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Just What Is Ricardo Lugo Running for?

John V. Santore | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: John v Santore, Politics, Judge, Ann Lousin, John v. Santore, Lugo, Sixth Sub-Circuit, Ricardo Lugo, Judicial Elections, Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice, Michael Rich, Judicial Elections Chicago, Illinois Politics, Illiniois Judicial System, Chicago Politics, Illinois State Politics, Video, Chicago News

The following audio report examines judicial elections in Chicago. The campaign of Ricardo Lugo, who is running for the judgeship in the Sixth Sub-Circuit, is used as a case study.

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That's the Ticket

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Stamford Advocate, Humor, Lawyer, New York, Judge, District Attorney, Hyundai, Jay-Z, Parking Ticket, Comedy News

I am not a lawyer, although I have been admitted to many bars, but at the risk of being sentenced to life in prison for felonious stupidity, I decided to represent myself recently when I went to traffic court to fight a parking ticket.

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14 Signs Of A Good Family Court Judge

Henry Gornbein | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Courtrooms, Judge's Rulings, Likes of Judges, Divorce Case, Rulings, How to Influence the Judge, Judge, Trials, Court Hearings, Divorce News

In over forty years of practicing family law, I have appeared before hundreds of different judges. Here are some of my thoughts on the attributes of a good judge in family law.

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Slurred Voice Of Michael Jackson, Captured On Audio, Helped Sway Judge To Give Doc Jail

AP | By ANTHONY McCARTNEY | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Armchair Detective, Conrad Murray Trial, Judge, Video, Michael Jackson Recording, Conrad Murray, Conrad Murray Recording, Michael Jackson Doctor Trial, Celebrity Justice, Michael Jackson Doctor, Celebrity News

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY, Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- The voice of Michael Jackson helped put the man who killed him behind bars. It wasn't the ...

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WATCH: Controversial Casey Anthony Jail Video Released

AP | By KYLE HIGHTOWER | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Judge, Video, Casey Anthony Trial, Casey Anthony Video 2008, Casey Anthony Jail Video, Casey Anthony, Caylee Anthony, Casey Anthony Video, Crime News

By KYLE HIGHTOWER, Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. -- A Florida judge released a grainy jailhouse video of Casey Anthony being told that the remains...

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Is It NUTS To Sue A Spouse For Not ‘Putting Out’?

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: England, France, Marriage, Judge, Communal Life, Divorce, Sexual Interest, Sexual Needs, Chief Justice, Nice, French Civil Code, Sexual Desire, Michael Hale, Spousal Rape, Divorce News

Should you be obligated to have sex with your spouse? A judge in Nice, France thinks so. He fined a 51-year-old man 8,500 pounds for not having sex with his now ex-wife.

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Pot-Smoking Georgia Judge Ousted From Bench For Bizarre Behavior

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Judge, Magistrate, Weird Georgia, Marijuana, Gun, Shaved Eyebrows, Prescription Drugs, Painkillers, Georgia, Bizarre Behavior, Anthony Peters, High Court, Crime News

ATLANTA — A Georgia judge who pointed a gun at himself while at the courthouse, berated his boss in a bizarre televised rant and admitted to reg...

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New Juvenile Justice Law Aims To Keep Young Offenders Out Of Prison

HuffingtonPost.com | Lizzie Schiffman | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Quinn, Pat Quinn, New Legislation, New Law, Idjj, Crime, Incarceration, Idj, Sentencing, Youth Crime, Hb 83, Juvenile Justice, Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice, Judge, Youth Sentencing, Djj, Il Hb 83, Governor Quinn, Chicago News

Legislation signed Monday will require juvenile court judges to review additional factors before issuing sentences in Illinois, in the hopes sending f...

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Possible Extorsion Plot Behind Prostitute's Rape Charge Against Albuquerque Judge

AP | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Judge, Albuquerque, Rape, District Court, Caught on Tape, Video Tape, Albuquerque New Mexico, Albert S. 'Pat' Murdoch, Prostitute, Crime News

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The woman who accused Albuquerque's top criminal judge of rape did not report the assault and might have been trying to exto...

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Philly Judge Has Robe Stolen While In Restroom

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Judge's Robe, Judge Joseph Waters Jr, Judge, Robe, Restroom, Dumb Crime, Weird Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Crime, Bathroom, Philadelphia, Strange Crime, Philadelphia Crime, Weird Philadelphia, Weird News News

PHILADELPHIA — The case of the Philadelphia judge's missing robe has been solved. A municipal judge who thought his robe had been stolen said T...

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Casey Anthony Judge To Attorneys: Stop Wasting Time

AP | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Judge, Death Sentence., Time, Attorney, Belvin Perry, Casey Anthony Trial, Casey Anthony, Lawyer, Casey Anthony Judge, Jose Baez, Jeff Ashton, Crime News

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The judge in the Casey Anthony murder trial has scolded defense attorneys and prosecutors for wasting time as they argue about l...

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Parents' Top 10 Child Custody Complaints

Liz Mandarano | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Judge, Liz Mandarano, Dror Bikel, Complaints, Child Custody, Divorce News

In a recent pow wow with my law partner Dror Bikel, we discussed how frequently we hear parties in child custody matters make the same complaints rega...

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Obama Administration Scores Legal Victory On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mississippi Health Care, Judge, Lawsuit Judge, Health Care, Health Care Lawsuit, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration won a victory Thursday in the winding legal debate surrounding the president's signature health care law, as a ...

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Joe Miller's Personnel Records Must Be Released, Orders Alaska Judge

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Court, Judge, 2010 Elections, Fairbanks North Star, Alaska, Personnel Records, Lisa Murkowski, Joe Miller, Elections 2010, Politics News

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — A judge has ruled that an Alaska borough must release personnel records from Senate Republican candidate Joe Miller's time a...

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Weekly Pulse: Judge Rules Against Health Reform, Takes Cash from Opponents

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Health, Henry Hudson, Thomm Hartman, Lawsuit, Bush, Judge, Tom Coburn, Virginia, Insurance, Mother Jones, Health, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Health Care, Campaign Solutions, Home News

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The Virginia federal judge who ruled against a key component of health care reform on Monday has tie...

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Obama's Emerging Judicial Crisis: Judges Blocked At Historic Rate

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Judges, Judge, Judges, Federal Judge, Obama Judge, Obama Judges, Judicial Crisis, Politics News

As the first congressional session of Obama's presidency draws to a close, what began as a slow process of confirmation has ballooned into a full-blow...

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'That's Gay' Salutes the Gay Judges of Reality TV (VIDEO)

Bryan Safi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Judge, Project Runway, Bryan Safi, Dancing With the Stars, America's Next Top Model, Gay, Gay Marriage, That's Gay, Comedy News

We gays don't get a say in the major decisions that affect our lives -- like marriage equality and Don't Ask Don't Tell. BUT there is one place where we get to throw down the gavel proudly -- reality competition shows.

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Lake County Judicial Race Heats Up

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Judicial Experience, Judge, Mark Levitt, Lake County, 4th Sub-Circuit of Lake County, Wallace Dunn, Illinois, Chicago News

Judge Wallace B. Dunn has been a sitting judge for 24 years, while Mr. Mark Levitt, with no judicial experience, has been a public defender in Cook County for 20.

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Conviction: Unvalidated Science in the Courtroom

Linda Kenney Baden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Academy of Sciences, Law, Judge, Forensic Science, Courtroom, Dna, Fingerprint, Crime, Conviction, Wrongful Conviction, Unvalidated Science, Innocence Project, NAS Report, Daubert, Entertainment News

The movie Conviction is a compelling hit. It is both a condemnation of the criminal justice system and a celebration of familial love that leads ...

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Friday Talking Points [143] -- Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Appeal?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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[OK, that was rather a fun title to write, but I have to at least begin with a warning that, while today's column is almost completely Obama-centric i...

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Friday Talking Points [138] -- "Candidate" Obama Returns

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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America (as, likely, everywhere else) always has a seamy underside, crawling with metaphoric maggots, to anything that is mostly seen as good by the m...

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Court rules gassing mentally ill is illegal. Is this the best we can do?

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Depression, Mentally Ill, Mental Health, Corrections, Crime, Assisted Outpatient Treatment, Hospital, Involuntary Treatment, Mental Illness, Bipolar Disorder, Involuntary Commitment, Prison, Psychiatrist, Schizophrenia, Prisons, Jail, Mental, Psychiatric, Aot, Grohol, Jury, Judge, Death Penalty, Health, Psychologist, Healthcare, Murder, Arson, U.S. Court of Appeals, Forensics, Politics News

Psychiatric Times reported an appelate court decision: "Chemical Gassing of Mentally Ill Inmates is Unconsitutional": A Federal appeals court has su...

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Federal Judge's 'Inappropriate' And 'Disturbing' Book

The Boston Globe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nancy Gertner, Judge, Law, Lawyers, Judicial, Legal, Judges, Books, Shocking Book, Nancy Gertner Book, Autobiography, Memoir, Judge Book, Books News

US District Court Judge Nancy Gertner has a memoir coming out in April, and it bears a very unjudicial title: "In Defense of Women: Memoirs of an Unre...

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Friday Talking Points [133] -- The Silly Season Begins

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Debt, White House, Proposition 8, Stier, Pentagon, Narrative, China, Perry, Jerrold Nadler, Deficit, Jeffrey J Zarrillo, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Tax Cuts, Katami, Kyl, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Reid, August, Court, Federal, Michael Bloomberg, Perry v Schwarzenegger, Democrat, Congress, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Narrative, Democrats, Barack Obama, Silly Season, Judge, Mddotw, Zarrillo, Harry Reid, Effigy, Teachers, Dnc, Friday Talking Points, Gay Marriage, Senate, Kristin M Perry, Wonk, President Obama, Firefighters, Prop 8, Police, John Boehner, Kagan, Elena Kagan, Democratic, Obama, Scotus, Mosque, Paul T Katami, Republican, California, Bush, Bush Tax Cuts, Pelosi, Marriage, New Yorker, Gay Rights, Wallace, Chris Wallace, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Taxes, House, Sandra B Stier, Gay, Jon Kyl, Olympics, Gay Olympics, Chris Weigant, Deficit Hawk, Bloomberg, Fox News, Special Interests, Boehner, Nadler, Ground Zero, Politics News

August in Washington means the beginning of the official "silly season" of politics. This is because Congress takes the whole month off, and politica...

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Federal Government: Step Up on Immigration Reform

Deepak Bhargava | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Governor Jan Brewer, Cir, Judge, Jan Brewer, Arizona Immigration, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, SUSAN BOLTON, Immigration, Arizona, Arizona Immigration Law, Politics News

It's unacceptable that because Congress doesn't want to anger virulent anti-immigrant forces, immigration reform remains stalled.

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