Opinion Forum

Major Hasan Gets to Keep His Beard. That’s Good.

December 5th, 2012

By Dan Miller Getting a clean conviction of Major Hasan is more important than whether he has a clean face. The court martial of Army Major Nidal Hasan, who murdered thirteen people at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009 and wounded thirty-two others while screaming Allah Akbar, has dragged on too long. If he had been forcibly […]

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Tags: appeal, beard, court-martial, Fort Hood, Hassan, Islam, judge, terrorist
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Child Abuse by Any Standard

November 3rd, 2011

By Tom Carter A very disturbing report and a video have surfaced this week showing a Texas judge, William Adams, brutally beating and cursing his 16-year-old daughter Hillary in 2004. The girl, who has ataxic cerebral palsy, was being disciplined for having downloaded music and games that weren’t available legally. The judge has been relieved of […]

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Tags: beating, child abuse, corporal punishment, cursing, judge, William Adams
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Chavez Criticized by a Loyal Friend on the Left

July 4th, 2011

By Dan Miller As el Presidente Chávez of Venezuela recovers, or doesn’t recover, from Cancer in Cuba, Noam Chomsky has urged the release of a Venezuelan judge imprisoned by the Chávez regime. Mr. Chomsky has supported Chávez slavishly and has expressed his wishes for Chávez’ recovery and return to Venezuela. The judge, Maria Lourdes Afiuna, […]

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Tags: Chavez, judge, Maria Lourdes Afiuna, Noam Chomsky, prison, Venezuela
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No Constitutional Scholar

August 13th, 2010

By Brian Bagent Judge Susan Bolton must be impeached and removed from the bench. There is no other recourse for a federal judge who is so grossly ignorant of the Constitution. And I’m not even referring to the idiocy of her decision against Arizona’s SB 1070, I’m talking about the fact that she even made […]

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Tags: Constitution, federal, impeachment, judge, jurisdiction, states
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Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction Against Arizona Immigration Statute

July 29th, 2010

By Dan Miller King Solomon, who offered to cut a baby in half to resolve a dispute between two women over its custody, might be proud of U.S. District Judge Bolton’s ruling on Wednesday, but I rather doubt it. * * * The doctrine of federal preemption, like overly expansive interpretations of the Commerce Clause […]

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Tags: appeal, Arizona, federal, illegal immigration, injunction, judge, preemption
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