http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/judicial/ en-us Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:09:27 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067646/posts "At the establishment of our constitutions, the judiciary bodies were supposed to be the most helpless and harmless members of the government. Experience, however, soon showed in what way they were to become the most dangerous; that the insufficiency of the means provided for their removal gave them a freehold and irresponsibility in office; that their decisions, seeming to concern individual suitors only, pass silent and unheeded by the public at large; that these decisions, nevertheless, become law by precedent, sapping, by little and little, the foundations of the constitution, and working its change by construction, before any one has... The Patriot Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067646/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:09:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016707/posts The California Supreme Court, in a 4-3 majority, attempted a new form of alchemy today. They tried to change homosexual partnerships into something they simply are not capable of being, marriage. They did so through a raw exercise of renegade judicial authority which clearly rejected the expressed will of the people of California. They did so without even making any pretense of relying on past precedent. They simply declared, in the words of the majority, that protecting marriage as a lifelong relationship of love between a man and a woman which forms the foundation of the first society of the... Catholic Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016707/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 04:39:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1999579/posts self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1999579/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:13:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982911/posts Glass shattered in a driveway in a quiet Albuquerque subdivision a few nights after Christmas. Minutes later, at the end of a chaotic quarter-mile trek over fences, through vacant lots and across a six-lane highway, police sirens began to wail. One man lay dead against a chain-link fence, dirt on his teeth and a bullet hole in his heart. The other stood in his stocking feet in the middle of the street with his revolver tucked into the waistband of his jeans. "Why did he do it, sir?" he asked the officer who took his gun and put him in... Albuquerque Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982911/posts#comment Sun, 9 Mar 2008 17:09:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981886/posts A river is a beautiful thing. However, a river outside its banks is called a flood and turns from being a beautiful amenity to being a destructive force. This role change describes what may be happening to our judicial branch of government. There are many very fine judges, but all too often we hear about bad decisions in which the judge applied his personal philosophy to arrive at a decision far beyond simply interpreting the law. We are seeing a nationwide trend of judges starting to tax and spend without legislative authority. It is bad enough to see a poor... E-mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981886/posts#comment Fri, 7 Mar 2008 14:25:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981469/posts Scientists have developed a computerised mind-reading technique which lets them accurately predict the images that people are looking at by using scanners to study brain activity. The breakthrough by American scientists took MRI scanning equipment normally used in hospital diagnosis to observe patterns of brain activity when a subject examined a range of black and white photographs. Then a computer was able to correctly predict in nine out of 10 cases which image people were focused on. Guesswork would have been accurate only eight times in every 1,000 attempts. The study raises the possibility in the future of the technology... www.guardian.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981469/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 19:12:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944104/posts Governors Highway Safety Program Attempts to Bias NC Judges Against Motorcyclists Raleigh, NC December 23, 2008 Editorial opinion of a Concerned Citizen Documented proof has been published by the NC Governors Highway Safety Program, that the NC GHSP is using taxpayer funded lobbying to influence North Carolina judges in advance of "technical changes" to the General Statute 20-140.4 which contains the NC helmet law statute, effective date of January 1, 2008. In an article published in the Fall 2007 issue of Centerline, which is published by the Governors Highway Safety Program, NC Department of Transportation, is the following quote: "GHSP... Centerline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944104/posts#comment Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:40:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934544/posts San Francisco imprisons African Americans for drug offenses at a much higher rate than whites, according to a report to be released today... *** San Francisco locks up a higher percentage of members of the African American community in drug cases than any other county in the study. In the county, 123 people out of every 100,000 are sent to state prison each year for drug offenses. Of those, whites are incarcerated at a rate of 35 per 100,000 white people, while blacks are incarcerated at a rate of 1,013 per 100,000 black people. "It is not that San Francisco... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934544/posts#comment Tue, 4 Dec 2007 16:57:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934193/posts (Washington, DC) -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it recently uncovered through the Freedom of Information Act a videotape (and transcript) of an August 15, 2007 town hall meeting on illegal immigration held in Laredo, Texas. During the meeting, held at Texas A&M International University’s campus, US Border Patrol (USBP) Laredo Sector Chief Carlos X. Carrillo disclaimed the illegal immigration and narcotics enforcement missions of the USBP. Judicial Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934193/posts#comment Tue, 4 Dec 2007 00:02:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1899600/posts Judge Michael Mukasey's acceptance of George Bush's offer to become his third attorney general brought to mind the title of a relatively obscure 19th century French novel called "La Bas," which means, "down there." "La bas," of course, would be modern Washington. "Down there" the denizens push a great grinding wheel that circles endlessly. George Bush proposes. Harry Reid repudiates. Into this spun-down place comes a nominee for attorney general who is said to have "little Washington experience." Let us not dwell on the latter-day meaning of that phrase. We shall posit, however, that Washington needs Judge Mukasey more than... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1899600/posts#comment Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:38:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1876577/posts DETROIT (AP) - A Wayne County Circuit Court judge accused of working too slowly no longer is allowed to handle pretrial motions. The state's Judicial Tenure Commission also is reviewing 27 cases in which Thomas was reversed by appeals courts in the past five years. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1876577/posts#comment Sun, 5 Aug 2007 06:35:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872799/posts SACRAMENTO Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday signaled his intention to appeal a federal court decision that orders a special judicial panel to examine severe overcrowding in California's prison system. The governor's action comes a day after the chief judge of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals created the three-judge panel, following the recommendation of two federal judges. The panel will be charged with examining how overcrowding is affecting inmate health care, mental health, services for the disabled and other prison operations. Among the possible remedies are a cap of California's inmate population and early release of some prisoners. The... AP on Bakersfield Californian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872799/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:48:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872709/posts New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer, a powerful member of the Democratic leadership, said Friday the Senate should not confirm another U.S. Supreme Court nominee under President Bush “except in extraordinary circumstances.” “We should reverse the presumption of confirmation,” Schumer told the American Constitution Society convention in Washington. “The Supreme Court is dangerously out of balance. We cannot afford to see Justice Stevens replaced by another Roberts, or Justice Ginsburg by another Alito.” Schumer’s assertion comes as Democrats and liberal advocacy groups are increasingly complaining that the Supreme Court with Bush’s nominees – Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice... The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872709/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:06:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1806809/posts In the USA, back when Sandra D. was still on the court, the US Constitution was suddenly deemed to be subservient to politically correct multi-cultural standards and practices. Since the whims of political appointees become the law of the land when, according to precedent, personal opinions written by judges supersede the legislation of elected branches in what used to be government of, by and for the people, it's fair to assume that we should look to foreign courts to see what's in store for us, as well as legalists, when they push their own particular envelope. FOX News had yet... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1806809/posts#comment Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:57:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1806109/posts GRAND JUNCTION - A Park County prosecutor tried last month to keep in jail a driver who is now suspected in a high-speed crash that killed two college students. "I thought he was a clear and present danger to the motoring public," Deputy District Attorney Martin Kenney, of Fairplay, said Friday. On Thursday night, police say, Patrick Strawmatt killed two 19-year-old Mesa State College freshmen as he drove 120 mph from a pursuing Colorado State Patrol trooper. He made an obscene hand gesture and raced away, slamming into a compact car carrying two students, Jennifer Kois, of Brighton, and Jacob... Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1806109/posts#comment Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:32:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1804311/posts Ben Franklin didn’t need the lyrics of ABBA’s “The Winner Takes It All” to know that regarding a vote, only one group gets what it wants: for example, in the vote taken by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, deciding whether America would become a free, democratic nation or remain a colony ruled by a monarch or in the one taken by the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787 (and later by individual states), deciding whether the nation ought to adopt the Constitution or continue under the Articles of Confederation. To prove the point about what Franklin knew,... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1804311/posts#comment Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:24:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1761874/posts WASHINGTON - Milberg Weiss is particularly active in New York. Melvyn Weiss was a guest at a glittering 2003 Manhattan fundraiser for then-New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer that raised more than $2 million for his gubernatorial bid. Following the Milberg Weiss indictment in May, Spitzer returned $124,000 in donations from the firm and related individuals. The donations flap was barely noticed and did nothing to dent gubernatorial candidate Spitzer’s image of unsullied rectitude. A Spitzer Web site notes that he was named “Crusader of the Year” by Time magazine and the “Sheriff of Wall Street” by 60 Minutes.... San Francisco Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1761874/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jan 2007 18:11:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752805/posts WASHINGTON - The incoming Democratic chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee promised on Wednesday to combat what he denounced as President George W. Bush's war-time trampling of American rights. "We have a duty to repair real damage done to our system of government over the last few years," Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont said in outlining his panel's agenda for the 110th, Democratic-led Congress, which is set to convene on January 4. [Snip] "We are way overdue in catching up to the erosion of privacy," Leahy said. "This will be one of our highest priorities." Leahy said he also... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752805/posts#comment Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:34:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752217/posts Andrew Thomas, County Attorney On December 5, 2006, 7he decision of a Maricopa County jury to find an illegal immigrant guilty of Conspiracy to Commit Human Smuggling under Arizona's new law was set by Judge Thomas O'Toole. This extraordinary decision contradicts two of the judge's own prior rulings and overturns a unanimous jury verdict from a cross-section of citizens reached after less than an hour of deliberations. This latest ruling, while disappointing, is not entirely surprising. Judge O'Toole has changed his mind about these issues a number of times. In the course of handling several of this office's smuggling... ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION JOURNAL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752217/posts#comment Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:23:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1726910/posts From April 1775 to Yorktown in 1781, Americans fought and died to end that rule of kings – only to have their meek and timid heirs submit to a rule of judges. A tiny minority of judges in America now dictates to the Great Silent Majority. Of all these outrages and idiocies, one thing may be said: No legislature, no executive at the state or federal level would have survived imposing such measures upon us. For 50 years, this nation permitted the Warren Court, and its successors and imitators in the state courts, to create a body of judge-made law... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1726910/posts#comment Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:20:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1726879/posts New Jersey's highest court gave a resounding, unanimous endorsement this week to the principle that same-sex couples must be accorded the "same financial and social benefits and privileges" as heterosexual partners. But the court choked on calling gay unions "marriage." The ruling clearly advanced the long legal and political battle by gays and lesbians to achieve the equal status guaranteed to them as a fundamental human right. A 4-to-3 majority of the New Jersey court maintained, though, that it is the job of the legislature to confer such social acceptance, "which must come from the evolving ethos of a maturing... Baltimore Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1726879/posts#comment Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:34:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1707818/posts Over the past decade and a half, U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson has become the one of the most important figures in the state in setting prison policy, or at least trying to change it. Henderson's rulings have placed the judge firmly in control over issues ranging from use of force at Pelican Bay State Prison to internal discipline to improving medical care. They've also put him in position to direct billions in state spending into the correctional system -- with no legislative oversight. The 72-year-old judge's career has just been chronicled in Abby Ginzberg's documentary, "Soul of Justice:... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1707818/posts#comment Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:43:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1707732/posts There is terrorism in Baghdad but a criminal gang problem has also been plaguing our nation's capital. In an officially declared "crime emergency," black criminals had been robbing, assaulting, and even raping tourists in the National Mall area, where the Washington Monument and the World War II and Lincoln Memorials stand. This is an area that had been considered safe and "tourist-friendly." Three young black men were arrested for these crimes, but you could search in vain in the local media for any reference to their skin color. Instead, they were described as "D.C. youths" or just "five people." Stories... Media Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1707732/posts#comment Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:02:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1691148/posts Cross Posted at Iowans for Romney: Disclaimer: THis is a Pro-Romney Piece and I run a pro-Romney blogsite. I am not paid for my efforts. What I've created below is in response to a commonly recurring attack on Romney: that he can't be trusted to appoint good conservative/constructionist judges because of his record of judicial appointees as Massachusetts Governor, specifically regarding gay-activist judges. The issue came up in a discussion thread to an article I posted on Free Republic (Over 135 comments so far, and some heated debate). One comment (#123), by JohnnyZ summed up the most common attack: Romney's... Iowans http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1691148/posts#comment Mon, 28 Aug 2006 04:59:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670292/posts Friend Campaign Unveils Its New Website (PIKEVILLE, KY) Pike District Judge Kelsey E. Friend, Jr. officially launched his campaign's website today. "This website gives me an opportunity to communicate directly with voters," Friend said. "Ultimately, I believe that informed citizens will be able to make the best decision when they head to the polls on November 7th." The website can be found online at: Friend for Judge Friend Campaign Unveils Its New Website (Press Release) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670292/posts#comment Sat, 22 Jul 2006 04:07:40 GMT