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Might Absurd Premise of 'Outlaw' Have Doomed It?
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Oct. 12) -- NBC announced Monday that it is canceling its new drama "Outlaw" and will move the remaining four episodes from Friday to Saturday night. Besides low ratings, what gives? Starring Jimmy Smits, best known for "L.A. Law" though he had a nice turn on "Dexter" not long ago, the drama lagged in the ratings. Might that have something to do with the absurd premise behind the legal drama? AOL TV Squad, for one, agrees. Smits played attorney Cyrus Garza, a Supreme Court justice. So far, so good. But Garza (quickly) comes to recant his conservative judicial beliefs and decides the best ...
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 ...
Kagan Sworn In as 4th Woman on Supreme Court
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Aug. 7) -- Elena Kagan was sworn in Saturday as the 112th justice and fourth woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath to Kagan in a brief private ceremony at the court. Kagan, joined by family and friends, pledged to faithfully and impartially uphold the law. Afterward, she smiled broadly as a crowd of onlookers stood and applauded. "We look forward to serving with you," Roberts said. Kagan, a former Harvard Law School dean who most recently was solicitor general, was President Barack Obama's choice to succeed retired Justice ...
Elena Kagan Confirmed to Supreme Court
By not in system - AOL News(Aug. 5) -- As expected, the Senate on Thursday approved Solicitor General Elena Kagan's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court on a 63-37 vote. Fifty-six Democrats, two independents and five Republicans voted in favor Kagan's nomination, while one Democrat, Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, joined 36 Republicans in voting no. ...
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 ...
Bin Laden Hunter Wants to Bring Him in Alive
By Lisa Flam - AOL News(June 28) -- The Colorado man who went hunting for Osama bin Laden with night-vision goggles, a sword and a pistol says he wants to capture the al-Qaida leader alive and help bring him to justice. Gary Faulkner, a 50-year-old construction worker from Greeley, Colo., said he's being helped and inspired by others around the world and that the story is not finished. Faulkner was arrested in a forest in northern Pakistan this month amid reports quoting him saying he was out to kill bin Laden. But in an interview broadcast today on CBS' "The Early Show," Faulker said he wants to nab a living bin ...
Supreme Court Nomination: Words of Wisdom Defines 'Nomineecapping'
By Daily Breakdown - Politics DailyToday, Professor Noble Shizintzski explores the meaning of the word "nomineecapping." Click play below to watch, and click here for more Words of Wisdom. ...
Bloomberg Now Opposed to Holding Terror Trials in New York City
By David Sessions - Politics DailyAfter initially saying it would be "fitting" for 9/11 hijackers to face trial in New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg now says that he hopes the trials of accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and several other detainees are moved somewhere else, USA Today reports. Bloomberg said Wednesday that it "would be great if the federal government could find a site that didn't cost a billion dollars, which using downtown will." ...
Supreme Court Ruling's Big Losers May Be 2 Parties
By Russell Berman - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Jan. 22) -- Is it curtains for the donkey and the elephant? Thursday's Supreme Court decision striking down key campaign finance regulations turned Washington on its head, but the players that have the most to lose from the ruling may be the major political parties themselves. Both the Republican and Democratic parties have seen their brands falter in recent years, as voters have rejected first one party and then the other in quick succession. Polls show widespread dissatisfaction with both parties and more support for candidates who tout their political independence -- witness ...
A New Tactic for Supreme Court Nominees: Straight Talk
By Bob Franken - Politics DailyThis may surprise faithful readers, but I may have a contrarian view about what the confirmation vote of Sonia Sotomayor means -- or more to the point, what the votes against confirmation mean. Instead of the pablum we're being fed, we should demand a healthy dish of judicial activism. ...
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