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Who is more pernicious... wily thugs or corrupt judiciary & venal law "enforcement"? Who causes more harm and vitiation of the social fabric of a society... concerted gangs of malignant wily thugs... or corrupt judges and cowardly lawyers and deceitful venal law enforcers shielding and...

So while iron chariots are pretty well known by now as something that stops God (he'll probably crap a brick when he sees tanks;)), let's look at another overlooked troop that apparently God couldn't help much about. So, brothers and sisters, we open the good book to Judges, chapter 20. First...

After reading the "Sent in my Application Today" thread, I got to reading the Challenge Rules plus the FAQ's. The rules make it clear that the applicant and the JREF will agree beforehand what will constitute a positive and negative test result. However, nowhere (nowhere) does it state who...

I've noticed several threads dealing with unjust custody decisions, but it seems to me that there's a more important issue: why do judges have this kind of power to begin with? In last week's Boston Legal, a judge assigned a conservator to an elderly woman without even allowing her to state...

I recommend an opinion piece from USA Today by Profs. Erwin Chemerinsky and Catherine Fisk:

I am wondering about the responsibilities of a judge in a case where the defendant has asked for a judge trial instead of a jury trial. If a judge has doubt is he allowed to do his own investigation. Specifically, is he allowed to reconvene the court room at the crime scene after the defense...

... when they don't get what they want otherwise: Schiavo case moves to Congress

At least, according to the CN article it seems to be a strong possibility. This Hale guy is one of the "New" Nazis, good looking, well dressed, glib...and spouting the same old hatred and nonsense just like the originals. Still to early in the investigation to draw any conclusions, but should...

A lot of the complaints about gay marriage is that so-called "activist judges" are reinventing terms. The response has been to propose amending constitutions to make sure they don't do that. But I have a question. If it is agreed that the constitution has to be changed in order to ban gay...

In categorizing offences and deciding punishments, judges are guided mainly by vaguely worded laws and general principles of Islamic jurisprudence on crimes and punishment which are subject to different interpretations by different Islamic jurists. For example, it is the judge who decides what...