- If you regard Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh as “very decent, very smart individuals,” are tired of party-line confirmation bloc votes, and don’t favor adding to the line-up of nine Justices, you have a co-thinker at the Supreme Court [John McCormack, National Review; Nina Totenberg/NPR interview with Ruth Bader Ginsburg]
- “Manhattan federal judges are getting fed up with notorious copyright ‘troll’” [Alison Frankel, Reuters; ABA Journal; Mike Masnick, TechDirt; Richard Liebowitz]
- Idaho, though far from California, still falls under the Ninth Circuit’s distinctive body of law protecting homeless encampments against municipal authority [Steve Malanga, City Journal, earlier here, here]
- “Liability for User-Generated Content Online Principles for Lawmakers” [53 individual and 28 institutional signers including many names and groups familiar in this space; TechFreedom] “Comments on Sen. Hawley’s ‘[Ending] Support for Internet Censorship Act'” [Eric Goldman] And the Missouri senator’s latest: “Josh Hawley Wants To Appoint Himself Product Manager For The Internet” [Mike Masnick, TechDirt]
- Jury convicts south Texas judge charged with bribery, conspiracy and other crimes [Lorenzo Zazueta-Castro, McAllen Monitor; Fred W. Heldenfels IV, Corpus Christi Caller-Times/Texans for Lawsuit Reform (“The fact that a judge under indictment for accepting bribes can run for higher office and win should be a major red flag for Texans.”)] Michigan Supreme Court removes Livingston County judge over long list of ethical violations, criminal charges also pending [Andy Olesko, Courthouse News]
- “Auction Winner Learns Why Property Was Such a Great Deal: It’s Only 12 Inches Wide” [Kevin Underhill, Lowering the Bar]
Filed under: Brett Kavanaugh, copyright, Idaho, judges, judicial nominations, Neil Gorsuch, Ninth Circuit, real estate, Supreme Court
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Regarding the Michigan judge—good that she is gone, but why did it take so long. The abuse of witnesses and litigants is completely unacceptable in a free society. Certainly, her behavior was well-known around legal circles long before her removal. And it’s likely that, absent the egregious issues, her abusiveness would have been tolerated.
The other problem–this judge coerced state employees to work on her re-election campaign and to do go-fer duties. This was illegal. Consequently, she is liable tor gross income taxes on the fair market value of those services. The Supreme Court’s order in the case should have required her to make good on her tax liability.
Re: Idahomeless
Interesting angle from the notorious left coast.
“The 9th Circuit Ninth Circuit determines that clearing homeless encampments is an unconstitutional form of punishment. . . . And cities like Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco have been decriminalizing many of the activities associated with the homeless, including drug selling and use, as well as public urination and disorderly conduct. ”
In the absence of any money or property to confiscate, you can have all the individual rights you want. The po-po won’t bother you. I wonder if we could turn this into a movement.