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Saturday, July 26, 2003
Thursday, July 24, 2003
It's Almost Like Having a Coach on the Playing Field
Contrary to my expectations, I have been chosen to serve as an alternate juror in a criminal case. My theory for why this has occurred is as follows: The jury selection process had been dragging on for three days, it was getting near the end of the work day when I was finally called to be interviewed, the case is not expected to go longer than a week and a half, the 12 member jury had just been set, and alternate jurors don't get to vote. Taken all together, I guess the attorneys in the case just didn't really care that I'm a lawyer. Nevertheless, once the trial is over, I think I'm going to ask the attorneys why they decided to leave me in as an alternate at the risk of my having to become a voting juror and influencing how other jurors vote.
Contrary to my expectations, I have been chosen to serve as an alternate juror in a criminal case. My theory for why this has occurred is as follows: The jury selection process had been dragging on for three days, it was getting near the end of the work day when I was finally called to be interviewed, the case is not expected to go longer than a week and a half, the 12 member jury had just been set, and alternate jurors don't get to vote. Taken all together, I guess the attorneys in the case just didn't really care that I'm a lawyer. Nevertheless, once the trial is over, I think I'm going to ask the attorneys why they decided to leave me in as an alternate at the risk of my having to become a voting juror and influencing how other jurors vote.
Tuesday, July 15, 2003
New Lows in Our Ever Declining Culture
Hunting for Bambi is the brainchild of Michael Burdick. Men pay anywhere from $5000 to $10,000 for the chance to come to the middle of the desert to shoot what they call "Bambis" with a paint ball gun. Burdick says men have come from as far away as Germany. The men get a video tape of their hunt to take home and show their friends.
What are "Bambis" you may ask? Click here to read the full story. It's pretty sad...and disturbing.
Hunting for Bambi is the brainchild of Michael Burdick. Men pay anywhere from $5000 to $10,000 for the chance to come to the middle of the desert to shoot what they call "Bambis" with a paint ball gun. Burdick says men have come from as far away as Germany. The men get a video tape of their hunt to take home and show their friends.
What are "Bambis" you may ask? Click here to read the full story. It's pretty sad...and disturbing.
Thursday, July 10, 2003
It Could Be Pure (P)BS
Anyone catch a glimpse of the Martin Luther docudrama? I understand it's pretty one-sided (i.e., anti-Catholic).
Anyone catch a glimpse of the Martin Luther docudrama? I understand it's pretty one-sided (i.e., anti-Catholic).
Tuesday, July 08, 2003
Wednesday, July 02, 2003
Consecrated Virgins: Not Just Nuns
Since this article limits its discussion to women, I'd be kind of curious to know if lay men ever do this.
Since this article limits its discussion to women, I'd be kind of curious to know if lay men ever do this.
Monday, June 30, 2003
Sunday, June 29, 2003
Human Dignity?
I was watching a Sunday talking heads show this morning, and of course one of the topics of discussion was the Supreme Court's recent decision to make same-sex sodomy a constitutional right. In typically evading any discussion of the Court's end-run on Tenth Amendment, and the fact that there is no right to privacy in the Constitution, one of the left-liberal talking heads said that he supported the Court's decision because the law in question had "oppressed" homosexuals by depriving them of their human dignity. I heard this and thought to myself, how is a homosexually oriented person's dignity being suppressed by a law that prohibits behavior that is intrinsically undignified? Sad is the day when our society and culture includes within the standard of human dignity conduct that is both biologically and morally unnatural. Oro pro nobis.
I was watching a Sunday talking heads show this morning, and of course one of the topics of discussion was the Supreme Court's recent decision to make same-sex sodomy a constitutional right. In typically evading any discussion of the Court's end-run on Tenth Amendment, and the fact that there is no right to privacy in the Constitution, one of the left-liberal talking heads said that he supported the Court's decision because the law in question had "oppressed" homosexuals by depriving them of their human dignity. I heard this and thought to myself, how is a homosexually oriented person's dignity being suppressed by a law that prohibits behavior that is intrinsically undignified? Sad is the day when our society and culture includes within the standard of human dignity conduct that is both biologically and morally unnatural. Oro pro nobis.
Friday, June 27, 2003
Conservative Court?
The Rehnquist Court is often depicted by Democrats and liberals as being "conservative" because seven of the nine current justices were appointed by Republican Presidents. But if you were to survey its decisions over the past several years on social hot button issues like abortion, affirmative action and gay sodomy, the Court has been anything but conservative. Thus, the Left ought to stop wringing its hands about the possibility of Bush appointing a new Supreme Court justice. If anyone should be expressing concern, its conservatives like myself who don't want to see another Souter, Stevens, O'Connor, and Kennedy appointed.
Come to think of it, given the rich history of Republican Presidents naming liberal activist justices to the Supreme Court (Earl Warren was an Eisenhower appointment and Harry Blackmun, the author of Roe v. Wade, was appointed by Nixon) I'm suprised more liberal Democrats don't vote for Republican Presidential candidates.
The Rehnquist Court is often depicted by Democrats and liberals as being "conservative" because seven of the nine current justices were appointed by Republican Presidents. But if you were to survey its decisions over the past several years on social hot button issues like abortion, affirmative action and gay sodomy, the Court has been anything but conservative. Thus, the Left ought to stop wringing its hands about the possibility of Bush appointing a new Supreme Court justice. If anyone should be expressing concern, its conservatives like myself who don't want to see another Souter, Stevens, O'Connor, and Kennedy appointed.
Come to think of it, given the rich history of Republican Presidents naming liberal activist justices to the Supreme Court (Earl Warren was an Eisenhower appointment and Harry Blackmun, the author of Roe v. Wade, was appointed by Nixon) I'm suprised more liberal Democrats don't vote for Republican Presidential candidates.
Thursday, June 26, 2003
California SOL on SOL Law
With direct impact on the Situation, the SCOTUS strikes down a California law that retroactively eliminated the statute of limitations for criminal cases involving child molestation.
With direct impact on the Situation, the SCOTUS strikes down a California law that retroactively eliminated the statute of limitations for criminal cases involving child molestation.
Throwin' the Baby Out with the Bath Water
While I wasn't surprised to learn today that the SCOTUS had struck down Texas' anti-sodomy law, I was thrown for a loop when I read that the Court did it by overturning Bowers v. Hardwick, a SCOTUS case from 1986 which had basically held that there was no fundamental right to engage in homosexual conduct. Wow.
While I wasn't surprised to learn today that the SCOTUS had struck down Texas' anti-sodomy law, I was thrown for a loop when I read that the Court did it by overturning Bowers v. Hardwick, a SCOTUS case from 1986 which had basically held that there was no fundamental right to engage in homosexual conduct. Wow.
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Rape Victim Allowed to Give Birth to Child
More or less sidestepping the issue of whether a pre-born child can be appointed a guardian, a Flori(duh) judge approves a retarded rape victim's medical plan that says carrying her pregnancy to term is in her best interest.
More or less sidestepping the issue of whether a pre-born child can be appointed a guardian, a Flori(duh) judge approves a retarded rape victim's medical plan that says carrying her pregnancy to term is in her best interest.
Latest (Personal) Religious Liberty News
In a case that I am involved in from a representational standpoint, a federal district court judge in So. Cal. has ruled that Section 2(a) of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), as applied through Section 2(a)(2)(C) of said statute, is unconstitutional. Harkening back to the rationale used by the SCOTUS to strike down the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act the federal judge in my case basically said that in enacting the RLUIPA, or the portion that he just struck down, Congress exceeded its constitutional authority.
Next stop -- the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
In a case that I am involved in from a representational standpoint, a federal district court judge in So. Cal. has ruled that Section 2(a) of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), as applied through Section 2(a)(2)(C) of said statute, is unconstitutional. Harkening back to the rationale used by the SCOTUS to strike down the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act the federal judge in my case basically said that in enacting the RLUIPA, or the portion that he just struck down, Congress exceeded its constitutional authority.
Next stop -- the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
If Anyone Should be Investigated and Prosecuted Under RICO...
...it ought to be the baby butchers at Planned Parenthood. How many botched abortions have they committed and covered up? How systematic is the failure by Planned Parenthood clinics to fully inform prospective clients on the health risks of obtaining an abortion? Are you listening John Ashcroft?
...it ought to be the baby butchers at Planned Parenthood. How many botched abortions have they committed and covered up? How systematic is the failure by Planned Parenthood clinics to fully inform prospective clients on the health risks of obtaining an abortion? Are you listening John Ashcroft?
Tuesday, June 24, 2003
New PC Term for Left-Liberal Racism
"Positive Race Bias" -- first seen or heard (by me, at least) here.
"Positive Race Bias" -- first seen or heard (by me, at least) here.
Monday, June 23, 2003
Latest From SCOTUS
Internet filters in public libaries ok, affirmative action in public universities more or less ok, state anti-sodomy laws -- decision likely to come on Thursday (if it is struck down, it will likely be on Equal Protection grounds because the law in question is limited to same sex sodomizers).
Internet filters in public libaries ok, affirmative action in public universities more or less ok, state anti-sodomy laws -- decision likely to come on Thursday (if it is struck down, it will likely be on Equal Protection grounds because the law in question is limited to same sex sodomizers).
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