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Monthly Archives: February 2014
State judges to the police: don’t lie too much. Federal judges to federal judges: lie all you want
Talk of inconsistency. This interview, broadcast on New York’s WNYC radio station, tells us that state judges clamped down on police’s use of too glaring lies they now use to extract confessions from suspects. Apparently, state judges see lies in … Continue reading
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The Olympic Judicial procedure vs. the non-Olympic one
We are in the midst of Sochi Olympics, enjoying the jaw-dropping spectacle of human achievement, courage, perseverance and grace. In my favorite sport, figure skating, there is something else to witness: a lesson in judicial procedure. All seemed well with … Continue reading
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A promising sign
What’s going on? It looks as if federal judges, for all their seeming indifference to what is being said about them, do care after all to not be treated with derision, disdain and scorn by the public. At least this … Continue reading
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Pedophile Priests and Corrupt Judges: Why Do We Look the Other Way?
Well, you are right – as shown by the recent news, we no longer look the other way insofar as the pedophile priests are concerned. Yet, until quite recently we used to – when the scandal initially broke out in 2002 … Continue reading
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Governor Christie should follow judiciary’s lead, declare his right to act “corruptly and maliciously”
Federal judges do it – why can’t state governors? Here is a very simple way for Governor Christie of New Jersey to have the whole BridgeGate business go away: make it legal, as federal judges did way back when. A federal … Continue reading
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Measuring Iranian Promises by American Ones
Walk into any federal courthouse – and it is likely that you will see a mural or a statue of Lady Justice, weighing on her scale the argument presented by the plaintiff against that of the defendant, and impartially awarding … Continue reading
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