Category: Judges

The recent kerfuffle over California's Proposition 8 "gay marriage ban" and its recent overturning by a Federal appeals court got me thinking about the concept of judicial activism. It …

Clarence Thomas, on missing the SOTU: Justice Thomas would not directly address the controversy over Mr. Obama's criticism of the Citizens United ruling or Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s …

Today's winner is Washington State Supreme Court Justice Richard Sanders. He gets the award for the following- Justice Richard Sanders, who sued the state to get documents about himself, …

Today's winner is U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent. He gets the award for the following- A federal judge pleaded guilty Monday to lying to investigators about sexually abusing his …

Today's winners are former judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan. They get the award for the following- Two judges pleaded guilty on Thursday to accepting more than $2.6 million …

Today's winner is Peru Constitutional Tribunal Judge Fernando Calle. He gets the award for the following- The Constitutional Tribunal made the historic ruling in the case of a caretaker …

Today's winner is Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Richard Wennet. He gets the award for the following- Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Richard Wennet isn't ready to hang up …

Click the below link if you'd like to read about some recent crime & punishment news stories: A left-wing enviro-nut getting 20 years in the clink, an Alaska Republican …

The most newsworthy cases -- gun rights, death penalty, voter laws -- have yet to be decided. Click the below link, however, for synopses of the 07-08 term's most …

In this update we've got musings on DNA technology and parole policies, a state supreme court decision regarding capital punishment, a major worksite immigraton raid, along with a veritable …