SCOTUS: You lose your Miranda right to remain silent … if you remain silent. WTF?
Jun 1st, 2010 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: LawConstitutionally granted rights are now “opt-in.” If you don’t claim them, the state can simply discard them.
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Cracking the Crystal Ball with 11th Dimensional Chess
May 17th, 2009 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: LawMy predictions of the likely outcomes of Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s motion requesting a stay of the appellate court’s order releasing more torture pictures pending appeal to SCOTUS.
Excessive, But Not Effective – 183 Waterboards Per Month
Apr 19th, 2009 | By Mark | Category: Law, TerrorismThe terrorists won. They made us destroy who we were by sacrificing that which we held most dear — our honor.
Structures In Place
Nov 23rd, 2008 | By Mark | Category: Law, Lead ArticleIt strikes me as surreal that the Village has a profound lack of faith that our system of jurisprudence is capable of addressing what is to be done with the outlaw prison in Gitmo — yet those same folks will insist that the bankruptcy courts should determine the fate of 2-5 million workers and their families in the auto industry and related support companies.
“What’s Next?” (UPDATED)
Nov 8th, 2008 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: 2008 Presidential Election, LawRichard Schiff played Toby on The West Wing:
Schiff became known for his introverted and intense approach to his craft as well as his low-key delivery style, often employing a quiet, gruff tone that earned him the nickname “The Hoarse Whisperer” among many West Wing fans.
Here’s an excerpt from longer piece that will be published in [...]
“Whose House? Obama’s House!”
Nov 5th, 2008 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: 2008 Presidential Election, LawFrom UPI:
A crowd estimated at about 1,000 people celebrated in front of the White House Tuesday night after Barack Obama won the U.S. presidential election…Some people in the crowd at the White House chanted “O-bam-ma!” and “Whose house? Obama’s house!” The report said strangers embraced one another and people danced on bus shelters.
From CNN:
At least [...]
Gonzales Pulls A Berger
Sep 1st, 2008 | By Mark | Category: LawI await with anticipation the right-wingers indignant outrage and calls for Alberto Gonzales to be tried for treason and dumped in Gitmo for illegally (allegedly) taking classified counterterror documents home.
I’ll be waiting a long while, won’t I.
Did You Get The Memo?
Jul 25th, 2008 | By Mark | Category: LawSlate is trying to get a handle on the plethora of criminality and corruption permeating the history of the last seven years, and even made a handy little interactive visual guide to keep track of who’s who among the usual suspects.
Predictably, since these things have a life of their own, no sooner did they publish [...]
Taking Matters Into Our Hands
Jul 18th, 2008 | By Mark | Category: LawI have my doubts about this nation after reading a couple of seemingly unconnected stories that probably wouldn’t have been written if we had a functional federal government. I have no doubt whatsoever that if a McCain administration is sworn in next January, all hope for justice in this country is lost. I’m [...]
