Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has been suspended for the rest of his term for telling Alabama judges and court clerks not to follow the Supreme Court’s gay marriage ruling. Moore’s term was set to end in 2019, and the Alabama Court of the Judiciary said he’ll be suspended without pay.
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Just days after refusing her request to avoid being deposed at all, Judge David Hennessy has granted Camille Cosby’s request for her deposition to be delayed. The deposition, reports ThinkProgress, was originally scheduled for Wednesday morning.
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The Michigan judge who held three children in civil contempt in July and sent them to a juvenile justice facility for refusing to see their father may be facing serious professional discipline. A complaint filed against Judge Lisa Gorcyca of Oakland County says that her demeanor on the bench was “improper” and that…
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Earlier this year, Circuit Judge Linda Schoonover was removed from a case after sending one of her litigants a friend request on Facebook and then allegedly retaliating against the litigant when her request was denied. Well apparently Schoonover has quite the record of "ethical wrongdoing"—like more than a dozen and…
The internet is rife with opportunities to take your dick out and swing it around on forums where users don't have to post under their real names. Unfortunately, if you're a public official taking advantage of the internet's illusion of anonymity to commit some major ethical faux pas, it doesn't take many carelessly…
An appellate court has removed a judge from a case after it was revealed she sent a Facebook friend request to a woman appearing in her court for a divorce proceeding.
Well, here's some shit awful bullshit crap news for your Saturday. A Texan judge sent a girl to live with her grandmother and her grandmother's boyfriend, a registered sex offender, who then raped the girl and murdered the grandmother.
In yet another case of religion meets stupidity meets power, Tennessee Child Support Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew changed a 7-month-old boy's name to Martin from Messiah, saying the religious name was earned by one person and "that one person is Jesus Christ."
Superior Court of Orange County Judge Derek G. Johnson said some pretty unbelievable garbage about rape during a sentencing hearing in 2008. Honestly, it's so awful I'm surprised he wasn't tapped to be a 2012 Republican Senate candidate. I KNOW, I told you it was bad.
If you were too busy anxiously awaiting yesterday's health care decision, you may have missed the Supreme Court's ruling on United States v. Alvarez, a case concerning the constitutionality of the Stolen Valor Act, which charged people who lied about winning military awards like the Congressional Medal of Honor. The…
Somebody at the Snaresbrook crown court must be a shitty tipper, because the food in the cafeteria has allegedly been contaminated with urine. Traces of it were apparently found in soup, salad, and even sandwiches, which customers had complained "smelled a bit off." Since only legal officers eat in the cafeteria, the…
Man Booker Prize judge Carmen Callil has resigned in protest after the other two judges decided to give the prize to Philip Roth. She says of Roth, "he goes on and on and on about the same subject in almost every single book. It's as though he's sitting on your face and you can't breathe."
Danielle has always seemed like a non-confrontational name to me, but some of its variants (namely Dani or Danny) might help you get ahead in the legal profession.
