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Man Steals Judge's Gavel From Courtroom [VIDEO]
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsHere's one way to show your contempt of court. Investigators say an Ohio man was caught on tape stealing a judge's gavel from a courtroom in Lorain. Footage shows a man identified as Christopher Collins, 39, entering Municipal Court Magistrate Chris Cook's courtroom on March 30 and approaching the bench. ...
NY Judge: 4-Year-Old Can Be Sued for Bike Accident
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Oct. 29) -- A little girl who allegedly drove her bicycle into an elderly woman when she was 4 can be sued for negligence, a New York judge has ruled. Juliet Breitman was 4 years old in April 2009 when she allegedly raced her bicycle -- still fitted with training wheels -- into 87-year-old Claire Menagh in Manhattan. The woman suffered a hip fracture that required surgery; she died a few weeks later, according to The New York Times. Courts have ruled that children under the age of 4 cannot be held legally liable. But Justice Paul Wooten of the State Supreme Court in Manhattan said that ...
Jack T. Camp's Woes Include Stripper Prostitute, Drug Use, Illegal Guns
By David Knowles - AOL News(Oct. 4) -- Is he a judge or a gangsta rapper? U.S. District Court Judge Jack T. Camp Jr. finds himself charged with an array of crimes decidedly unbecoming of his profession and more befitting the lifestyle boasted about in hip-hop lyrics. Police arrested Camp, who was appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, on Friday night just north of Atlanta on weapons and drug charges. Today, Camp was released on an unsecured $50,000 bond. Surge Desk has a rundown on the legal troubles the 67-year-old judge now faces. Drugs According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Camp is accused of ...
Elena Kagan's First Day: Fast Start, Early Out
By David Knowles - AOL News
(Oct. 4) -- The Kagan has been released! Elena Kagan, the newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court, waited approximately 15 minutes into her first case as an active jurist today before asking a question. The case, Ransom v. MBNA, involves bankruptcy law and marks Kagan's entry onto the ideologically divided Supreme Court bench. Following questions from Justices Samuel Alito, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer, Kagan waded into her new career by asking a lawyer for Jason Ransom why his client, who owed $82,000 in credit card debt, should be allowed to shield his monthly ...
Calif. Judge Rules Military's Ban on Gays Unconstitutional
By Theunis Bates - AOL News(Sept. 10) -- A federal judge in Riverside, Calif., has ruled that the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service personnel is unconstitutional, declaring that the so-called "don't ask, don't tell'' policy violates the First and Fifth Amendment rights of lesbians and gay men. In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips said that Justice Department attorneys had failed to prove that the policy "significantly furthers government interests in military readiness or troop cohesion, or that discharge is necessary to those interests." By contrast, Phillips noted that booting homosexuals ...
Prop 8 Judge's Personal Life Debated After Ruling
By not in system - AOL NewsSAN FRANCISCO (Aug. 6) -- The federal judge who overturned California's same-sex marriage ban this week is a Republican who once came under fire for his membership to a powerful all-male club that had only recently allowed blacks to join. But after Chief U.S. Judge Vaughn Walker struck down the voter-approved ban known as Proposition 8, he became something else in the minds of some: a gay activist. Rumors have circulated for months that Walker is gay, fueled by the blogosphere and a San Francisco Chronicle column that stated his sexual orientation was an "open secret" in legal and gay ...
Critics of Prop 8 Ruling Make Judge's Sexual Orientation an Issue
By David Knowles - AOL News(Aug. 5) -- Critics of "activist judges," start your engines! A developing subplot to Wednesday's ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker that overturned California's Proposition 8, which prohibited same-sex marriage, is that Walker is himself reported to be gay. During the case, articles in publications ranging from the San Francisco Chronicle to the conservative website World Net Daily raised the issue of how Walker's sexuality would, or would not, affect his decision. After Wednesday's outcome, the topic bubbled up again. An editorial on the website My Auburn California ...
Ellen DeGeneres Votes Herself Off 'American Idol'
By not in system - AOL News(July 30) -- After just one season, Ellen DeGeneres is bowing out as a judge on the hit show 'American Idol,' Fox announced in a statement Thursday. After the statement was released, DeGeneres tweeted, "Dim the lights ... I've voted myself off American Idol." ...
Dozens Arrested at Protests of Arizona Immigration Law
By not in system - AOL NewsPHOENIX (July 29) -- Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most of the law, and about 50 people in Phoenix were arrested after peacefully confronting officers in riot gear. Gov. Jan Brewer called U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton's Wednesday's decision halting the law "a bump in the road," and her spokesman said they'd appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco later Thursday. Outside the state Capitol, hundreds of protesters began marching at dawn, gathering in front of the ...
Arizona Ruling May Lead to a Political Resolution
By not in system - AOL News(July 29) -- For those who support Arizona's controversial new immigration measure, there is very little in U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton's big ruling Wednesday that is encouraging. ...
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