Brothels – always an entertaining topic.
Prostitution is the oldest profession, right up there with politicians. You can't get rid of either one. Since prostitution is rampant on the strip, sometimes involving trafficking or runaway minors, wouldn't it be better to just stop pretending and regulate it? Google says it is legal in Amsterdam, Germany and 53 countries with some limitations.
Trafficking/abuse are a real problem in strip clubs and brothels.
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September 14, 2021 6:39 pm
Nevada's brothels do nothing more than provide a way for pimps to legally traffic their victims – likely in violation of federal law. Taking the view that the Mann Act of 1910 (now codified as 18 USC 2421-2422) was adopted with the intent to implicitly preempt any state law authorizing prostitution via "field preemption", Nevada's standalone law allowing the establishing of brothels undoubtedly runs contrary to the Act's purpose. The brothel's owners open advertise in other states, thus "enticing" individuals to travel across state lines to engage in acts of prostitution; according to the Act, this should carry a fine or a prison sentence of up to 20 years. I'm not sure how Nevada's prostitution market has existed so long with this clear statutory authority.
@11:39
You missed the point entirely. Prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas, but it happens here. Despite prudish morality, it exists and will continue. Better to get our heads out of the sand and recognize that legalizing prostitution will make it difficult for traffickers because the legal businesses will know and report the trafficking activity, whereas now the prostitution is in the shadows.
As to the Nye and Storey county legal establishments. I have never met any of the sex workers but they have been interviewed. All mature volunteers. Frequent medical checks. I do know the brothels pay taxes and make voluntary community contributions.
11:39, what makes you think businesses will "know and report" trafficking if prostitution is made legal? Strip casinos let it slide under the table now, what would change? I'm genuinely interested is understanding your position. I'd like to think businesses would have more incentive to report it now.
@1:04
Take a look at the original post. "…the legal businesses", referring to legalized prostitution. They will readily rat out the illegal operations out of competitive self interest.
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September 14, 2021 7:08 pm
Jim Edwards wearing a headset in the bench bar is giving me flashbacks to the 80s. If you know, you know.
LES? LaVell Edwards Stadium? Site of a damn good ballgame this past weekend?
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September 14, 2021 7:17 pm
#Iamwithdahoes. Fight back! If you elect to hold a fundraiser with raffle prizes, I am in like Flynn.
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September 14, 2021 7:26 pm
Yes, remote appearances forever, please. No more mingling with the filth downtown. No more commuting (think of the environment!). Appearances remotely. This is especially important because I am moving soon and would like to keep my fulltime practice here while I transition.
Agree. Remote appearances work just fine and were common in federal court before Covid. Ought to be the default standard unless there are extraordinary circumstances of some kind.
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September 14, 2021 10:18 pm
Anybody else remember the last time Hardesty created a commission to study something? Something called "Nevada Supreme Court's Commission on Preservation, Access, and Sealing of Court Records" where nothing was done beyond spending boatloads of taxpayer $$. I happen to still have a copy of the Draft Standards of Operation and Best Practices for Making the Court Record in Nevada Trial Courts still sitting on my shelf.
Aren't all the SBN's attempts to screw with the profession traceable to Hardesty? Mandatory malpractice insurance, trust account audits, etc.? Also, the dead-of-night take-backsies on the requirement that the NSC reduce the number of its members when the Court of Appeals got approved?
I am not a fan of Justice Hardesty. I get nervous whenever he wants to take action because the ideas are usually not well conceived. However, we do need some kind of standards going forward for remote appearances and notices. I was at the bench bar today and assumed Justice Hardesty would say something objectionable, but he didn't. Now, that doesn't mean his ideas will be good or that the commission will end up being a good thing. I just don't see any problems so far. We all need to keep a close eye on this. I wish he would just go away and retire.
The whole bait n switch with the COA was amazing to me. So far it seems like no one of import (except us anonymous blog commenters) has seen fit to call him out on it.
Hardesty has done more damage to the bar and laws in the State of Nevada than any individual in my lifetime (and I lived through the fractious Supreme Court days of the 80s). He is a loathsome creature who bullies people and carries grudges.
wow. I have read so many pleadings as I am such an old attorney. There is only one person I know who uses the word "fractious" and "loathsome." I don't want to out you on the blog – but I think your middle initial is "S" and the 5th letter of your last name is "I." Am I right?
@6:50 Great guess. Not correct. But a great guess.
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September 15, 2021 1:33 am
The Bunkerville case has the ability to bring out the loony fringe; however even the loony fringe have constitutional rights. The article says that Engel sued 3 attorneys but does not name the attorneys. So lets name the perpetrators of the fraud in that case: Steve Myrhe, Nadia Ahmed and Dan Bogden. The fact that Myrhe continues to be employed by the United States Attorneys' Office and got nothing more than a slap on the wrist for the type of misconduct that would get you disbarred is inexcusable.
/r/HermanCainAward is one of the most vile subs on Reddit in existence. It's a page that effectively celebrates and encourages the mocking of those who died from COVID-19 in light of the decedents' views on COVID before their deaths. It's a sick way of taking enjoyment in the deaths of others just to pat yourself on the back for having "the right thoughts" on the disease, the vaccination, and the like. It brings to mind that great quote from "Crome Yellow" by Aldous Huxley:
“The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.”
So we're just supposed to ignore the fact that COVID is killing people who are obstinately and vocally opposed to vaccination? Seems like that's something people should know.
It's something people should know because……why, exactly? Is there not enough information out there regarding the disease, the availability of vaccines, and mortality rate that you do not need to openly mock and cheer on the deaths of others? Death statistics are freely available, and they are far more relevant than engaging in a piling-on of the dead. Perhaps you also favor a return to using the stocks in the town square to shame those who have done wrong in your view?
My take on the death of covid deniers is that they had it coming. Yes, it is unseemly to mock the dead; however, when the right wing covid denier, anti-vaxxer, anti-masker radio hosts and activists end up on vents, crying for jesus and a cure, I do not care and I do chuckle a little bit. These people have actively spread misinformation on the internet to god knows how many others. They've caused this pandemic to ravage our country and our economy with their bullshit. Thousands of deaths can be attributed to them. When they die, thereby proving exactly how wrong they are, it's deserved.
I don't mock everyone who dies from covid. I thought it was clear from my comment that I was talking about covid deniers.
If you ask a smoker if it is bad for them, most will admit it is. If you ask a covid denier about covid, most will insist it's just like the flu, or fake, or a conspiracy, etc.
What I also thought was clear is that my mockery was reserved for the ones who actively spread misinformation. Through their online "activism" they spread lies and misinformation about covid and the vaccine, dragging hundreds if not thousands of people into their insane theories and contributing to low vaccine rates and high infection rates. Not only are the deniers killing themselves, but they are killing others. And for that, they deserve to be mocked.
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September 15, 2021 2:51 am
Is no one going to say anything about the Hon. Esteemed Probate Commissioner Yamashita's announcement of his retirement on Nov. 15th ?
If you're in that area of practice, you already know. If you aren't in that area of practice, his name probably won't mean much anyway. Hope they get someone appointed before his retirement date, because I don't much relish the idea of any of the current judges actually wading into probate while they dither about looking for a replacement.
Godspeed, Commissioner. May your retirement be free of last-second filings and two-week extensions.
The Commissioner has several months of unpaid vacation. The county can't fill his position until that time runs. How probate will function from November on is a mystery right now. It could be an ad hoc committee of pro tem commissioners changing from week to week. The judges may have to do it. It's going to be a mess.
The trouble with pro tems is that it really only works when the people who would sit are unlikely to have a case already scheduled in that court for that day. See, e.g. Small Claims referees. Right now I'm imagining a committee of Probate Section regulars trying desperately to coordinate calendars so that they can handle hearings on the few weeks they don't already have their own cases scheduled. It's only September. They are calendaring past his retirement date now. There are only 4 probate hearing dates between his retirement and the end of the year.
@9:52 Probate already is an unholy mess. Calendaring more than 60 days out on new Petition filings. If we need 2 commissioners, so be it. If we need to be rid a Commissioner because the probate judges are hearing stuff faster anyway, so be it. But Yamashita is leaving a mess in his wake.
We totally need two probate commissioners. Now would be the PERFECT time to appoint a new one who can try to keep things moving forward until a second one is appointed. The new one would not be a replacement for the present commissioner so we wouldn't have to wait for the vacation to be paid out. As far back as 3 years ago we could get probate hearings set 3 weeks out – it was great.
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September 15, 2021 3:22 pm
Yforce topples Gforce.
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September 15, 2021 4:43 pm
OMG, is Covid still a thing? Can we move on to something new? Where's WHO and Bill Gates when you need them? I'm thinking something that targets old white men primarily. Extra credit and gold stars if it makes his gonads shrink before killing him.
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Brothels – always an entertaining topic.
Prostitution is the oldest profession, right up there with politicians. You can't get rid of either one. Since prostitution is rampant on the strip, sometimes involving trafficking or runaway minors, wouldn't it be better to just stop pretending and regulate it? Google says it is legal in Amsterdam, Germany and 53 countries with some limitations.
It should absolutely be legalized and reglated.
Trafficking/abuse are a real problem in strip clubs and brothels.
Nevada's brothels do nothing more than provide a way for pimps to legally traffic their victims – likely in violation of federal law. Taking the view that the Mann Act of 1910 (now codified as 18 USC 2421-2422) was adopted with the intent to implicitly preempt any state law authorizing prostitution via "field preemption", Nevada's standalone law allowing the establishing of brothels undoubtedly runs contrary to the Act's purpose. The brothel's owners open advertise in other states, thus "enticing" individuals to travel across state lines to engage in acts of prostitution; according to the Act, this should carry a fine or a prison sentence of up to 20 years. I'm not sure how Nevada's prostitution market has existed so long with this clear statutory authority.
The same lawyer brought the same lawsuit a couple of years ago which was dismissed for lack of standing.
@11:39
You missed the point entirely. Prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas, but it happens here. Despite prudish morality, it exists and will continue. Better to get our heads out of the sand and recognize that legalizing prostitution will make it difficult for traffickers because the legal businesses will know and report the trafficking activity, whereas now the prostitution is in the shadows.
As to the Nye and Storey county legal establishments. I have never met any of the sex workers but they have been interviewed. All mature volunteers. Frequent medical checks. I do know the brothels pay taxes and make voluntary community contributions.
11:39, what makes you think businesses will "know and report" trafficking if prostitution is made legal? Strip casinos let it slide under the table now, what would change? I'm genuinely interested is understanding your position. I'd like to think businesses would have more incentive to report it now.
@1:04
Take a look at the original post. "…the legal businesses", referring to legalized prostitution. They will readily rat out the illegal operations out of competitive self interest.
Jim Edwards wearing a headset in the bench bar is giving me flashbacks to the 80s. If you know, you know.
LES
LES? LaVell Edwards Stadium? Site of a damn good ballgame this past weekend?
#Iamwithdahoes. Fight back! If you elect to hold a fundraiser with raffle prizes, I am in like Flynn.
Yes, remote appearances forever, please. No more mingling with the filth downtown. No more commuting (think of the environment!). Appearances remotely. This is especially important because I am moving soon and would like to keep my fulltime practice here while I transition.
Agree. Remote appearances work just fine and were common in federal court before Covid. Ought to be the default standard unless there are extraordinary circumstances of some kind.
Anybody else remember the last time Hardesty created a commission to study something? Something called "Nevada Supreme Court's Commission on Preservation, Access, and Sealing of Court Records" where nothing was done beyond spending boatloads of taxpayer $$. I happen to still have a copy of the Draft Standards of Operation and Best Practices for Making the Court Record in Nevada Trial Courts still sitting on my shelf.
Aren't all the SBN's attempts to screw with the profession traceable to Hardesty? Mandatory malpractice insurance, trust account audits, etc.? Also, the dead-of-night take-backsies on the requirement that the NSC reduce the number of its members when the Court of Appeals got approved?
I am not a fan of Justice Hardesty. I get nervous whenever he wants to take action because the ideas are usually not well conceived. However, we do need some kind of standards going forward for remote appearances and notices. I was at the bench bar today and assumed Justice Hardesty would say something objectionable, but he didn't. Now, that doesn't mean his ideas will be good or that the commission will end up being a good thing. I just don't see any problems so far. We all need to keep a close eye on this. I wish he would just go away and retire.
The whole bait n switch with the COA was amazing to me. So far it seems like no one of import (except us anonymous blog commenters) has seen fit to call him out on it.
When is this fuck going to retire. His worst public corruption. Is the Nevada Court Appeals aka Nevada Supreme Court"s patsy.
Hardesty has done more damage to the bar and laws in the State of Nevada than any individual in my lifetime (and I lived through the fractious Supreme Court days of the 80s). He is a loathsome creature who bullies people and carries grudges.
wow. I have read so many pleadings as I am such an old attorney. There is only one person I know who uses the word "fractious" and "loathsome." I don't want to out you on the blog – but I think your middle initial is "S" and the 5th letter of your last name is "I." Am I right?
I'm not your huckleberry but I know that whenever I see certain words on the blog, I am confident I know who it is.
@6:50 Great guess. Not correct. But a great guess.
The Bunkerville case has the ability to bring out the loony fringe; however even the loony fringe have constitutional rights. The article says that Engel sued 3 attorneys but does not name the attorneys. So lets name the perpetrators of the fraud in that case: Steve Myrhe, Nadia Ahmed and Dan Bogden. The fact that Myrhe continues to be employed by the United States Attorneys' Office and got nothing more than a slap on the wrist for the type of misconduct that would get you disbarred is inexcusable.
"however even the loony fringe have constitutional rights."
Sad, but true.
COVID is taking quite a few of them out though. Go check out /r/HermanCainAward
/r/HermanCainAward is one of the most vile subs on Reddit in existence. It's a page that effectively celebrates and encourages the mocking of those who died from COVID-19 in light of the decedents' views on COVID before their deaths. It's a sick way of taking enjoyment in the deaths of others just to pat yourself on the back for having "the right thoughts" on the disease, the vaccination, and the like. It brings to mind that great quote from "Crome Yellow" by Aldous Huxley:
“The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.”
re: /r/HermanCainAward
So we're just supposed to ignore the fact that COVID is killing people who are obstinately and vocally opposed to vaccination? Seems like that's something people should know.
It's something people should know because……why, exactly? Is there not enough information out there regarding the disease, the availability of vaccines, and mortality rate that you do not need to openly mock and cheer on the deaths of others? Death statistics are freely available, and they are far more relevant than engaging in a piling-on of the dead. Perhaps you also favor a return to using the stocks in the town square to shame those who have done wrong in your view?
My take on the death of covid deniers is that they had it coming. Yes, it is unseemly to mock the dead; however, when the right wing covid denier, anti-vaxxer, anti-masker radio hosts and activists end up on vents, crying for jesus and a cure, I do not care and I do chuckle a little bit. These people have actively spread misinformation on the internet to god knows how many others. They've caused this pandemic to ravage our country and our economy with their bullshit. Thousands of deaths can be attributed to them. When they die, thereby proving exactly how wrong they are, it's deserved.
So you also mock those who die from other preventable diseases, or just Covid? I'm guessing just Covid, you hypocrite.
I don't mock everyone who dies from covid. I thought it was clear from my comment that I was talking about covid deniers.
If you ask a smoker if it is bad for them, most will admit it is. If you ask a covid denier about covid, most will insist it's just like the flu, or fake, or a conspiracy, etc.
What I also thought was clear is that my mockery was reserved for the ones who actively spread misinformation. Through their online "activism" they spread lies and misinformation about covid and the vaccine, dragging hundreds if not thousands of people into their insane theories and contributing to low vaccine rates and high infection rates. Not only are the deniers killing themselves, but they are killing others. And for that, they deserve to be mocked.
Is no one going to say anything about the Hon. Esteemed Probate Commissioner Yamashita's announcement of his retirement on Nov. 15th ?
If you're in that area of practice, you already know. If you aren't in that area of practice, his name probably won't mean much anyway. Hope they get someone appointed before his retirement date, because I don't much relish the idea of any of the current judges actually wading into probate while they dither about looking for a replacement.
Godspeed, Commissioner. May your retirement be free of last-second filings and two-week extensions.
The Commissioner has several months of unpaid vacation. The county can't fill his position until that time runs. How probate will function from November on is a mystery right now. It could be an ad hoc committee of pro tem commissioners changing from week to week. The judges may have to do it. It's going to be a mess.
The trouble with pro tems is that it really only works when the people who would sit are unlikely to have a case already scheduled in that court for that day. See, e.g. Small Claims referees. Right now I'm imagining a committee of Probate Section regulars trying desperately to coordinate calendars so that they can handle hearings on the few weeks they don't already have their own cases scheduled. It's only September. They are calendaring past his retirement date now. There are only 4 probate hearing dates between his retirement and the end of the year.
@9:52 Probate already is an unholy mess. Calendaring more than 60 days out on new Petition filings. If we need 2 commissioners, so be it. If we need to be rid a Commissioner because the probate judges are hearing stuff faster anyway, so be it. But Yamashita is leaving a mess in his wake.
We totally need two probate commissioners. Now would be the PERFECT time to appoint a new one who can try to keep things moving forward until a second one is appointed. The new one would not be a replacement for the present commissioner so we wouldn't have to wait for the vacation to be paid out. As far back as 3 years ago we could get probate hearings set 3 weeks out – it was great.
Yforce topples Gforce.
OMG, is Covid still a thing? Can we move on to something new? Where's WHO and Bill Gates when you need them? I'm thinking something that targets old white men primarily. Extra credit and gold stars if it makes his gonads shrink before killing him.
You are an absolute nutjob. Seek help.
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