required by law. Whitman did not report her to immigration […]
Victoria Toensing has a piece in today’s Wall Street Journal taking the Obama Justice Department to task over the handling of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Unfortunately, I can’t read the entire piece because the Journal recently reverted to making most of its Opinion Page subscriber-only after about two years of it being free of […]
On Fox News Sunday this morning, just as occurred last week, Democrats attempted to defend the Obama administration’s decision to read the Christmas Day bomber his Miranda rights after only 50 minutes of interrogation. This week it was Rep. Chris Van Hollen and NPR commentator Juan Williams who attempted to peddle the theory that U.S. […]
Whomever the officer is who decided to press charges should be drummed out of the military. Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq — the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004. And three of the SEALs who captured […]