Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Scalia Takes Questions From VA High School Students

On this weekend’s installment of C-SPAN’s “America and the Courts” Justice Antonin Scalia spoke to and took questions from a group of high school students from Virginia (you can view the program at this link for a limited period of time). I highly recommend that you take a look if you have any interest in the Supreme…

Going Neuk(om)lear

http://abajournal.com/images/blawgs/covers/Neukom.jpgFormer Microsoft general counsel Bill Neukom has assumed the presidency of the American Bar Association. Might we hope that, under Mr. Neukom’s leadership, the ABA might perhaps be more attuned to the interests and needs of enterprise?

They Can’t Blame Imus for This, Can They?

It appears that the senior class president at Rutgers University will not be allowed to graduate with her class. University administrators appparently took a dim view of her part time job burgling her fellow students. Maybe she can claim that she stole from her schoolmates because she suffered from ,ow self-esteem caused by Don Imus….

Paris Hilton Sentenced to Jail

The title pretty much says itm all. 45 days in the slammer for Paris. Read about it here. Or wait for the TV movie.

Prosecutors Ask for Jail Time for Paris Hilton

Looks like Paris may be spending some time soon as a guest of the state: Paris Hilton should be jailed for 45 days for violating terms of her probation for an alcohol-related reckless driving conviction, city prosecutors say. In documents filed April 30th in Superior Court, prosecutors said they also want Hilton to be required…

Another Surprise – Prison Sucks

So says former Survivor contestant Richard Hatch, who is doing 51 months as a guest of the federal government on a tax evasion conviction. I guess no one let Hatch in on the little secret that prison life totally sucks. Maybe that would have made him think twice about not paying taxes on his “Survivor”…