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Corrupt federal prosecutors presenting false evidence in order to shake down a blameless corporation and bring in tens of millions of dollars seems like a pretty dramatic story. Especially when former prosecutors support the charge and a chief judge acts on the allegations and takes dramatic action. Yet the media silence is deafening. Eric Holder’s Justice Department is implicated in a dramatic and shocking case of alleged corruption that is so bad that the Chief Judge of the Eastern District of California has taken what can rightly be called the “nuclear option” and recused all the judges in the district...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A federal judge ruled Monday there is no constitutional right to carry a hidden gun in public - a decision that dealt a setback to gun-rights advocates who had challenged how much discretion California law enforcement officials have in issuing concealed weapons permits. U.S. District Court Judge Morrison England Jr. in Sacramento supported a policy by Yolo County Sheriff Ed Prieto that says applicants must have a reason, such as a safety threat, to legally carry a concealed weapon in his county northwest of Sacramento. Prieto was sued by opponents claiming sheriffs, who issue most concealed...

SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has sent the names of three candidates for his first appointment to the California Supreme Court to a State Bar commission that screens judicial nominees, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday. The three candidates include two state appeals court justices - Carol Corrigan of San Francisco and Vance Raye of Sacramento - and U.S. District Judge Morrison England of Sacramento, according the Chronicle, which cited an unidentified source who insisted on anonymity because the governor has not made the names public. Schwarzenegger spokeswoman Julie Soderlund told The Associated Press Saturday that the governor had...