Marrero said..."when "the judiciary lowers its guard on the Constitution, it opens the door to far-reaching invasions of liberty."


Smart judge. Thank goodness. picked by dollyllama 1 year ago

A federal judge says the University of California can deny course credit to applicants from Christian high schools whose textbooks declare the Bible infallible and reject evolution. picked by gratheo 4 months ago

Code Pink continues to protest in front of the Marine recruitment center, trying to deny people's civil rights. Their job is made much easier with Berkeley granting them private parking spaces on the public street. Update to this. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

Very interesting story about Fulton County Superior Court Judge Marvin S. Arrington, who cleared his courtroom of white people so he could have a "fireside chat" with the black defendants assembled before him. picked by doggylives 8 months ago

A fired judge who claims he is assisted by three elves, has been asked to stop making threats of “ungodly reprisal.” He said that the elves help him predict the future, but he has never consulted them when issuing judicial decisions. Read the Judge's comments picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

The guy had been given the case less than 24 hours prior and refused to go to trial without proper time to prepare. Judge deems it contempt. picked by coldbladed 1 year ago

A federal jury was told Wednesday that "Sopranos" creator David Chase got help in developing HBO's Emmy-winning mob drama and owes a former municipal judge for that assistance. picked by punthe 12 months ago

One for the programmers and coders here. A humorous look at what computer code, and coders, do in the movies that just... Does. Not. Happen. In real life. picked by BrightonCub 2 years ago

Enter search terms to find relevant sample code from nearly 700 O'Reilly books. The database currently contains over 123,000 individual examples, composed of 2.6 million lines of code — all edited and ready to use picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Remember this guy? Yeah, he's still getting PWNED left and right. picked by digitalgimpling 2 years ago

A judge hearing the war-crimes case at Guantanamo Bay who publicly expressed frustration with military prosecutors' refusal to give evidence to the defense has been dismissed, tribunal officials confirmed Friday. picked by sajhill 6 months ago

Philadelphia voters who believe "it takes one to know one" might go for a candidate for traffic court judge who has accumulated $11,000 in fines. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

When a beer thief wrote “Like the Beetles say, Let It Be” in his appeal, the unimpressed district court judge corrected his spelling and gave the defendant a smackdown lesson in the discography of "the greatest band in rock history". picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

A North Carolina judge held attorney Todd Paris in contempt on Wednesday for reading Maxim magazine during a court session. Paris was fined $300, given a 15 day suspended jail sentence that remains in effect for a year and placed on unsupervised probation picked by mitzuzake 10 months ago

Justice is done. Judge decides cleaners didn't break the law. picked by larknet 1 year ago

A customer who sued a dry cleaner for $54 million over a missing pair of pants has asked the judge who threw out the widely mocked case to reconsider, saying she committed a "fundamental legal error."

Follow up on this and this. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Elizabeth Halverson is a judge. But the way courthouse staffers see it, she expects to be treated like a queen.Her former bailiff, for example, says Halverson made him feel like a "houseboy."

She allegedly had her husband sworn in so that she could ask him under oath if he had completed chores at home. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

The Supreme Court of Canada struck down a conviction of a medical-use pot activist, due to very outlandish jury instructions from the judge. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

The book describes the judge as "definitely insane," the "craziest person" at the federal courthouse at Sixth and Market, a "robed rascal who wouldn't hesitate blowing up anybody who failed to give her due respect." picked by hisidea 1 year ago

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Betty "BJ" Ostergren, a Virginia-based privacy advocate who has been fighting to stop county and state government offices from posting public records containing Social Security numbers and other personal records on their sites. picked by doggylives 6 months ago