News is that President Obama rejected the counsel of the two topmost lawyers when he decided, against their advice, to forego Congress’s consent for the war action in Libya [emphasis mine]: President Obama rejected the views of top lawyers at … Continue reading →
The Wisconsin Supreme Court was eager to let the lower court know it had grossly overstepped in going against the will of the legislature: IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all orders and judgments of the Dane County Circuit Court in … Continue reading →
I never could see how anyone could support Edwards for president. There was always something slick and smarmy about him, although I can’t say I had an inkling of just how slick and smarmy he really was. There was also … Continue reading →
The decision of the New York appellate court in the post-divorce lawsuit of Steven Simkin and Laura Blank is a lulu. The well-heeled couple were married thirty-three years and divorced in 2006, with a property settlement that involved a complex … Continue reading →
I’ve got a new piece up at PJ entitled, “Perp-Walk the Ruling Class? L’Horreur!” [ADDENDUM: One of Strauss-Kahn’s possible defenses seems to be shaping up as “it was consensual.” Maybe he thought she was just wearing the French maid outfit.]
Continue reading →…you may not have been aware of before. I certainly wasn’t. Writing in today’s WSJ, former US Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey says: In April 2009, the administration made public the previously classified Justice Department memoranda analyzing the harsh techniques, … Continue reading →
At this point, we really don’t know. But the NY Times does what you’d expect with the meager information it possesses: claims that enhanced interrogation was not a factor in Osama’s capture. And Ace quite carefully deconstructs that point of … Continue reading →
Now comes Thomas Darnsté¤dt in Spiegel with the predictable European take on Bin Laden’s death, which is that it was most likely an illegal violation of international law: Claus Kress, an international law professor at the University of Cologne, argues … Continue reading →
Worth reading. Here’s an excerpt: Never had it been the case, prior to the Lawyer Left’s activism in this war, that the rule of law was thought to require giving enemy detainees access to our courts. In fact, the post”“World … Continue reading →
This news is hardly surprising: bloggers for HuffPo who didn’t share in the AOL acquisition monies are suing both Arianna Huffington and AOL in a class action suit. As I noted when the news of the sale of HuffPo first … Continue reading →
The Supreme Court has been hearing arguments on whether a class action suit on behalf of women employed by Walmart can go forward. Here’s a fairly good summary of the issues involved at this stage, which boil down to whether … Continue reading →
RFK’s assassin Sirhan Sirhan is up for parole today. It’s the 14th time this has occurred, and the hearing is likely to go the way of all the rest and end in denial. When I heard the news, my first … Continue reading →