Morning Docket 11.07.08
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* A state agency publicly admonished retired Superior Court Judge John M. Watson for being rude in court, citing a case “in which he repeatedly mocked attorneys.” The agency claims Watson’s actions threaten the “integrity of the judiciary.” [Los Angeles Times]
* A federal judge “opened the first hearing into the government’s justification for holding suspects at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.” This hearing was made possible by a Supreme Court ruling in June that Gitmo detainess “can seek their freedom through federal habeas corpus cases.” [New York Times]
* In an effort to keep thier son on life-support, parents of a 12-year-old boy with brain cancer will take the Children’s National Medical Center to court. The hospital argues that keeping him alive is unethical because he has “no brain activity,” but his parents, Orthodox Jews, say that is not how their religion defines death. [The Washington Post]
* A jury ruled that the former administrator of Grafton, Mass was not sexually harassing his secretary when he stared at her breasts so often that she had to hold a piece of paper in front of her chest when walking through the office. His doctor said he has an eye condition, lucky guy. [On Point]




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this is awesome
Second
Thier? Jesus.
this whole passive voice thing has got to stop.
cover the dechert layoffs.
"In an effort to keep thier (SIC) son..."
"Thier"?
way to screw up the link on the last article again you goon.
http://www.onpointnews.com/081106.asp
OMG A TYPO! BURN HER!
Also "jews" should be capitalized unless you are using it as a verb in which case the sentence makes no sense.
Thiers is Yiddish for Theirs
Stop hatin on the Jews!
Casper Whineyberger
i'm nervous i will not be smart enough to land a cushy government job some day.
-nervous T-10 1L
email job leads to nervoust101l@yahoo.com
LOL @ "jews" as a verb.
Texas bar results are out.
12 - The (only) cool thing about "jew" as a verb is that it can be used in Scrabble whereas "Christian" cannot.
---Orthodox Jew who will use the world's prejudices against Judiasim to his advantage in Scrabble
14, it's not entirely unironic that you jew a few more points out of a Scrabble game that way.
;)
Jew
@ : ----> ()
"But where do we draw the line?"
"Jews" is capitalized. not sure why you all feel the need to bring it up. it's not at all relevant to the post. Anti-semitism is dead, get over it!
Texas bar results were just released.
Texas sucks.
Wackos from each individual religion will all have their own personal Terri Schiavo!
Lawsuits based on supernatural beliefs for the win
Is it wrong to walk around hospitals and when no one is looking randomly pull the plugs on patients?
22, yes, that's wrong.