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  • Senate Democrats Approve Obama Judge Who Said Abortion “Frees Women”

    12/12/2013 5:36:26 PM PST · by Morgana · 12 replies
    Life News ^ | Steven Ertelt
    The U.S. Senate today approved to a prominent federal court pro-abortion Cornelia Pillard, a law professor President Barack Obama selected for an appointment to the most important appeals court in the nation. Obama’s pick for the D.C. Circuit Court, who is one of the most pro-abortion ever nominated, previously was a filibuster victim, but that changed when Senate Democrats unilaterally changed the filibuster rules to prevent pro-life Republicans from blocking such judges. Pillard was confirmed 51-44 to the DC Circuit Court after Senate Republicans had previously defeated her nomination before Reid deployed the Nuclear Option was employed. All of the...
  • Respecting Juries

    12/09/2013 3:20:19 PM PST · by servo1969 · 19 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | 12-9-2013 | Clay Conrad
    A Texas jury was recently lambasted in open court for committing jury nullification by visiting judge Jerry Ray because they acquitted a defendant in a driving while intoxicated (DWI) case. Judge Ray went so far as to equate the jury’s verdict with the acquittal of O.J. Simpson. Unfortunately, like many judges, Judge Ray did not understand what jury nullification is, what juries do, or his own obligations as a judge. Jury nullification occurs when a criminal jury votes not guilty, in spite of proof of guilt beyond reasonable doubt, because they believe the law is either unjust or is being...
  • In NPR Interview, Harry Reid Whacks 'Extreme Right Wing' Black Female Judge (Janice Rogers Brown)

    11/28/2013 7:00:12 AM PST · by Libloather · 40 replies
    Newsbusters ^ | 11/28/13 | Tim Graham
    On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid showed up for a phone interview on The Diane Rehm Show on NPR to discuss shredding the filibuster for presidential appointees. A very polite Rehm asked if this might make partisanship worse. “I'm sorry to smile, as you can't see on radio, but more dysfunction? I mean, gee whiz,” Reid replied. But underneath the Nevada-nice routine came an attack out of nowhere on black libertarian judge Janice Rogers Brown as one of the “extreme right wing people” the Senate confirmed in the Bush years. **SNIP** Later, Reid added that “we put on that...
  • Judge rejects OJ Simpson's bid for new trial

    11/26/2013 8:01:58 PM PST · by Libloather · 20 replies
    NBC News ^ | 11/26/13 | Ken Ritter
    LAS VEGAS — A judge in Las Vegas has rejected O.J. Simpson's bid for a new trial. The decision Tuesday means the former football star must remain in a Nevada state prison where he is serving nine to 33 years for armed robbery and kidnapping in a bungled attempt to retrieve personal items from two sports memorabilia dealers in 2007. Simpson was sentenced to prison in 2008. He'll be 70 years old before he is eligible for parole.
  • Mountain Man Arrested for Fishing Demolishes Judge.....

    11/22/2013 10:44:15 PM PST · by JouleZ · 49 replies
    The Conservative Post ^ | 11/20/2013 | Becky Bailey
    Now this is my kind of American. In a packed courtroom, 52-year-old Ernie Tertelgte told the judge “I am a living man protected by natural law and I have the right to forage for food when I am hungry… You are trying to create a fictitious, fraudulent action.” Charged with fishing without a license and resisting the arrest for fishing without a license, Mr. Tertegte says he’s being wrongly prosecuted for trying to feed himself. Tertelgte, 52 years old, was arrested on Monday and is accused of fishing without a license and then resisting arrest.
  • Federal Judge: Lawsuit Against Obamacare Subsidies OK to Move Forward

    10/22/2013 5:23:27 PM PDT · by sheikdetailfeather · 2 replies
    News Max ^ | 10-22-2013 | Cathy Burke
    A federal judge Tuesday gave the go-ahead to a lawsuit challenging Obamacare insurance subsidies — but refused to immediately block them while the case proceeds. The latest legal challenge focuses on whether the controversial 2010 law allows for subsidies in all states — or only in states that have set up exchanges. Only 16 states and the District of Columbia chose to set up online marketplaces where people without private health insurance can shop for it. The federal government is running the exchanges in the remaining states. Subsidies, in the form of tax credits, are available to people with annual...
  • Judge's decision to allow Lisa Mehos' abortion to be used as evidence .......

    10/22/2013 4:21:11 PM PDT · by Morgana · 8 replies
    ny daily news ^ | Dareh Gregorian
    FULL TITLE: Judge's decision to allow Lisa Mehos' abortion to be used as evidence in New York custody case causes stir A holy war broke out in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday over a judge’s decision to allow testimony about a woman’s abortion to be used against her in an ugly custody case. Lisa Mehos’ lawyer, Emily Jane Goodman, told Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lori Sattler her decision to allow the evidence about her client’s procedure — which happened after her split from banking big Manuel John Mehos — was “scandalous and outrageous.” “This might go over well in Texas...
  • Judge Jeanine BLASTS the Obama administration for denying death benefits to military families

    10/13/2013 3:29:53 AM PDT · by sheikdetailfeather · 10 replies
    The Right Scoop via Fox News ^ | 10-12-2013 | The Right Scoop via Fox News
    Judge Jeanine delivered another fantastic monologue, blasting the administration for denying death benefits to military families. But not only that, she went after Congress as well over this entire debacle and said that every one of them needs to be thrown out for letting it come to this. Watch:
  • [May 24, 2011] Judge Caught Dismissing Her Own Tickets!

    10/07/2013 9:01:00 PM PDT · by Bikkuri · 53 replies
    District Justice Kelly S. Ballentine removed from the bench and arrested for 9 felonies.
  • Judge Ordered Sikh to Remove 'That Rag' from Head, Says ACLU

    09/28/2013 11:21:13 PM PDT · by Slings and Arrows · 160 replies
    GMA via Yahoo! ^ | 9/28/13 | RUSSELL GOLDMAN
    On Jan. 16, Jagjeet Singh, 49, a long-haul truck driver from California on his way to pick up chickens for delivery in Texas, was pulled over for driving with a flat tire in Pike County, Miss. Officers at a weigh station operated by the Department of Transportation demanded that Singh turn over his "kirpan," a 3-inch ceremonial blade carried by all Sikh men and frequently sewed into the waistband of their trousers, according to the ACLU. "Contending, wrongly, that his kirpan was illegal, the DOT officer demanded that Mr. Singh turn it over. Mr. Singh tried to explain that he...
  • Marco Rubio Nixes Nomination Of Openly Gay Judge

    09/24/2013 2:07:22 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 28 replies
    CBS Miami ^ | 09/24/2013
    Senator Marco Rubio withdrew his support for Judge William Thomas’ nomination Tuesday to the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida despite having backed the nomination more than 10 months ago, according to the New York Times. For confirmation to move forward, a nominee must have support from both United States senators in their home state. Senator Rubio said he was concerned about two decisions in cases made by Judge Thomas. If Thomas had been confirmed to the court, he would have been the first openly gay black judge on the federal bench. Rubio said he was concerned...
  • Connecticut judge declares ‘No one should have guns’

    09/19/2013 4:08:31 PM PDT · by Cheerio · 30 replies
    examiner ^ | September 18, 2013
    A Superior Court judge in Bristol “expressed his contempt for the right to keep and bear arms’ in a closed door meeting in his chambers, the state gun rights group Connecticut Carry reported last Thursday in a media advisory. Judge Robert C. Brunetti “exposed his bigotry for fundamental civil rights in front of at least three defense attorneys,” the group explained. “No one in this country should have guns,” the judge reportedly stated, adding “I never return guns.”
  • Sturm: Who are we to judge?

    09/12/2013 8:21:03 AM PDT · by Aspenhuskerette · 31 replies
    The Aspen Times (CO) ^ | September 12, 2013 | Melanie Sturm
    On a glorious springtime visit to San Francisco — where the “if it feels good do it” culture is reflected in the bumper sticker “Your body may be a temple, but mine’s an amusement park” — I was struck by the tattooing trend, as if body art is the modern version of big shoulder pads or miniskirts, not a sign of rebellion. Personally, I prefer art on a canvas, not a human chest, though in healthy societies, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Then I encountered a scantily clad, tattoo-festooned woman on whose neck and jaw was emblazoned
  • Montana Judge Regrets Comments on 30-Day Sentence for Teacher Who Raped Teen

    08/29/2013 7:22:23 AM PDT · by LucianOfSamasota · 43 replies
    ABC ^ | August 28, 2013 | CHRISTINA NG
    A Montana judge said he regrets controversial comments he made when he sentenced a former teacher to only 30 days in jail for raping a 14-year-girl who later committed suicide. District Judge G. Todd Baugh has been the subject of widespread backlash after he said in a Billings, Mont., court that the victim was "older than her chronological age" and "as much control of the situation" as the teacher, according to the Billings Gazette. "I don't know what I was thinking or trying to say," Baugh later told The Billings Gazette. "It was just stupid and wrong." Though he voiced...
  • Judge's remarks about teenage rape victim spark outrage

    08/27/2013 11:58:51 PM PDT · by servo1969 · 20 replies
    Billings Gazette ^ | 8-28-2013 | Tom Lutey
    A judge’s conclusion that a 14-year-old Billings rape victim was “as much in control of the situation” as her schoolteacher rapist has sparked outrage across the nation. Organizers have scheduled a Thursday rally and a petition drive against District Judge G. Todd Baugh, who Monday handed down a net sentence of 30 days in jail to former Senior High teacher Stacey Rambold, 54, who raped 14-year-old Cherice Moralez. The sentence came after Rambold, 54, failed to meet sex offender treatment requirements and other conditions that would have ended the now six-year-old case. Moralez killed herself weeks before her 17th birthday...
  • “Do Not Judge”: What’s That Supposed to mean?

    08/26/2013 7:15:30 PM PDT · by James R. Aist · 33 replies
    The Christian Post ^ | August 22, 2013 | James R. Aist
    Born-again Christians who are proclaiming the truths of God’s Word are increasingly being accused, especially by unbelievers, of judging them, against the admonition of Jesus, “Do not judge”, as if Christians are not allowed, much less instructed, to judge anyone or anything, ever. But, is that really what Jesus meant? Is that a valid accusation, or is it merely a ploy to mislead us and keep us from speaking out on current moral issues, so that they can freely contend for their version of moral truth without opposition?
  • Judge: Foreigners can sue U.S. pastor over sermons [Religious Freedom is Dead]

    08/16/2013 2:56:26 PM PDT · by fwdude · 112 replies
    WorldNetDaily ^ | 08/15/13 | Bob Unruh
    A federal judge has backed a homosexual-rights group in its claim that members were injured by an American pastor’s biblical preaching in Uganda against homosexual behavior. But the ruling from Judge Michael Posner in a case brought by Sexual Minorities Uganda against Pastor Scott Lively of Abiding Truth Ministries could mean much more. It could establish that an international consensus disavowing long-held biblical standards could trump the U.S. Constitution.
  • State board files complaint against suspended Cook County judge (guilty but legally insane)

    08/14/2013 5:57:40 PM PDT · by Libloather · 5 replies
    Chicago Tribune ^ | 8/13/13 | Steve Schmadeke
    A Cook County judge who was found guilty but legally insane in February after shoving a courthouse deputy will go before the Illinois Courts Commission to determine whether she's "mentally able" to return to the bench. It might be the first time the state commission, which has the power to reprimand, suspend or even remove judges from office, has been asked to rule on a sitting judge's mental fitness for the bench. Judge Cynthia Brim, 54, was named in a complaint filed Monday by the Judicial Inquiry Board alleging conduct that was "prejudicial to the administration of justice and that...
  • Tenn. judge changes infant's name from 'Messiah'

    08/11/2013 7:17:48 PM PDT · by definitelynotaliberal · 38 replies
    Associated Press ^ | 08.11.2103
    There's a story on Yahoo! News about a 7 month old boy who had his name (Messiah) changed by a Judge in Tennessee. It's an AP story.
  • Judge Jeanine Pirro: USA a Paper Tiger Thanks to Obama, Aug 3,2013

    08/04/2013 10:35:47 AM PDT · by sheikdetailfeather · 7 replies
    You Tube via Fox News ^ | 8-3-2013 | Judge Jeanine
    Judge Jeanine Pirro: USA a Paper Tiger Thanks to Obama, Aug 3, 2013