Further proof today that things are going great in Iraq—the New York Times reports that on Monday, the parliament was actually able to conduct business because, for the first time since November, enough people showed up to vote on things. …
The war on drugs continues to rage in Tijuana, Mexico, but police officers there are in a much better position to fight it now that they have been given weapons. Although, since the weapons are slingshots, maybe their position is…
This is the essay I was looking for. James Lileks does a review of the new Perry Mason DVD box set and reminds you that you don’t really need to get it because every show was basically the same. Link:…
Thieves stole 14 global positioning system devices from a New York public-works department on Monday night. Police located them almost immediately. My shortest post yet.
Kathleen Ensz will go on trial in May on a misdemeanor charge for "use of a noxious substance," based on an incident last year in which she wrapped some of her dog’s feces in a mailer she had received from…
I read the ABA Journal’s eReport (that’s a Report that goes out eLectronically) every Friday, and was a little surprised to see this under "Answers of the Week": "Last week we asked what inspired you to get tattooed." That was…
Hail to Judge Ernest L. Jones of Orleans Parish, who swiftly granted a motion to continue a trial originally set for Monday. (According to this article the motion was granted on Wednesday, the same day it was filed.) This gives…
A while ago I reported on a motion filed in an Arkansas case seeking a continuance on the ground that trial was set during deer season and so most of the jury pool would be out in the wilderness. In…
"This is the biggest baloney I’ve ever seen in my life," said Ralph Crozier, a 55-year-old criminal defense attorney from Southbury, Connecticut. For once he wasn’t talking about charges against a client, but about the charges filed against him for…
In a radio interview last week, Charles "Cully" Stimson, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs, said that companies should consider boycotting major law firms that represent suspected terrorists being held at Guantanamo Bay. He also suggested that…