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Judge Shown Beating Daughter in Viral Video Temporarily Banned From Seeing Youngest Child – Hollywood Reporter

The clip of a Texas family law judge hitting his then-teen with a belt has been watched more than 6.3 million times since she uploaded it two weeks ago. A Texas family law judge has been banned from seeing his … Continue reading

Alabama Immigration Law and Case for Bipartisan Quick Reform – Salon

Thus, the law has to change for practical reasons, although the law itself shows that there is a political constituency for immigration reform. The most obvious and straightforward way to proceed would be to initiate a guest worker visa program … Continue reading

Environmental law waiver faces northern skeptics – Rapid City Journal

HELENA, Mont. — No one can recall the last time an illegal immigrant hiked into the rugged and remote wilderness of Glacier National Park in an attempt to slip into the U.S. But that isn’t stopping some in Congress from … Continue reading

Law & order…for real – NorthJersey.com

T. Harry Cahill was not a lawyer. He was magistrate for many years under the old law. West Milford had not grown yet, so the court was quite small. T. Harry’s court belonged on TV. The characters were many and … Continue reading

Brian Baird on 60 Minutes: Why is inside trading OK for members of Congress? – Oregonian

That could be a crime on Wall Street but perfectly legal on Capitol Hill where members are essentially exempt from laws prohibiting inside trading … He told 60 Minutes in a statement that he didn’t trade on non-public information.

California Bankruptcies Show Jefferson County the Cost of Fiscal Failure – Bloomberg

Young said the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which reserves for the states powers not expressly given the federal government, trumps bankruptcy law. The county’s lead bankruptcy attorney, Kenneth Klee, said in court that a fight …

Deficit Panel Seeks to Defer Details on Raising Taxes – New York Times

and that the new tax code should be “as progressive as current law.” By contrast, Republicans would direct the tax-writing committees to set lower rates, and they say the amount of new revenue should not exceed $500 billion. In the … Continue reading

Peoria officials work to tweak regulations on political signs – AZCentral.com

Peoria officials are now tweaking local laws to comply with state law, while still maintaining some city control on political signs. Earlier this month, city staffers presented the proposed changes to a newly-formed City Council Sub-Committee on …

Corporate Welfare and the California GOP – Reason.com

who are seeking to overturn recent laws that essentially shut down those agencies. Gov. Jerry Brown isn’t often right, but he was on target when he proposed shutting down these central planning agencies that primarily dispense corporate …

Driver killed when thrown from Model T – CharlotteObserver.com

The victims’ names were not immediately available. Neither wore a seat belt, Elder said. S.C. law doesn’t require seat belts in cars not originally equipped with the devices. The accident occurred on Daves Road, about two miles east of …