The Tale of Bob Riley's Motorcycle Crash Gets Stranger and Stranger
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer The story of Bob Riley's motorcycle crash in Alaska has taken a peculiar twist, with news that the man who rescued him said he did not realize at first that the former...
View ArticleThe Middle Class Is Being Priced Out of American Universities
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer One of the great myths of American life is that universities are bastions of liberal thinking. I worked at a university for 19 years, and I know the unfortunate truth...
View ArticleSovereign Citizens Aren't the Only Lawless Rogues on the American Frontier
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer Sovereign citizens are attracting major attention in recent weeks, with an investigative piece on 60 Minutes and at least one major newspaper piece on the movement's...
View ArticleDemocrats Join the Effort to Cover Up Misconduct in the Siegelman Case
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer The trial judge in the Don Siegelman case is not required to recuse himself, according to a ruling issued last week by U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle of Florida....
View ArticleWhy Did the FBI Launch a Raid on Mississippi Choctaw Gaming Facilities?
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer Two days have passed since federal authorities launched an investigation at Mississippi Choctaw casinos, and we still don't know what prompted the action. When news...
View ArticleDid One GOP Thug Reveal Too Much About Himself In a Recent Threat?
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer Early on in the blogging game I realized that if you are going to present real journalism about legal and political corruption, you had better be prepared to receive...
View ArticleShooting Death Puts New "Castle Doctrine" Law to an Early Test
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer A man was shot and killed last week while trying to forcibly enter a southwestern Pennsylvania home, putting the state's new "Castle Doctrine" law to an early test. A...
View ArticleReagan Would Chastise Republicans for their Stance on Debt Ceiling
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer Who would side with Democrats in the ongoing debate about the debt ceiling? Well, the No. 1 Republican icon himself, Ronald Reagan. Democrats have unearthed audio from...
View ArticleWill FBI Raid Yield More Abramoff-Related Sleaze in the South?
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer An FBI investigation of Mississippi Choctaw gaming facilities involves the tribe's ties to two Atlanta companies. Mercury Gaming Group and its marketing arm, the Titan...
View ArticleWhy Is Karl Rove Planning to Visit the Backwoods of Alabama?
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer Karl Rove will visit Alabama to give a speech in August. Nothing surprising about that. Rove made his national name in Alabama by joining with Bill Canary and the U.S....
View ArticleProstitutes, Strippers, and "Judges Gone Wild"
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer Judges can't seem to stay off police blotters these days. They are the ones who are supposed to uphold the law in our courtrooms? The latest example comes from New...
View ArticleBush vs. Obama on Spending: It's No Contest
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer The No. 1 Republican talking point these days seems to be this: Profligate spending by President Barack Obama is the reason we face a debt-ceiling crisis. Any rational,...
View ArticleBar Association Punishes Lawyer for Telling the Truth
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer Lawyer B files a bar complaint against Lawyer A, claiming she made false statements about him in court documents. During a hearing on the complaint, Lawyer B admits...
View ArticleObama's Weakness on Debt-Ceiling Deal Should Not Be A Surprise
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer Barack Obama signaled that he was going to be a weak president on January 11, 2009. That is when Obama, nine days before his inauguration, told ABC News' George...
View ArticleTelling the Truth Costs A Lawyer Her License
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer A state bar association has suspended the license of a lawyer for making truthful statements in court filings. That sounds like a headline from The Onion. But as we...
View ArticleA Business Suffers From Racism and Anti-Military Rumors
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer A Kentucky convenience store has seen a downturn in business after rumors spread on social networks that it refused to serve U.S. military personnel. The owner of the...
View ArticleOne Judge Livens Up the Bench With Corn-Pone Comedy
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer Receiving judicial orders in the mail is one of life's most distasteful experiences. Judicial orders tend to be less-than-compelling reading. And they almost always are...
View ArticleIs Our Country Rotting From the Inside Out?
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." -- Abraham...
View ArticleObama Fails to Battle Back Against Bullies
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer Why has Barack Obama been such a disappointment to many progressives? More importantly, why has he failed the country in a time of crisis? It's largely because Obama...
View ArticleA Bad-News Developer Is Invading College Communities
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer A development company, with a CEO who has extensive personal and professional baggage, is planning a new project at Auburn University. The company already has close to...
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