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Another in the bad lawyer collection–twice
How many bad lawyers can fit on the head of a pin? Wait, do I mean squeeze through the eye of a needle? Whichever, here’s a guy who stole money from two clients and is already in jail (via New … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged bad lawyers, criminal cases, Finding a lawyer, fraud, how lawyers drive clients crazy, law and the courts, Lawyers, legal ethics
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Behavior of judges ain’t this
A tasty abstract from the New York Law Journal, leading to the perjorative question: how can a non-lawyer become a judge? Justice Quits After Charges of Misconduct Are Lodged Joel Stashenko, New York Law Journal March 27, 2015 The … Continue reading
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Tagged law and the courts, role of judges
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The courts: Democracy is a three-legged stool
The courts are not simply a check on the democratic process but a part of it. Across the country, men and women have filed declarations, testified, gone to trial, and appealed. If voting is an act of participatory democracy, so … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order
Tagged gender discrimination lawsuits, law and the courts, racial discrimination, role of judges
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