Minors remain jailed for life despite US supreme court ban on such sentences
• theguardian.comMany US states have done nothing to amend laws despite ruling that banned mandatory life sentences for people under 18
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Outrageous L.A. Court Tells Defendants: "Traffic Ticket Trials Not Allowed"
• by Martin Hill, LibertyFight.comIn an outrageous illustration of government corruption gone mad, traffic court clerks in Los Angeles County have resorted to telling defendants who want to plead not guilty to traffic citations that traffic ticket trials are 'not permitted due to bud
Leading Supreme Court Blog Barred From Supreme Court
• thewire.comIs getting a law degree worthless? Maybe if you're trying to cover the Supreme Court.
City tells app to stop auctions of parking spaces
• http://bigstory.ap.org, By TERRY COLLINSSan Francisco's city attorney issued a cease-and-desist demand Monday to a mobile app called Monkey Parking, which allows people to auction public parking spaces that they're using to other nearby drivers.
Judge Orders Deployed US Sailor To Attend Custody Hearing Or Lose Daughter, Face Arrest
• seattle.cbslocal.comA U.S. Navy sailor from Washington State is currently serving on a submarine thousands of miles away in the Pacific Ocean, but a judge has ordered him into an impossible custody scenario:
US wants Insane Clown Posse lawsuit dismissed
• Associated PressLawyers for the federal government and fans of rap-metal duo Insane Clown Posse clashed in court Monday over whether the FBI can be sued for the negative fallout of describing them as a loosely organized gang.
Dad Sentenced For Avenging Daughter's Death, Ordering Kidnapping
• opposingviews.comA father's decades-long mission to avenge his 15-year-old daughter's death has finally reached its culmination.
Gerry Conlon - obituary
• telegraph.co.ukGerry Conlon was a member of the Guildford Four whose exoneration after 14 years in prison brought him overnight celebrity
How's That Confidential Source Working For You Now, Judge?
• Simple JusticeWhere is the outrage? Where are the judges throwing warrant applications back in the faces of cops and prosecutions, screaming about their integrity and due process and, well, lying to the court?
Supreme Court rules taxpayer can challenge IRS summons
• ReutersThe U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously that taxpayers have a right to challenge an Internal Revenue Service summons enforcement action in court when they can show the tax agency might have issued the summons in bad faith.
Nuns sue strip club near their Chicago-area convent
• ReutersA group of Chicago-area nuns is suing a strip club behind their convent, complaining of noise, glaring neon lights, fist fights and heaps of litter that include empty whiskey bottles and used condoms.
Abbott offers asylum seekers $10k to go home
• smh.com.auThe Abbott government is offering asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru detention centres up to $10,000 to abandon their hope of resettlement in Australia and voluntarily return to the country they fled from.
Judge Finds Courts Cannot Protect US Citizens Tortured by US Government Officials Abroad
• .A federal district court dismissed a case brought on behalf of a US citizen and against US government officials who allegedly tortured, abused and subjected him to rendition and incommunicado detention in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia.
Supreme Court Agrees to Rule On Limiting First Amendment
• Prison PlanetThe Supreme Court will soon decide if threatening speech posted on the internet is protected by the First Amendment.
Va. Court Convicts Gun Rights Activist Adam Kokesh
• Daily Paul.comA sad story indeed. Regardless of your personal feelings towards Kokesh, and his antics of the past, he has shown a true belief in the cause of non-aggression, ....
What makes law "legitimate?" - A question from an anarchist - posed to the minarchist
• Daily Paul.comSo the "anarchist vs minarchist" debate is on pretty strong here at the DP. I like it, let's keep that topic open. Jan, Marc, and BILL3 have been doing well at keeping this topic alive at the DP.
Witness Tampering, Always
• Simple JusticeIt's really a matter of protection. Within an hour of my giving a name, two agents will knock on their door to explain to them the penalties and prison time they will face for testifying on behalf of the defense.
Microsoft fights U.S. search warrant for customer e-mails held in overseas server
• Washington PostMicrosoft, one of the world's largest e-mail providers, is resisting a government search warrant to compel the firm to turn over customer data held in a server located overseas.
Cops Can't Collect Your Cell Tower Data Without a Warrant, Court Rules
• Wired.comA federal appeals court has ruled that the warrantless collection of cellphone tower data, which can be used to track the location of a suspect, is unconstitutional without a probable-cause warrant from a court.
The NSA Claims It Is "Too Big to Comply" With A Court Order
• http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler DurdenThe fact that that the NSA is now claiming it is "Too Big to Comply" with a court order is an extremely important revelation since it further proves that the super rich and super powerful are in no way shape or form subject to the same laws as the re
Donald Sterling Pulls Out Of Clippers Sale To Resume Lawsuit Against NBA
• businessinsider.comDonald Sterling, the embattled owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, has decided to fight to keep the NBA team and pull out of a $2 billion sale deal, according to reports.
Florida Man Fires Four Shots Into The Air And Is Given 80 Years In Prison
• Jonathan TurleyRonald Williams, 29, fired five shots in the air to scare off what he said were four gay men flirting with him. He was conviction in 2010 of four counts of aggravated assault. He was given an 80 year sentence.
Free State Project President Awarded $57,000 in Case Involving Video Taping the N.H. Police
• Daily Paul.comThe Weare New Hampshire police department agreed to pay Carla Gericke, President of the Free State Project who was arrested and charged with wiretapping $57,000 to settle her civil rights lawsuit.
Hershey Sues Colorado Edible Pot Company
• denver.cbslocal.comThe Hershey Co. has sued a Colorado marijuana edibles maker, claiming it makes four pot-infused candies that too closely resemble iconic products of the chocolate maker.
Pakistan High Court Bans GM Crop Licenses for GMO Corn, Cotton
• naturalsociety.comAs genetically modified crops pop up ever increasingly in Pakistan without a legal framework within which pesticide-resistant varieties of Bt cotton and Bt corn can be scientifically assessed, the Lahore High Court has ordered Pakistan's federal gove
Heavily armed sovereign citizen wounds deputy in doomed GA courthouse takeover plot
• RawstoryAuthorities shot and killed a sovereign citizen Friday morning outside a Georgia courthouse after he brought weapons and explosives in an attempt to take over the building. Investigators said Dennis Marx arrived at the Forsyth County Administratio
Judge Orders NSA To Stop Destroying Evidence — For The Third Time
• dailycaller.comA federal judge has ordered the government to stop destroying National Security Agency surveillance records that could be used to challenge the legality of its spying programs in court.
Judge orders Florida sovereign citizen to send his daughter to school or go to jail
• RawstoryThe judge ordered Rosa to send his daughter to school and she cannot be homeschooled. "I do not take this matter lightly," Tatti said. "You have deprived your child of the one thing that our government has been fairly good at doing,
Judge allows feds to steal cash seized at MN airport because it smelled like weed
• RawstoryA federal judge allowed the government to keep cash that Homeland Security agents seized because it smelled like marijuana. US District Court Judge Michael Davis issued a default ruling May 28 because the original owner
Supreme Court Will Not Hear WhistleBlower Journalist's Case
• http://thelibertybeat.com, Derrick BrozeOn Monday the Supreme Court decided against hearing a case dealing with a journalists right to protect their sources, declaring that the fourth amendment offers journalists no special protection.
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