When's the last time the Washington Post ran an article talking about the dysfunctional elements and aspects of the family relationship...

It's actually kind of amazing that you don't see more guys trying something like this . I've been in any number of courtrooms w...

1) There's a reason that car-surfing is stupid - for the driver as well . 2) Is Venezuela putting up a balloon to track drugs or to beco...

"Virginia is still a southern state and has a southern state mentality. There are many Americans who believe that if they were more lib...

Skelly has found a new guy he wants to hire , because this god who walks among men would single-handedly solve all the problems that Skelly ...

1) A father scalds a kid to death and it keeps out her claims of rape against mother's boyfriend. Now he'll get sentenced for the ...

A guy sticks his hand down a rabbit hole and finds drugs - while the police are on the scene recovering a stolen car. The judge says he doe...

Book rating scale: 5: Touched by God - a work which makes Shakespeare look infantile 4: Amazing - Instantly began rereading it and quoting i...

HOWT's posting on the grading of appellate arguments brought a question to mind: Should there be oral arguments in appellate courts? Af...

I woke up yeaterday to find that half my yard was flooded. You can see where it was particularly deep, but as I walked out into it everythi...

MOST ADDICTIVE GAME EVER

I was looking for something else and found a fan made trailer for the very first Batman movie ever made. It brought to mind my favorite fan ...

Just because a judge usually hands down harsh sentences doesn't mean he's on the side of light and goodness: Mob leaders [in Chicago...

1) Richmond police are arresting people who cam from NYC . Not really shocked by that. I represented any number of people who came to the Ri...

I am a taking a criminal justice class and just cant seem to put a an answer to this question: If we believe that the purpose of the crimina...

Y'know, it's always cool to see something like that in a different language . It almost sounds like the name of a superhero: Ken La...

Prosecution for various and sundry things , including the mailing of a video of a political opponent doing things he shouldn't ought to ...

1) Now, I'm not a fan of cock fighting, or dog fighting, or bear baiting, or even boxing, but I gotta say I wonder if the cocks raised t...

There's a disturbance in the Force - it feels as though an entire ship of Vulcans have died - an ill wind is blowing through the Shire W...

54 F.R.D. 282 ------ UNITED STATES ex rel. Gerald MAYO v. SATAN AND HIS STAFF ------ Misc. No. 5357 United States District Court Western Dis...

Professor Kerr has put out an exposition in which he tries to explain the Supreme Court's jurisprudence in the area of the 4th Amendment...

As you go thru the web you find all sorts of strange sites having to do with criminal behavior. I thought I'd list a few of them: StopSn...

Chris Henry has gotten himself in trouble yet again . He's a good receiver but you gotta wonder how much longer the Bengals are going t...

It has been moved that I become the new Attorney General of the United States . Any seconds? Remember, I have experience on both sides of th...

So, my jury trial yesterday was lost because of a case which was decided recently by the Virginia Supreme Court. Okay, that sort of thing ha...

Yet again another jury day. So, my review of the Riches will have to wait until tomorrow.

Ask a Ninja I've been putting some thought into what Mascot the Appalachian School of Law should have. It's an interesting problem s...

Looking all dapper as he sallys forth to argue in the national moot court competition, helping his ASL team to beat Wake Forrest, Florida St...

Flowers v. Commonwealth , No. 2158-05-3 , Opinion: Judge Humphreys, Trial Judge: Malfourd Trumbo Evidence is sufficient to establish reckles...