Smith & Wesson Commemorates D.C. Gun Case: Free Guns

Recently the Supreme Court of the United States handed down its decision in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller.  The case involved a challenge to Washington, D.C.’s ban on handguns, brought by policeman who was denied a permit to keep a handgun in his home.  The Court held,
The Second Amendment protects an [...]

UC Berkeley Ejects Hippies From Trees To Build Football Facility

The Cal athletic department has finally succeeded in ejecting a group of longhairs who had been living in trees in an area the university had selected for construction of a new $140-million sports-training center.  A judge in Alameda County ruled,
late Tuesday, Miller orders the injunction that has been in place since February 2007 to be [...]

Brady Quinn Involved in Gay Dating Scandal

Former Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn is doing his best impression of Mike “I’m not gay. I’m heterosexual” Piazza.  According to TMZ, Quinn’s lawyer has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a homosexual-dating website demanding that photos of Quinn be removed from the advertisement.
The message: Brady Quinn is not gay.  Evidently Quinn is willing to go [...]

Man Sues Holy Spirit: Church Answers

From Lowering the Bar,
We learned last month about the Knoxville man who sued his church claiming he had been injured in a fall caused by the holy spirit.  (It wasn’t capitalized in the complaint).  Matthew Lincoln did not blame the spirit, however (let alone sue it), instead arguing that the church is liable for negligent [...]

Jonathan Lee Riches© Sues Venture Capitalist Vinod Khosla

Jonathan Lee Riches© (known as the JLR on Dreadnaught) the litigious inmate from Florida has reappeared in the news.  The JLR has sued venture capitalist Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures:
“Khosla’s fund invests in prison buildings. I’m suffering from no medical treatment. This is a conspiracy. Bhutto was killed on my birthday. I can’t see outside, [...]

Former Trojan Mike Williams: Back To Form With The Tennessee Titans

Update on former USC wide receiver Mike Williams.

Fake DEA Or FBI Agent Cleans Up Meth Problem In Small Town

This title of this post does seem a bit confounding.  Either the agent is with the

Federal Bureau of Investigation or a member of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, one would think.  As it turns out, this “agent” is neither.  In reality he is the owner of a failed trucking company, former wedding minister, and former [...]

Haditha Update: Wuterich To Appeal Ruling On CBS Tape

Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich is one of the Marines charged with a crime relating to the killing of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq.  Previously, the government attempted to subpoena unaired portions of an interview he did with CBS, for the program 60 Minutes.  The military judge denied the request for the tapes.  The government appealed [...]

James Hansen Testifies Before Congress: Globe Not As Warm 20 Years Later

In 1988, Dr. James E. Hansen, a NASA scientist, testified before the Senate about the impending doom of global warming.  Dr. Hansen made much of that day’s temperature, which was 98 degrees, to add some theatrics to his message.
Dr. Hansen testified again on 23 June 2008, this time before Congress, stressing that,
the world has long [...]

Haditha Update: LtCol Jeffrey Chessani Charges Dismissed

In a hearing on 17JUN08, a military judge, Col Stephen Folsom, USMC, dismissed all charges against LtCol Jeffrey Chessani. Col Folsom ruled that the decision to charge LtCol Chessani was a product of unlawful command influence (UCI). Col Folsom ruled,
the participation of Col. John Ewers as an investigator and report writer in the [...]

President Bush To Be Prosecuted For War Crimes: Possible Death Penalty

From Legal Blog Watch comes this story,

The Massachusetts School of Law at Andover will convene a conference in September to lay plans to prosecute President Bush and other high administration officials for war crimes. “This is not intended to be a mere discussion of violations of law that have occurred,” says MSL’s dean Lawrence Velvel [...]

Haditha Update: LtCol Chessani Charges May Be Dropped

Defense lawyers for LtCol Jeffrey Chessani believe all charges may be dropped. They base this on a signal from the military judge, Col Folsom, who previously scheduled a hearing for two days and has now changed the session to last one hour. At this session the military judge will rule on the motion [...]