Larry Craig
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Antonin Scalia, Baseball, Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, Larry Craig, Morning Docket, Politics, Sports, Torture
Morning Docket: 02.14.08
* House Democrats oppose Senate spy bill’s telecom immunity. [Washington Post] * Justice Scalia approves of “so-called torture” under some circumstances. [MSNBC] * Just a few months later, Senate committee gets around to admonishing Sen. Craig. [CNN] * Clemens and McNamee go head to head before Congress. [ESPN] * City’s scantily clad cowboy sues candy-coated […]
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Crime, Larry Craig, Politics, Sex Scandals
Breaking But Not Surprising News: Judge Refuses To Let Craig Unplea
CNN is reporting that the Minnesota judge presiding over Larry Craig’s case has refused to let him undo his guilty plea stemming from his “wide stance” episode in a Minneapolis airport bathroom. The judge said that the plea was “knowing, voluntary, and intelligent.” We question the intelligent part, but we know what he means. So […] - Sponsored
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9th Circuit, Diarmuid O'Scannlain, Federal Judges, Larry Craig, Politics, Senate Judiciary Committee
The Ninth Circuit Curse
Here’s a little riddle: What do these three senators have in common? Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) First, they’re all Republican senators from underpopulated sparsely populated states. Second, they’ve all run into ethical, legal, or political problems. You know all about Senator Craig — in fact, more than […]
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Football, Larry Craig, Michael Mukasey, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Sports
Non-Sequiturs: 09.17.07
* Don’t try doing #2 at the Larry Craig airport bathroom, unless you want tourists photographing your ankles in a “wide stance.” [BBC via Althouse; Idaho Statesman via Drudge] * Did President Bush pick Michael Mukasey as his AG nominee to avoid a “bruising, potentially embarrassing fight” with the Democrats? Or is that analysis “way […] -
Department of Justice, Federal Judges, Larry Craig, Laurence Silberman, Morning Docket, Politics, State Judges
Morning Docket: 09.10.07
* Short list of possible attorney general nominees includes George J. Terwilliger III and Judge Laurence H. Silberman (D.C. Circuit). [Washington Post via WSJ Law Blog] * “Sen. Larry Craig should be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea… because he was under extreme stress after being hounded by journalists asking questions about his sexuality, his […]
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Advertising, Blog Wars, Blogging, Crime, Intellectual Property, Larry Craig, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.06.07
* News you can use: “Latin phrases law students should know, but likely don’t.” [Volokh Conspiracy] * Two angry pharmacists walk into a bar. [Concurring Opinions; NY Personal Injury Law Blog] * Methinks Senator Craig doth protest too much. [Blogonaut] * And what about his daughter? She may have been a bad girl too. [Washington […] -
Arlen Specter, Celebrities, Divorce Train Wrecks, Gay, Harriet Miers, Larry Craig, Morning Docket, Politics, Religion
Morning Docket: 09.05.07
* It wasn’t me. [Legal Blog Watch] * Well, I’m a pretty famous celebrity, so I got that going for me… [CNN] * Divorce for Shaq. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] * Look what you’ve done, Specter. [CNN] * Should we file RICO charges against Tom Cruise? [Jurist]
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Larry Craig
The Substitute Returns
It’s Billy Merck again, your favorite person to shoot spitballs at fill-in for Lat, who’s got a full day away from the blogosphere today. We start today with some stray Larry Craig news. First, we certainly don’t mean to imply anything about the deceased chief justice, but there is a creepy resemblance here. Next, Craig […] - Sponsored
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Art, Crime, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Larry Craig, Morning Docket, Politics, Sports
Morning Docket: 08.29.07
* Slate debates Sen. Craig’s arrest and plea. [
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Larry Craig
Senator Larry's Lavatory Legal Troubles
We’re way behind on this story. Last night, from Roll Call (via Blogonaut): Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested in June at a Minnesota airport by a plainclothes police officer investigating lewd conduct complaints in a men’s public restroom, according to an arrest report obtained by Roll Call Monday afternoon. Craig’s arrest occurred just after […]