Category: Legal Nonsense
This week's WTF - The Unified New York Common Law Grand Jury
by Graham 
Aside from the assorted collection of individuals currently fighting Federal government land ownership and stewardship, there are a collection of groups attempting to re-assert that they argue is a fundamental right of the people - to form Grand Juries a… more »
05/17/14 10:08:15 am, Campaigners against State Laws - Idaho
by Graham
With the recent Cliven Bundy imbroglio (see here), the focus in the public eye has been on the groups of individuals who believe that the Federal Government lacks any kind of moral and/or legal legitimacy. Lost in the mix is that there are numerous ind… more »
Today's Whisky Tango Foxtrot location...
by Graham
...courtesy of The Fogbow, ladeez n' gentlemen, please pray silence for....Rise Up For America, who have restored the Real Government... more »
Copyright and Defamation/Libel threateners and the right way to respond
by Graham
A recent phenomenon in the USA has been the proliferation of law firms and other more shadowy organizations who specialize in forms of legal bullying based on the interpretation of copyright law. The stories fall into a general pattern. An internet use… more »
This week's WTF? discoveries on the internet - Two For the Price Of One
by Graham
For a change, instead of finding a web site (no shortage of those, but research has been lacking on my end due to lack of time), I will instead point readers to what may be the winner in the contest of Dumb Birther Legal Filings (2008 onwards). The fil… more »
Another blogger has been muzzled via an unconstitutional court order
by Graham
Blogger Dan Valenti, who writes a local politics blog in Massachusetts, has been muzzled via an absurd and unconstitutional gagging order from a local judge, due to butthurt on the part of local dignitaries, since Dan has been writing about what he perce… more »
"There Oughtta Be A Law Against THAT!" - Episode 34,577
by Graham
Like most people in my age group (I suspect) I find the sagging pants fashion trend to be utterly incomprehensible. Not only does it look bizarre (and, no matter how charitable I try to be, I cannot find a semi-exposed butt crack to be pretty), but it is… more »
Censorious Asshat Alert - Sunday 17th June
by Graham
In which Charles Carreon attempts to sue literally everybody for libel and defamation over perceived slights. As Ken at Popehat has already tried to explain, these lawsuits are going nowhere, and it is likely that at some point ant-SLAPP motions will be… more »
Shooting Fish In A Barrel 102 - Mississippi Democratic Party response to Orly Taitz
by Graham
Background: California dentist-lawyer Orly Taitz filed a series of motions in Mississippi seeking to have Barack Obama disqualified from entering the Democratic Party primary election in 2012. That election is long since passed, but Taitz is still tryin… more »
Uniquely painful reading - Birthers playing at being lawyers
by Graham
As the score of litigants and complainants against President Obama ticks way past 0-120 (depending on how you count), I found two more filings by Birther litigants. The first one is from Cody Judy, who is trying to gain a Writ of Certorati from the Supre… more »