Subject: Law

• Confused Voters, Stupid Congressmen

  How far do you have to go in trying to stomp on the huddled masses yearning to breathe free before even Congressman James Sensenbrenner, the man whose draconian immigration bill sparked all those protests, calls bullshit? As far as trying to gut part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. And unfortunately, three OC congressmen have decided to go that far. The Los Angeles Times reports that Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) is leading an effort to drop the provision in the 1965 act requiring some jurisdi

  May 6, 2006

• Putting the Right in Civil Rights

  Charlie Savage, the excellent Boston Globe reporter who broke the story of President Bush's governing-by-presidential-signing-statement trick, brings us more disturbing news. The Bush administration is quietly remaking the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, filling the permanent ranks with lawyers who have strong conservative credentials but little experience in civil rights, according to job application materials obtained by the Globe. The documents show that only 42 percent of the la

  July 23, 2006

• Another good reason to be rich

  Sure, there are plenty of good reasons to be rich– don't have to worry about the rising cost of living; the greater likelihood of attracting a pneumatic mate (or at least being able to afford to surgically alter your mate into a more pneumatic state, until a newer, pneumatic-er model comes along); etc., etc.– and now the Bush administration has given us one more. The rich are different from you and me, because the Bush administration doesn't particularly care whether they pay all the

  July 24, 2006

• Provisional, Proschmivisional

  Bitching and moaning about having to cast a provisional ballot is one thing. Ladera Ranch resident Marcy Allen just ringy-dingy'd the Weekly to complain that she could not vote AT ALL! Like a good little citizen, Allen arrived at her polling place right when it opened so, like a good little employee, she could vote and still make it to work on time. But while the poll workers were pleasant and kind, Allen reports that they had no ballots. They called somebody, who called somebody, who called so

  June 6, 2006

• You've Been Warned: Pacific Legal Foundation, CATO Institute come to Chapman

  Someone from the Chapman U Federalist Society asked that we notify our readers about the event we're going to notify you about in a couple secs. But, as we explained to the chap/chapette, we will not be able to notify readers in the print edition about this event because we got the notice from the Federalists a few minutes ago--and the hard copy this would appear in was printed the night before due to the early Best of OC deadlines. Of course, getting it to us Wednesday afternoon would be too la

  October 18, 2006

• OC Sex Inventions

  Inspired by an exhibit of sex inventions at the New York-based Museum of Sex, I thought I'd do a little trolling through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's online search for anything interesting coming out of our fair county. Anaheim inventor Wayne Manska was awarded patent #6,645,164 in 2003 for a "lingual vibration device" --- in English a tongue vibrator --- that "[causes] a user's tongue to rapidly, yet gently, vibrate during various oral sex acts such as cunnilingus." In his applicati

  November 9, 2007

• God Squad Blasts Congressman Royce

  No one ever criticizes Congressman Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) for the things he says because no one has ever heard him speak. But he apparently sends out emails that have caught the attention of a cross-denominational group of clergy folk who today sent Royce a letter asking him to stop using the phrase "Islamist terrorism." "As a diverse group of Southern California interfaith leaders, intellectuals and activists, we are deeply concerned by your continued use of inflammatory rhetoric linking Isl

  August 7, 2008

• Letters

  October 7, 1999

• We Already Hate Kids Here

  April 27, 2000

• Were All Victims Now!

  August 21, 2003

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  November 13, 2008

• Protect the Children, Sign Church's Petition to Ban Mormon Marriage

  When California's gay marriage legal debate gets tough, the tough get weirder: Universal Free Church has now launched a national petition drive to ban Mormon marriage.Mary Cristos, leader of the new, St. Louis-based "Free" religious denomination, says the UFC believes in "religious freedom and religious free speech for everyone, but religious fascism for no one." The church is all about personal freedom in one's own private life, with its lone Commandment stipulating, "At age 18 every UFC member

  March 27, 2009

• [Moxley Confidential] Clint McCall Gets His Man, Again

  March 12, 2009

• Is a Popular Legal Weapon Ending a South County Gang Rivalry, or Catching Bystanders in Its Net?

  January 29, 2009

• [Moxley Confidential] Sheriff Hutchens' Concealed-Weapon Policy Prompts Talk of Homosexual Plot

  October 16, 2008

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  March 20, 2008

• Caught in Violation of the Act

  WEB EXCLUSIVE! DAs report finds Capistrano Unified held illegal closed meetings

  October 11, 2007

• Now Take My Wife . . . Please

  August 22, 2002

• Andy Get Your Gun

  OC arms dealer with AK-47s, rocket launchers escapes prosecution

  March 15, 2007

• Letters

  'Dude, what were you thinking?'

  June 7, 2007

• Tony Baloney

  August 8, 2002

• A Snow Job Success

  December 7, 2006

• 'Showing 95-Year-Old Old Dick Isnt a Pretty Sight'

  October 6, 2005

• F. Yoo!

  February 10, 2005

• OC Law Enforcement 'Poisoned'

  Assemblyman Todd Spitzer questions the District Attorneys judgment, fairness

  October 7, 2004

• Putting the Con in Condo

  Councilwoman may have illegally converted apartments

  May 6, 2004

• Out of His Skull

  August 21, 2003

• Gag Order

  June 5, 2003

• Suspicious Minds

  April 10, 2003

• Bada Bing!

  November 28, 2002

• Scam Adams

  October 31, 2002

• No Times for a Mystery

  August 1, 2002

• Tori! Tori! Tori!

  July 18, 2002

• Missing Wives, Lousy Lies & Mob Ties

  July 11, 2002

• Lo Siento

  December 13, 2001

• Two Down, One to Go

  July 26, 2001

• Vote for Me, the SOB!

  May 31, 2001

• Night Drop

  May 10, 2001

• You Dont Wanna Be Dave

  February 22, 2001

• 'Where Is Edward Quinones?'

  November 23, 2000

• Rifling Victorias Drawers

  August 17, 2000

• Uncle Sham

  July 6, 2000

• Flaming the Fans

  June 29, 2000

• Testilying

  June 3, 1999

• Party's Not Over Yet

  April 30, 1998

• Rohrabacher: 'I Am Not a Homosexual'

  February 19, 1998

• Judge Finds Both For and Against OC Teacher of "Jesus Glasses" Fame

  Keith MayThe headline-grabbing lawsuit filed in 2007 by Chad Farnan, a senior at Capistrano Valley High, against history teacher James Corbett for allegedly expressing hostility towards Christianity in class, came to a close today, and it's still a little unclear who really won. The federal judge who issued the ruling found that there were dozens of instances where Farnan's First Amendment rights were not violated by Corbett's statements, and one instance in which they were. So essentially, Judg

  May 1, 2009

• The Wrong Profile

  October 19, 2000

• Tuesday is a Big Night for Darfur in Orange County

  Photo by Rev. Wilfredo Benitez for Orange County for DarfurMia Farrow may have ended her hunger strike for Darfur last week, but the spotlight remains on the lingering effects of genocide in the Sudan--at least in Orange County tomorrow night. Orange County for Darfur was formed in June 2007 to raise awareness among local residents and elected officials to the genocide, and the all-volunteer members have worked diligently to continue pressing their message ever since. Their next monthly planning

  May 11, 2009

• Judge: Capo Valley High Teacher Not Financially Liable for Anti-Christian Crack

  Photo by Keith May James CorbettA federal judge in Santa Ana has ruled that high school history teacher James Corbett--who former Weekly reporter Daffodil Altan wrote about here and here (with Gustavo Arellano on the latter)--is not financially liable for disparaging Christians in class. The scoop is in today's Orange County Register.

  September 16, 2009