Our State has NO rules of Evidence! But a DRAFT SET is posted for notice and comment NOW
At any event, don't count on someone else to notice and comment for you.Again, all that is needed for a bad result is that YOU do not do your part.The deadline is October 5, 2007 - so there is time to participate. … [Read more...]
Gonzales lied to Congress. Again. Can we PLEASE impeach him now?
From today's WaPo:As he sought to renew the USA Patriot Act two years ago, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales assured lawmakers that the FBI had not abused its potent new terrorism-fighting powers. "There has not been one verified case of … [Read more...]
The Seattle Decision
In my view, the dissenters were paying lip service to the notion of narrow tailoring and compelling state interest; they really were arguing for a change in the law to require such a strict standard of review only when the government uses … [Read more...]
Supreme Court calls into question voluntary school desegregation plans around the nation
By a predictable 5-4 vote, the US Supreme Court today called into serious question public schools' ability to consider race in the course of trying to counter the effects of both de jure and de facto racial segregation. The several … [Read more...]
“TedF” and “Speaking Out” discuss the LaGuer case
Let me take your points one at a time. ... of course I (and you) lack any personal knowledge of what happened at the scene of the crime. This is both true and a truism. Very few cases don't require the power of deduction to arrive at … [Read more...]
“Impeach Gonzales” video part 2 is up
As noted earlier, Democracy for America is spearheading a campaign to build support for the well-deserved impeachment of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. It's now clear that President Bush isn't going to fire him, and Gonzales isn't … [Read more...]
NSA spying scandal explodes: lawless thuggery by Gonzales and Card revealed
The WaPo's editorial page -- which has, unlike the NY Times, in general been pretty lukewarm about blasting the Bush administration -- nicely sums up yesterday's testimony by former Deputy Attorney General James Comey (emphasis mine):James … [Read more...]
SJC upholds libel verdict against the Herald and reporter Dave Wedge
The Supreme Judicial Court today unanimously upheld a $2 million libel verdict against the Boston Herald and its reporter Dave Wedge. This is the case in which Wedge wrote several stories about Superior Court Judge Ernest B. Murphy, … [Read more...]
Adverse Selection by Massachusetts Health Insurance Companies
Following the forum, Mr. Wingle assured me that Health Connector Board has some of the finest and toughest lawyers in the state and would not back down on the data reporting requirments that the insurance companies should be fulfilling. … [Read more...]