Earlier this week, a judge in Gwinnett County, Georgia, chose to side with the forces of darkness by dismissing a lawsuit intended to protect schoolchildren from the witchcraft-inducing Harry Potter books. This ends, for now, a two-year quest by suburban…
Or maybe just a proofreading error.
It was all for the people of Atlantic City, said former city council president Craig Callaway. Since he was saying this at a sentencing hearing after being convicted of taking bribes from an FBI informant, it is possible that he…
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 originally wrote about this in September, after it came to my attention that a continuance had been sought in an Arkansas case on the grounds that deer season was about to start and there would be nobody left in…
No, I mean you put the box on top of it. Sorry, I guess I should have been more clear.
To the list of possible reasons for seeking a continuance, you can now add the start of deer-hunting season, at least if you live in Arkansas. John Hall, the attorney for Bobby Junior Cox (not “Bobby Cox, Jr.,” but “Bobby…
While the Ninth Circuit is often labeled as a "liberal" court that will accept virtually any civil-rights claim, don’t tell that to Ron Tutor, who is still unable to land his private jet at the airport in Hailey, Idaho. In…
One called Ignacio v. Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. All the judges. If you really need a reason, it’s something called “the rule of necessity.” As in, if you sue all the judges…
Speeders continue to provide proof of the human race’s endless capacity for coming up with excuses. On Sunday, a Swiss tourist caught speeding in Ontario, Canada, said he had been driving so fast because he cannot do so in his…