Old Gay Lawyer--- Ramblings
The collected thoughts, rants and ramblings of Eamon O'Connor
>> The collected thoughts, rants and ramblings of Eamon O'Connor
Category: Law Stuff
05/19/12@ 12:47:00 pm Categories: Musings Over Coffee, Law Stuff , Tags: judge gustin reichbach, medical marijuana , 422 words 
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This op-ed piece was written by a sitting judge of the New York supreme court. In NY the supreme court is a trial court, a court of general jurisdiction. New York's court of last resort is its Court of Appeals. This reversal of roles is as far as I know… more »
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05/09/12@ 04:57:00 pm Categories: Law Stuff , Tags: civil rights, marriage equality, president obama , 257 words Permalink
President Obama announced today that his evolution on Marriage Equality is complete and he has announced his support for Marriage Equality. I am not sure what to say but first I must apologize to him or my own nastiness last night when I accused him of… more »
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05/05/12@ 04:05:00 pm Categories: Law Stuff , Tags: guantanamo, khalid shaikh mohammed, terrorism, trials , 865 words Permalink
“The rocky beginning comes as the United States chases dual goals at the restart of the tribunal: to prosecute, and ultimately execute, the five detainees; and to show the world that the tribunal system is legitimate.”
This quotation comes from the not… more »
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02/22/12@ 08:07:00 pm Categories: Cool Stuff, Law Stuff, Gay Stuff , Tags: doma, judge jeffrey white, karen golinski, marriage equality. alex kozinski , 509 words Permalink
Today the Forces of Liberty and Equality were handed another victory in the courts. Today Judge Jeffrey S. White filed his opinion granting the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment in the case of Karen Golinski vs US Office of Personnel Management C… more »
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@ 12:57:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Musings Over Coffee, Law Stuff , Tags: congress, fellatio, research and development, superpacs, tax policy , 701 words Permalink
I read this morning in the Los Angeles Times that President Obama wants to lower the maximum corporate tax rate from 32% (which I doubt is ever paid) to 28% (which I also doubt will ever be paid). Obama's plan would close some loopholes in the Lobbyist… more »
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02/14/12@ 05:04:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Law Stuff , Tags: judge biery, prayer, samuel fredrick biery jr, schultz vs medina, shcools , 993 words Permalink
Judges usually refrain from making public comments and complaints about things happening around them. They are supposed to adopt a half smile and a slightly furrowed brow as though they were suffering a gas pain and let the trash pass. But sometimes the… more »
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02/09/12@ 08:31:00 pm Categories: Law Stuff , Tags: gay marriage, marriage equality, perry vs brown, stephen reinhardt , 1254 words Permalink
This week's opinion in the case of Perry vs Brown et al has been filed and as was expected the crazies have foamed at the mouth and roared their disagreement with the decision. I would imagine that the most vociferous of the critics have yet to read the… more »
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01/23/12@ 09:08:00 pm Categories: Law Stuff , Tags: gps surveillance, right to privacy, search & seizure, trespass, us vs jones , 1425 words Permalink
The Supreme Court in a unanimous decision may have marked the beginning of backtracking on the Court's relatively recent jurisprudence related to Fourth Amendment search & seizure rights in criminal prosecutions. The case is US vs Jones and is cite… more »
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01/21/12@ 05:02:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Law Stuff , Tags: computers, hr 1981, kiddie porn, lmar smith, wasserman-schults , 862 words Permalink
Now even before the funeral has even been had for SOPA and PIPA the Congress of the US is about strike another ineffective blow in the war against pedophilic conduct and child pornography. It is more overreaching on the part of National Security State.… more »
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12/13/11@ 01:44:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Law Stuff , Tags: bernie sanders, citizens united, constiutional amendments, government by people for people, ted deutch , 578 words Permalink
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Ted Deutch (D-FL) have each introduced in their respective houses mirror image joint resolutions of Congress that would amend the Constitution of the US to declare the obvious truth that for profit corpor… more »
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12/02/11@ 11:21:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Law Stuff , Tags: detention of us citizens abroad, ndaa, rumsfeld v padilla , 673 words Permalink
There has been much discussion over the last several days over whether or not US citizens are subject to detention by military authority in the war on terror that has been going on for ten years. After carefully reading sections 1031 and 1032 of the… more »
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11/03/11@ 01:50:00 pm Categories: Law Stuff, NOT-Cool Stuff , Tags: judge william adams , 303 words Permalink
I wonder what my friends who are family law lawyers think of family law judges like Judge William Adams of Texas who feel justified in beating their daughters with leather belts. The judge who raised his lost temper as a defense to this abomination ap… more »
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08/28/11@ 12:07:00 pm Categories: Law Stuff, Requiescat in Pacem , Tags: a a birch jr, hero lady liberty, tennessee , 271 words Permalink
This past Thursday a man passed from the earth whom I wish I had known. His name was A. A. Birch, Jr. He is one of those lesser known and lesser appreciated people who have peopled our planet at one time or another and who have actually made differen… more »
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08/17/11@ 10:42:00 am Categories: Politics & Politicians, Musings Over Coffee, Law Stuff, NOT-Cool Stuff , Tags: facebook, jordan blackshaw, perry sutclifee-keenan, politcal prisoners , 291 words Permalink
Yesterday the Guardian posted a story of two young men, Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan age 22 (left) and Jordan Blackshaw age 20, who posted comments to Facebook that got them four years in a British prison. Apparently no one thinks that the postings by tho… more »
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08/16/11@ 03:20:00 pm Categories: Douchenozzles & Douchebagery, Law Stuff , Tags: bart, constitution, linton johnsom , 39 words 
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well Mr. Johnson has done it again. At his his quickie seminar on Constitutional Law this morning he announced that people have a constitutional right to be safe. Oh really? Linton it really is time for you to go. more »
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08/11/11@ 01:47:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Law Stuff , Tags: banishment, ciavarella, crime , 380 words Permalink
I read sometime ago of the case of Mark Ciavarella, Jr and made a mental note to write something about his case. I eventuallly lost the note but noticed this updated article on Ciavarella who was formerly a Pennsylvania trial judge. He has been convicte… more »
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08/09/11@ 12:15:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Law Stuff, NOT-Cool Stuff , Tags: kelly thomas, murder by cop, tony raukauckus , 609 words Permalink
Orange County District Attorney Tony Raukauckas' record covering up police violence, murder and mayhem remains intact. Yesterday Tony who has never confronted a police killing he didn't approve of and justify post facto announced that he has seen no… more »
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08/05/11@ 02:58:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Musings Over Coffee, Law Stuff , Tags: bernie sanders, constitution, joe lieberman, super congress , 308 words Permalink
I just read a rather thought provoking post on Firedoglake with the most intriguing title of The Coming Social Anarchy. When the title caught my eye I imagined a coming scene of riots on the street and bloodied heads and cops in riot gear and riot dress… more »
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