Overlawyered » judges http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 14:01:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 February 19 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/february-19-roundup-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=february-19-roundup-3 http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/february-19-roundup-3/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:19:17 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27675 Self-service arrangement: Pennsylvania judge charged with fixing her own parking tickets [Lancaster Online] Economist cover story: “Over-regulated America“. Obama hesitant about heavy-handed regulation? Really? [Veronique de Rugy, NRO] Argument for letting money market funds “break the buck” without federal backstop [David Henderson, EconLog] Suing apps makers? “Entertainment Lawyers Go Wild for ‘Secondary’ Copyright Lawsuits” [WSJ [...]

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  • Self-service arrangement: Pennsylvania judge charged with fixing her own parking tickets [Lancaster Online]
  • Economist cover story: “Over-regulated America“. Obama hesitant about heavy-handed regulation? Really? [Veronique de Rugy, NRO]
  • Argument for letting money market funds “break the buck” without federal backstop [David Henderson, EconLog]
  • Suing apps makers? “Entertainment Lawyers Go Wild for ‘Secondary’ Copyright Lawsuits” [WSJ Law Blog] SWAT raid on Kiwi copyright scofflaw? [Balko] Despite its editor’s views, NYT finds it hard to avoid breaching copyright laws itself [Carly Carioli, Boston Phoenix] “Contempt Sanctions Imposed on Copyright Troll Evan Stone” [Paul Alan Levy] More: “obscene materials can’t be copyrighted” offered as defense in illegal download case [Kerr]
  • Tenure terror: “Teacher in Los Angeles molest case reportedly paid $40G to drop appeal of firing” [AP]
  • FDA rejects lead-in-lipstick scare campaign [ACSH vs. Environmental Working Group]
  • A horror story of eyewitness I.D. [claim of DNA exoneration in Va. rape case; AP via Scott Greenfield]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/february-19-roundup-3/feed/ 0     Getting a bad judge off the bench http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/getting-a-bad-judge-off-the-bench/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=getting-a-bad-judge-off-the-bench http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/getting-a-bad-judge-off-the-bench/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:47:01 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27551 Sinking deeper into substance abuse, a prominent Tennessee judge spins ever further out of control. How long does it take before he’s removed and the public alerted to his problem? Way too long for comfort [Knoxville News Sentinel] Tweet Tags: judges, Tennessee

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    ]]>     Sinking deeper into substance abuse, a prominent Tennessee judge spins ever further out of control. How long does it take before he’s removed and the public alerted to his problem? Way too long for comfort [Knoxville News Sentinel]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/getting-a-bad-judge-off-the-bench/feed/ 0     Defense: Judge’s “Mr. Guilty” slip-up was prejudicial http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/defense-judges-mr-guilty-slip-up-was-prejudicial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=defense-judges-mr-guilty-slip-up-was-prejudicial http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/defense-judges-mr-guilty-slip-up-was-prejudicial/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:34:44 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26648 The defense says a new trial is warranted by an Ontario judge’s advice to jurors that the presumption of innocence “is only defeated if, and when, Crown counsel has satisfied you beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Guilty – I’m sorry, that Mr. Wilson – is guilty of the crime charged.” [Globe and Mail] Tweet [...]

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    ]]>     The defense says a new trial is warranted by an Ontario judge’s advice to jurors that the presumption of innocence “is only defeated if, and when, Crown counsel has satisfied you beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Guilty – I’m sorry, that Mr. Wilson – is guilty of the crime charged.” [Globe and Mail]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/defense-judges-mr-guilty-slip-up-was-prejudicial/feed/ 0     Trying cases in the press http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/trying-cases-in-the-press/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trying-cases-in-the-press http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/trying-cases-in-the-press/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:59:27 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26003 Yes, media coverage does affect the outcome of court cases, and here are some of the ways [Andrew Trask] Tweet Tags: judges, media, media bias

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    ]]>     Yes, media coverage does affect the outcome of court cases, and here are some of the ways [Andrew Trask]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/trying-cases-in-the-press/feed/ 0     “Don’t tell anyone that this petition has been assigned to me” http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/dont-tell-anyone-that-this-petition-has-been-assigned-to-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dont-tell-anyone-that-this-petition-has-been-assigned-to-me http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/dont-tell-anyone-that-this-petition-has-been-assigned-to-me/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:40:03 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24330 The disclosure of a Pennsylvania judge’s email to interested parties in a politically charged redistricting case may have stalled his hopes for advancement to the federal bench. [The Legal Intelligencer] Tweet Tags: judges, Pennsylvania, politics

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    ]]>     The disclosure of a Pennsylvania judge’s email to interested parties in a politically charged redistricting case may have stalled his hopes for advancement to the federal bench. [The Legal Intelligencer]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/dont-tell-anyone-that-this-petition-has-been-assigned-to-me/feed/ 1     “Happier than a tick on a fat dog” http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/happier-than-a-tick-on-a-fat-dog/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=happier-than-a-tick-on-a-fat-dog http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/happier-than-a-tick-on-a-fat-dog/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:21:14 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24089 A Kentucky judge’s colorfully worded order is grist for my latest post at Cato. Tweet Tags: humor, judges

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    ]]>     A Kentucky judge’s colorfully worded order is grist for my latest post at Cato.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/happier-than-a-tick-on-a-fat-dog/feed/ 2     “For the organized bar, it is an article of faith…” http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/for-the-organized-bar-it-is-an-article-of-faith/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=for-the-organized-bar-it-is-an-article-of-faith http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/for-the-organized-bar-it-is-an-article-of-faith/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:10:19 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23883 “… that a lawyer’s participation makes judicial proceedings more fair, not less fair.” So should we be shocked that the U.S. Supreme Court does not partake of this article of faith? [earlier on Turner v. Rogers and Civil Gideon] Related: Are we sure we want judges who are “great lawyers”? [Chiang, Prawfs, Greenfield] Tweet Tags: [...]

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    ]]>     “… that a lawyer’s participation makes judicial proceedings more fair, not less fair.” So should we be shocked that the U.S. Supreme Court does not partake of this article of faith? [earlier on Turner v. Rogers and Civil Gideon] Related: Are we sure we want judges who are “great lawyers”? [Chiang, Prawfs, Greenfield]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/for-the-organized-bar-it-is-an-article-of-faith/feed/ 3     But is it constitutional? http://overlawyered.com/2011/05/but-is-it-constitutional/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=but-is-it-constitutional http://overlawyered.com/2011/05/but-is-it-constitutional/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 18:47:33 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23189 “Philly judges tell reporter he can’t take notes in court” [Legal NewsLine] Tweet Tags: constitutional law, judges, Philadelphia

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    ]]>     “Philly judges tell reporter he can’t take notes in court” [Legal NewsLine]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/05/but-is-it-constitutional/feed/ 0     April 19 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/april-19-roundup-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=april-19-roundup-2 http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/april-19-roundup-2/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:28:31 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=22591 Environmental milestone? “Bolivia is set to pass the world’s first laws granting all nature equal rights to humans.” [JoNova via Coyote] Add another to the list of judges who file suits over critical discussion of their rulings, in this case by the losing party, a newspaper [ABA Journal] “Obama on presidential signing statements then … [...]

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  • Environmental milestone? “Bolivia is set to pass the world’s first laws granting all nature equal rights to humans.” [JoNova via Coyote]
  • Add another to the list of judges who file suits over critical discussion of their rulings, in this case by the losing party, a newspaper [ABA Journal]
  • “Obama on presidential signing statements then … and now” [Bainbridge, Outside the Beltway]
  • “The never-ending stream of futile petitions suggests that habeas corpus is a wasteful nuisance.” [Joseph Hoffmann and Nancy King, NYT, via Lat, Frank] A different view: Scott Greenfield, The Briefcase.
  • Global warming suits “a misuse of the judiciary branch” [Laurence Tribe, Boston Globe via WLF]
  • Competing for the HuffPo reader? On link between chemical exposures and cancer, Salon.com perpetrates “utter nonsense” [Orac, Respectful Insolence]
  • Iqbal/Twombly: “Reports of pleading’s demise may have been exaggerated” [Wasserman, Prawfs]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/april-19-roundup-2/feed/ 4     “The hungry judges soon the sentence sign…” http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/the-hungry-judges-soon-the-sentence-sign/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-hungry-judges-soon-the-sentence-sign http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/the-hungry-judges-soon-the-sentence-sign/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:14:23 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=22539 “…And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.” And now there’s even empirical evidence. (h/t Sam S.) Tweet Tags: judges

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    ]]>     “…And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.” And now there’s even empirical evidence. (h/t Sam S.)

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