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This Week’s Slap Down Ruling by the 9th Sends Government running to SCOTUS

August 7, 2025
#Justice

9th Circuit Slaps Down Government’s Attempt to Avoid Judge’s Temporary Restraining Order

August 5, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025 • ACLU

Federal Judge demonstrates the power of temporary restraining orders when the U.S. Constitution is violated

July 20, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025

Three Members of the LA County Sheriff’s Department Killed Friday Described as The Best of the Best.

July 18, 2025
#Documented/Undocumented • #ProtectingDueProcess

Mayor Bass & a list of mayors of So Cal cities join in federal civil rights lawsuit against Trump’s militarization of immigration

July 9, 2025
Civil Liberties

May your 4th of July weekend be a safe one, and may you find joy in these strange times.

July 4, 2025
Courts • Crime and Punishment • Government • Religion

Uneven Justice

June 16, 2007
4 Comments

Durham County D.A. Mike Nifong and Cardinal Roger Mahony Oh God, why is it so much easier to...

Uncategorized

Coming Monday: Hey George, Pardon Scooter–Now!!!

June 15, 2007
9 Comments

Supporters in strange places like WitnessLA.com Ladies and gentleman, cast aside all of your...

Government • Los Angeles Times • National Politics • War on Drugs

L.A.’s Dirty Laundry

June 15, 2007
5 Comments

A double-coupon day for the feds No, this isn’t another post about mayoral hormones. This...

Antonio Villaraigosa

Wear This, Antonio

June 14, 2007
14 Comments

The mayor and some constituents Let’s cut a deal with Mayor Villaraigosa. We’ll grant...

Los Angeles Writers

INTRODUCING…..the one, the only….Alan Mittelstaedt!

June 13, 2007
10 Comments

I’ll be holed up at Bennington College in Vermont for the next two weeks….working on...

Education • LAUSD

And today’s YOU’VE-GOT-TO-BE-KIDDING Award goes to….LAUSD. Again.

June 12, 2007
10 Comments

So, after shelling out roughly a $132 million for a computerized accounting and payroll system...

Courts • Crime and Punishment • Juvenile Justice

NO JUSTICE: The Genarlow Wilson Saga Continues

June 12, 2007
10 Comments

As of late yesterday afternoon, the fate of 21-year-old Genarlow Wilson was again thrown into a sad...

Courts • Crime and Punishment

Judge Orders Genarlow Wilson Freed – UPDATED

June 11, 2007
7 Comments

IN SOME TRULY HEARTENING NEWS that (hopefully) ends a maddening and tragic two-year legal farce...

ACLU • Civil Liberties • Immigration & Justice • LASD

ICE Deporting Americans? – UPDATED X2

June 11, 2007
16 Comments

Okay, this is a wild one: The So Cal ACLU says that the LA Sheriff’s Department together...

Crime and Punishment • Juvenile Justice

Cruel and Unusual (No, not Paris. The real thing)

June 9, 2007
8 Comments

While the known world was agog about Paris’ rashes and court sobbing, a genuine instance of...

Health Care

Feds Say Clean Up or Shut Down for MLK Hospital

June 8, 2007
38 Comments

Late yesterday, federal health officials told Los Angeles County and Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor...

Education • Green Dot • LAUSD

Shameless: The Battering of Locke High School

June 7, 2007
19 Comments

English teacher, Bruce William Smith, begins his Op Ed in today’s LA Times this way: “I...

Education • Green Dot • LAUSD

The Empire Strikes Back

June 6, 2007
3 Comments

(Sigh.) Just read it. I have little to add except a prolonged grinding of teeth. (For those...

Antonio Villaraigosa • Bill Bratton • Gangs • Government • LAPD • Police

Gangsters and Politicians, Part Deux – Bill & Antonio Do DC

June 5, 2007
6 Comments

So, Chief Bill Bratton and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa both testified before the Senate Judiciary...

Bill Bratton • Crime and Punishment • Gangs • Government • National Politics

Cheap Ticket to Tough Guy Status

June 5, 2007
17 Comments

They’re trying to act all bad. They live in fear of being called weak. They cultivate...

Bill Bratton • City Government • LAPD • Los Angeles Times • Police

Some Friendly Advice to the Councilmember: Get Over It.

June 4, 2007
13 Comments

Yesterday, several members of the LAPD’s command staff were worriedly blackberrying each...

Los Angeles Times • Los Angeles Writers • Media

Hell Freezes Over, LA Times-Style (UPDATED)

June 3, 2007
13 Comments

As many of you know, there has been a huge outcry over the graceless firing of much beloved LA...

ACLU • Civil Liberties • Education • Families

Please Don’t Cheer the Graduates!

June 2, 2007
14 Comments

Okay, I’m in the middle of another project, but I simply couldn’t let this AP story...

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