Biker Says LA Doctor Deliberately Caused Crash
A Los Angeles doctor has been accused of purposefully injuring two bicyclists by slamming on his car brakes – he is being sued by the rider that crashed through his rear window. Dr. Christopher Thompson was sued in a federal court on Thursday for negligence and battery. Ron Peterson claims in the suit that he [...]
“Palimony” Plaintiff Passes Away
Today’s newspaper reported the recent death (Oct. 30, 2009) of Michelle Triola Marvin, whose name will forever be synonymous with the rights of unmarried couples who live together and then break up. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Michelle Triola was a budding singer and dancer who performed on the Sunset Strip at a [...]
Medical Marijuana Makes Sense
In a previous Commentary, I argued that the sale and use of marijuana is a “victimless” crime and therefore should be legalized. Marijuana used to treat medical conditions, symptoms, or side effects of pills and chemotherapy is in fact legal in the State of California and 13 other states. Advocates for the legalization of marijuana [...]
Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme
In 1920, Charles Ponzi, an Italian immigrant, started advertising that he could make a 50% return for investors in only 45 days. People mortgaged their homes and invested all of their life savings with Ponzi, so that by July 1920, Ponzi was bringing in millions of dollars. As with all frauds, the money return to [...]
Federal Contractors Report 30,000 Jobs
Businesses that received federal grants under the terms of the economic stimulus package have reported more than thirty thousand jobs saved or created over the first few months of the program. The numbers were released on Thursday by a government watchdog group. They comprised the first data regarding the effect of the stimulus. The numbers [...]
Illegal Immigrants Haven’t Disappeared
Two years ago, illegal immigration was such a hot topic that any conservative politician who even mentioned the word “amnesty” for undocumented aliens—also called illegal immigrants—in anything other than a hostile tone risked being tarred and feathered and subject to a recall. But today the issue of aliens unlawfully present in the United States has [...]
Cuban Spy Seeks Reduced Sentence
A federal judge in Miami, Florida will decided whether or not to approve a reduction of the twenty-year sentence for a convicted Cuban spy. A United States court of appeals threw out last year’s sentencing of life in prison as unjustifiably harsh, and changed fifty-year-old Antonio Guerrero’s prison term to twenty years. Guerrero is a [...]
The Right to Bear Arms
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitutions states that, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary for the security of a free State, the right of the people t keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Since the Second Amendment was ratified on December 15, 1791, there has been a heated debate over whether [...]
Age Bias Bill to Counter Supreme Court Ruling
A bill will be proposed by several Democrats in Congress in response to the Supreme Court ruling that makes it more difficult for elderly workers to prove they have been victims of age discrimination. The Senate Judiciary Committee will hear testimony on Wednesday on a bill that will cancel out a court decision that changed [...]
Pay Judges What They’re Worth
Posted by Allen P Wilkinson on November 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment
It used to be a significant source of pride and respect to be named a judge. Judges were highly respected and were involved in the resolution of disputed cases. A person might start out as a commissioner or Municipal Court judge, be appointed to the Superior Court, and then to the Court of Appeals. A [...]
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