Morning Docket 12.02.08
* Thailand’s constitutional court decided to disband the country’s ruling party and ban the prime minister from politics for five years. [CNN.com]
* A former federal courts chief is calling for the resignation or impeachment of an appellate judge in California for watching internet porn. In one month, there were 90,000 hits on 1,100 porn sites at the California Judiciary. [Miami Herald]
* Al Franken, the Senate candidate from Minnesota, may appeal to the courts because he argues that 1,000 absentee ballots were wrongly discarded in the recount. [CBS]
* The US Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from the city of Garden Grove in California that argued that city police should not have to return seized medical marijuana to a chronic pain patient. California’s 4th District Court of Appeal sided with the patient, and now the case is closed, a victory for advocates of medical marijuana use. [The Los Angeles Times]
* At least something is going well for Detroit these days. “U.S. car maker Ford Motor Company Tuesday won its case at a European court over the registration of the word “Fun” as a European trademark.” [CNN]
* Chevron was found not-guilty by a federal court jury in San Francisco; the jury dismissed claims of Nigerian villagers who say they were attacked by company paid soldiers on an an off-shore drilling platform. [Bloomberg]
* Don’t forget, meet the editors is tonight at 6:30 at Professor Thoms’ [Above The Law]
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aaawwww... Shaucks!
2 is 1
anyone know why google chrome is shooting off warnings that this site might be a safety concern?
it seems to be only one problem in the last 90 days, but its still seems odd
Dear Eliza,
How about putting forth a little effort beyond cutting and pasting? Don't you think Alex Kozinski is known enough on this site to be mentioned by name? Do you even know who he is?
* A former federal courts chief is calling for the resignation or impeachment of an appellate judge in California for watching internet porn. In one month, there were 90,000 hits on 1,100 porn sites at the California Judiciary. [Miami Herald]
I thought Alex Kozinski was the Uni Bomber?
Anybody see my boni bonum?
Signs ATL is jumping the shark: Judge Kozinski referred to simply as "a judge"
I am starting to agree with everyone regarding Elie. Lat is probably checking the # of hits and saying, well people still read and the number of hits arent going down. That number will fade over time when a rival blog emerges. Right now, there are no other options - WSJ law blog doesnt have the gossip. With a bunch of lawyers about to lose their job over the next 6 months, I'm sure something else will pop up. It is pretty sad that Kozinski is not referred to by name. Also, regarding the TPW article, you should probably mention that they sent the memo before staff blow a bunch of money on Black Friday. When I worked as law firm staff before law school, we all would shop on Black Friday for Christmas gifts as we made less than 35k.
The only question is: when do S&C announce?
Elie would never smoke that cigarette, it is stuffed with salad. Maybe if it was stuffed with pastry it would be more appealing.
9, lol
The Chevron blurb is embarrassing. A company is not found "not guilty" in a civil suit. And "not guilty" is not-hyphenated. Oh, and "company paid" is. Even Elie wouldn't have let this stuff through, and he's a certifiable moron.
11, whoa there Elie would never catch all that. You'll find plenty of evidence in his posts that show he is the grammatical equivalent of a fifth grader.
Where is everyone?
I'm hardly the first to point this out (pretzels, etc.), but seriously -- you seriously would refer to Alex Kozinski as "an appellate judge in California"? The Koz is THE most notable character in the Article III judiciary, perhaps THE primary feeder judge in the country, the winner of UTR's judicial superhottie competition, and a frequent correspondent with David Lat.
SHAMEFUL.
Fire Eliza!
I feel it is my duty to inform everyone that Texas bar results have been released and they ARE HUGE!!!
vacation to thailand back on!
Eliza, Elie hates your blatant salad cigarette mongering!! Please post more pictures of doughnut bongs.
Thnx
Did I miss something? Who's Eliza Gray? Where did she come from?
I agree with a lot of the earlier posters (4, 7, 14).
Eliza Gray - how about reading the site from time to time? Judge Kozinski is not just "an appellate judge in California." Sheesh.
And Elie - if you are the "managing editor" you should get out of bed early enough in the morning to review these posts.
When is Weil announcing??
Why were the villagers on an offshore oil platform to begin with? That doesn't make sense unless they were there illegally - but that doesn't exactly shine through the lazy-ass cut and paste job.
Nobody wants to go to the bar with ATL editors. You will be alone, just like you were on prom night.
More coverage of the unfolding constitutional crisis to our north! Con lawyers across the world are salivating.