Supreme Court Stays Broadcast of Gay Marriage Case
The Supreme Court, by a 5-4 vote, has stayed the broadcast of the big gay marriage trial taking place in San Francisco. The Court’s opinion starkly sets forth the thuggery that advocates of the...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Orders Cyrus Sanai to Show Cause Why He Should Not Be...
Just before Thanksgiving, I reported that Judge Stephen Reinhardt had issued an order regarding Cyrus Sanai’s complaints against Alex Kozinski. That order concluded: Although I do not believe it would...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Judicial Council Sanctions Cyrus Sanai
And refers the matter to the State Bar: The Ninth Circuit Judicial Council yesterday sanctioned Beverly Hills attorney Cyrus Sanai, saying he had filed frivolous complaints against 19 federal judges....
View ArticleJudicial Recommendations
Several people have e-mailed me for recommendations in judicial races. My top recommendation for Los Angeles voters: vote for Alan Schneider for Superior Court Judge in Office 117. Alan, whom I know...
View ArticleThe Rethuglicans are Coming to Kill Us! Quick! Disarm!
[Guest post by Aaron Worthing; send your tips here.] Via Professor Jacobson, we get this gem of an analysis from Digby at Hullabaloo: Right wing radio is hate radio. And Glenn Beck is f—ing lunatic....
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“She was real special and sweet;” Remembering the Victims (Updated With A...
[Guest post by Aaron Worthing; if you have tips, please send them here.] Update: See below for the heroic story of Dorwan Stoddard. It’s a must-read. On September 11, 2001, on a day of death, John and...
View ArticleScary, Right Wing Hate Quote
[Guest post by Aaron Worthing; if you have tips, please send them here.] Now be careful, folks, because this is a scary one: The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...
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Kozinski Foe Cyrus Sanai Declared Vexatious Litigant
Most of you will rememeber Cyrus Sanai as the guy who told the world about the collection of off-color material on the website/server of federal appellate judge Alex Kozinski — a story we covered here...
View ArticleNinth Circuit: Threatening to Assassinate Obama Is No Crime
Well, that’s not exactly what Judge Stephen Reinhardt said, in an opinion joined by Chief Judge Kozinski. What he said, instead, is that language most of us would construe as a threat . . . isn’t a...
View ArticlePatterico.com Turns Ten Years Old Today
This blog began ten years ago today, on February 17, 2003, with this rather uninspiring post: WELCOME MESSAGE: Welcome to Patterico’s Pontifications. This is destined to be the hottest blog since that...
View ArticleA Look At The Death Penalty
[guest post by Dana] Yesterday, Joseph Rudolph Wood III was executed by lethal injection in Arizona. It took him nearly two hours to die. His attorneys argued that he gasped and snorted throughout the...
View ArticleALL HAIL THE KING! Trump’s IRS Will “Turn a Blind Eye” to Enforcement of the...
At Reason.com, Peter Suderman reports that the IRS has passed a rule that says they will accept tax returns that don’t indicate whether someone has health coverage. If the report is accurate, the...
View ArticleKozinski to Retire Amid Another #MeToo Scandal
The first major judge caught up in the #MeToo phenomenon was Alex Kozinski, a well-known Ninth Circuit judge with strong libertarian leanings. The Washington Post published a story about alleged...
View ArticleDavid Lat, 44, Is on a Ventilator
In 2015, Mrs. P. and I were invited by Alex Kozinski to the Richard H. Chambers Courthouse in Pasadena (the Pasadena courthouse where the Ninth Circuit houses several judges), to attend a talk by David...
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