Horse Meat Banned
Congress has banned the slaughter of horses for meat, calling the process "barbaric." What do you think?
Courts
Court Rules Against Warrantless Wiretapping
A federal judge in Detroit ordered a halt to warrantless wiretapping. What do you think?
Hussein Judge Hoping For Fair, Speedy Assassination
BAGHDAD—Rauf Abdel Rahman, the chief judge in the ongoing trial of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, told Arabic news channel al-Jazeera...
Hussein Court Shocked By Ironclad Alibi
BAGHDAD—Defense attorneys for Saddam Hussein claimed Monday the former dictator could not have signed a 1984 order to kill 148 Shiites...
Activist Wet-T-Shirt Judge Votes For Girlfriend
COLUMBIA, SC—Andrew Scully, 26, a bartender and wet-T-shirt-contest judge at local nightclub Deep Waters, has been accused of personal bias and...
Hussein Trial Developments
This week, Saddam Hussein began his first trial before an Iraqi tribunal, where he faces charges of an alleged 1982 massacre. What are some early ...
Bus-Stop Ad Has More Legal Protections Than Average Citizen
BOSTON—According to the National Consumer Law Center, a bus-stop poster advertising the weight-loss pill TrimSpa has more legal protections than...
Wrongly Imprisoned Man Won't Shut Up About It
JOLIET, IL—George Howard Buell, wrongly convicted of rape and burglary, won’t stop yammering about his innocence.
Judge Hatchett Ruling Overturned By Judge Joe Brown
HOLLYWOOD—Nationally syndicated justice Judge Joe Brown reversed Judge Glenda Hatchett's ruling in the TV-court case Amanda Robinson v. Maria Bristow Monday, stating that ...
Saddam Hussein Freed On Technicality
BAGHDAD—The U.S. was forced to free accused war criminal Saddam Hussein Monday following the revelation that the former Iraqi dictator had been arrested ...
Area Father Urges Reopening Of 1998 Missing-Rake Case
EDINA, MN—Although no one has seen the rake in six years, Marsh Lufler has not given up hope that he may someday find it.
The Ten Commandments Ruling
State Supreme Court justices recently ordered that a Ten Commandments monument be removed from the Alabama Judicial Building. What do you think?
Judge Rolls Eyes, Upholds Naughty Baker's First-Amendment Rights
LITTLE ROCK, AR–Rolling his eyes and sighing, Judge Howard Kitna of the Arkansas Court Of Appeals upheld Sweet 'N' Nasty erotic-bake-shop owner Bill Engler ...
Jury Finds Defendant Pretty
FREMONT, CA–Meredith Kent, a 26-year-old Fremont woman charged with four counts of bribery and embezzlement, was found pretty by a jury of her peers ...
Cable-TV Judge Overruled By Network-TV Judge
NEW YORK—A pro-plaintiff decision by Judge Joseph Wapner of Animal Planet's "Animal Court" was overturned Monday upon appeal to Judge Joe Brown of ...
Colorado Judge Imposes Ban on Same-Sex Friendships
In a landmark decision being watched closely by both civil liberties advocates and people who have friends, Colorado Fifth District Judge Stephen T.
