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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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

The source is well-informed because of what he does, is anonymous because I haven’t asked his name, and his brief comment is extremely revealing. He was a guest at a party given in honor of one of America’s most prominent … Continue reading →

Mr. Kristof, a New York Times columnist, just posted a piece titled “3 Enemas later, Still No Drugs” built around a story of a Mr. Eckert who was intrusively searched by the police who suspected he hid drugs in his rectum. I tried … Continue reading →

D. Randall Frye, “an administrative law judge for the United States Social Security Administration and the president of the Association of Administrative Law Judges” just authored a New York Times op-ed in which he pours righteous indignation at “retired New … Continue reading →

Pick up a brick, and let go of it; it will immediately fall to the ground. Include a right into US Constitution, than violate it. Violators won’t be necessarily slapped on the wrist, nor is there any guarantee that the … Continue reading →