Opening statements are underway in Rod Blagojevich's trial in Chicago, but there will be no further tweets from @GovernorRod until at least the end of the day: the judge has ordered him not to tweet in court. "I do not…
Whoops! Sorry, Diane. Link: failblog
Love him or hate him, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a reasonably funny guy. (I'm not going beyond "reasonably funny" until somebody apologizes for "Batman & Robin.") It could just be that he has good writers working for him now (unlike,…
I think this is the first time I've used this particular word here, but I think it has to be done. On April 9, the chief judge of the provincial court for Canada's Prince Edward Island acquitted a local hockey player…
Thirty-one-year-old Chris Jarvis was escorted out of a government office in the UK recently for refusing to remove his hood, which a spokesperson said visitors must do for security reasons. Jarvis complained to the Department for Work and Pensions, on…
I have not devoted nearly enough space here (yet) to the phenomenon of horrifyingly bad lawyer advertising of the kind that you tend to see during "Judge Judy" or on very-late-night TV. While lawyer advertising in general is not especially…
Listen, if you’re anywhere near a microphone, you might as well just assume it’s on.
Five decent ones.
Only two shows left for The Gonzales Cantata, the world's first concert opera based entirely on former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales's 2007 appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee. As you may recall, Gonzales was questioned and criticized (by Republicans as well…
Jim Nicholson, a bank teller in Seattle, heroically chased and subdued a man who tried to rob his bank last Tuesday. On Thursday his employer, Key Bank, somewhat less heroically fired him. Nicholson was working when a man in sunglasses…