Nicholas Vaskov was selected as the new Henderson City Attorney, creating a job opening at the Nevada System of Higher Education. [RJ]
Is President Trump filling the judicial branch with extremists? [Las Vegas Sun]
Some undocumented immigrants separated from their children have ended up in Nevada. [LasVegasNow]
Last week, Lisa Rasmussen wrote this opinion piece about why the DA should stop disproportionately excluding minorities from juries. [TNI]
The U.S. Supreme Court handed out some decisions today including one on gerrymandering. More tomorrow and maybe a retirement announcement? [SCOTUSblog]
Try explaining the Merrick Garland fiasco to an average voter and you will get a blank stare. And when the television news media tried to explain it, people changed the channel – mostly to one of the many Kardashian shows.
The decline of the United States is in progress and its rate is accelerating. And like a frog in a pot being boiled to death, the average American is oblivious.
I concur with 11:45 AM. It is sad and difficult to accept, but we are witnessing the decline of the American Republic. There is almost nothing that you or I can do about it. The two parties are so obsessed with fucking each other over they are unwittingly willing to destroy the tapestry of democracy as a means to that end.
To align yourself with a political party is to allow others to do your thinking for you.
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Anonymous
June 25, 2018 6:32 pm
Trump appointing extremists to the bench in an effort to hijack the federal judiciary isn't new information. But very few seem to care. It's a far bigger, more sinister, and more wide-ranging problem than the separation of children from illegal aliens; but it does not create as many clicks or generate as much advertising revenue.
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Anonymous
June 25, 2018 11:44 pm
Blog is dead, killed by Trump and his Russian backers.
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Anonymous
June 26, 2018 12:10 am
"I can't believe there's a President who has sex with porn stars and wants a space army and I still hate him." @IanKarmel Saw this today and thought it was hilarious.
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Anonymous
June 26, 2018 2:56 pm
I would like to send Tuesday morning blessings to the RJC. Keep doing the Lord"s work by lying and corrupting cases for your personal gains. It all come out in the end.
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Anonymous
June 26, 2018 3:06 pm
I am disturbed by a former judge's actioms who I used to work for. I will not identify but she treated parties preferentially who were on her donor list. She would misapply the law and lie on the record. This judge should be reported.
Curious if it is Ellsworth….thought something was fishy at a hearing a few years back and did some post-hearing research, only time in my career I've researched a judge's donor lists after a hearing due to a "hunch", sure enough opposing counsel's firm was a heavy donor to her campaign.
So you are anonymous. Make your claim. Lay out the facts. Or send it to me and I will make the claim. You say its a current judge who is female. Just make the allegations. After all pretty much every female judge on the District Bench has gone through at least 3 law clerks so you will never be outed.
It takes guts to report judges on shit like this. I have a friend of mine who just filed one on one judge. It is pretty bad. I hope they do something. These judges are getting out of hand.
The RJC is a shithole. It is run by shithole, Betsey.
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Anonymous
June 26, 2018 8:06 pm
Researching a judge's donor list before a hearing is just doing your due diligence. Often, a judge shows a leaning toward someone they know and trust as a lawyer. Either way, this type of favoritism is hard to avoid. Only in big cities where the judges hardly know the lawyers and vica versa are you going to see less of this. However, a judge may decide it likes one party better or one lawyer better so is more receptive to their position. How do you avoid that?
Please God don't let anyone retire. Mitch McConnell stole one seat and we will see destruction for years to come.
Dean Heller was complicit. They've got to go.
Try explaining the Merrick Garland fiasco to an average voter and you will get a blank stare. And when the television news media tried to explain it, people changed the channel – mostly to one of the many Kardashian shows.
The decline of the United States is in progress and its rate is accelerating. And like a frog in a pot being boiled to death, the average American is oblivious.
I concur with 11:45 AM. It is sad and difficult to accept, but we are witnessing the decline of the American Republic. There is almost nothing that you or I can do about it. The two parties are so obsessed with fucking each other over they are unwittingly willing to destroy the tapestry of democracy as a means to that end.
To align yourself with a political party is to allow others to do your thinking for you.
Trump appointing extremists to the bench in an effort to hijack the federal judiciary isn't new information. But very few seem to care. It's a far bigger, more sinister, and more wide-ranging problem than the separation of children from illegal aliens; but it does not create as many clicks or generate as much advertising revenue.
Blog is dead, killed by Trump and his Russian backers.
"I can't believe there's a President who has sex with porn stars and wants a space army and I still hate him." @IanKarmel Saw this today and thought it was hilarious.
I would like to send Tuesday morning blessings to the RJC. Keep doing the Lord"s work by lying and corrupting cases for your personal gains. It all come out in the end.
I am disturbed by a former judge's actioms who I used to work for. I will not identify but she treated parties preferentially who were on her donor list. She would misapply the law and lie on the record. This judge should be reported.
So report the judge
Curious if it is Ellsworth….thought something was fishy at a hearing a few years back and did some post-hearing research, only time in my career I've researched a judge's donor lists after a hearing due to a "hunch", sure enough opposing counsel's firm was a heavy donor to her campaign.
Ellsworth is not a "former judge." Walsh or Vega, perhaps?
I'd rather not waste everybody's time making wild guesses at who someone was referring to in a purposefully cryptic post. Either report them or don't.
So he/she is a former judge now. Odd timing to be disturbed by something that happened in the past. Why report now and not back then?
Not a former judge. Judge I used to work for. My bad.
So you are anonymous. Make your claim. Lay out the facts. Or send it to me and I will make the claim. You say its a current judge who is female. Just make the allegations. After all pretty much every female judge on the District Bench has gone through at least 3 law clerks so you will never be outed.
It takes guts to report judges on shit like this. I have a friend of mine who just filed one on one judge. It is pretty bad. I hope they do something. These judges are getting out of hand.
The RJC is a shithole. It is run by shithole, Betsey.
Researching a judge's donor list before a hearing is just doing your due diligence. Often, a judge shows a leaning toward someone they know and trust as a lawyer. Either way, this type of favoritism is hard to avoid. Only in big cities where the judges hardly know the lawyers and vica versa are you going to see less of this. However, a judge may decide it likes one party better or one lawyer better so is more receptive to their position. How do you avoid that?