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  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Disabled Californians Have No Right to Smoke Weed, Federal Court Rules

    This isn't exactly surprising, seeing as how marijuana remains illegal under federal law despite having been legalized for medicinal purposes in more than 15 states. But yesterday,a three-judge panel with of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against the citie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Bush-Appointed Federal Judge Tosses Out Defense of Marriage Act

    ​During the five months when gay marriage was legal in California in 2008, Karen Golinski, a staff attorney for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals--the most liberal court in America--married her long-time girlfriend, Amy Cunninghis, and attempted to enroll Cunninghis in her federal medical insuran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    James Corbett, "Jesus Glasses" Teacher, Wins Divine Non-Intervention of U.S. Supreme Court

    James Corbett​The U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to hear an appeal in Capistrano Valley High School's "Jesus Glasses" case.That means the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision last year that exonerated European history teacher James Corbett stands.The end!

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Let Them Eat (a Gay Wedding) Cake: Gay Activists Get Their Valentine's Day on at Orange County Courthouse

    ​Linda May said it took her a long time to bake the "domestic partnership" cake she displayed Tuesday outside the Orange County Courthouse at 211 W. Santa Ana Blvd. in downtown Santa Ana.She said the cake is symbolic of the gay community's efforts to overturn laws against same-sex marriage. " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    What We Learned, Feb. 4-10

    ​It's a week worth of bite-size Orange County news and what it all taught us.FEB. 4: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange reveals on its website that it is accepting from parishoners new names for Crystal Cathedral through Feb. 20. Bishop Tod Brown's only requirement is that the new moniker be "C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    [UPDATED With New Celebration Location:] Court Strikes Down Proposition 8; Celebration in Downtown Santa Ana Tonight!

    UPDATED, FEB. 7, 4:30 P.M.:The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday struck down California's ban on same-sex marriage.A three-judge panel ruled 2-1 that Proposition 8, which limits marriage to one man and one woman and was approved by voters in 2008, violates equal protection rights u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Chuck Smith on Proposition 8 Ruling: "Absolutely Tragic"

    ​Pastor Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel today led off his daily radio program Pastor's Perspective not with a prayer, but a protest. Smith referred to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals striking down California's ban on same-sex marriage as "absolutely tragic", and wond ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Proposition 8 Ruling to Come Tuesday

    ​The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday is expected to release a decision on Proposition 8, the state's same-sex marriage ban approved by voters in 2008.U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, who is now retired, ruled in 2010 that the ban violated federal equal protection rights for gay and les ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Deputy Claims PTSD After Burger King Ex-Con Spits on His Whopper

    ​The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit weighed in today in the case of a sheriff's deputy who claims severe emotional trauma after two ex-cons working the drive-thru at a Burger King added an extra ingredient during his late-night burger break.Suspecting the fast-food employees ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    President Barack Obama Wins Again! Birthers Orly Taitz and Wiley Drake Lose Appellate Bid

    ​Barack Obama does not have to go to court to prove to Orange County's Orly Taitz and the Rev. Wiley Drake and seven other Southern Californians that he was natural born and eligible to be president of the United States, a federal appeals court ruled today. One reason a three-judge panel of the U ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Oracle Corporation Slammed By Federal Court For Cheating Employees

    Stotler​A high-ranking federal court handed good news today to California's labor pool.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has overturned an Orange County Republican federal judge who'd granted Oracle Corporation summary judgement against employees who claimed the company had systemati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Quick Ruling for Gay Marriage in California Expected Despite Today's Prop 8 Ruling

    ​The California Supreme Court ruled today that gay marriage foes can fight the reversal of Prop 8.Because the offices of the governor and state attorney general refuse to defend the same-sex marriage ban, legal scholars such as UC Irvine School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky had opined that Prop 8 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Court Orders Immediate End to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

    ​A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled today the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy must be immediately lifted.The legal battle over the 20-year-old policy is still being played out in courts, but the justices say it must end now that the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    [UPDATED with NMA Video:] Supreme Court Overturns State Ban on Sales and Rentals of Violent Video Games to Kids

    NMA.TV​UPDATE, JUNE 28, 2:50 P.M.: Next Media Animation, the largest full-service animation studio in Asia and subsidiary of Hong Kong's largest publicly listed print media company, is getting faster at turning around animated video on news stories around the world.Take Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    [BREAKING:] Judge's Right to Rule on Prop. 8 Affirmed

    ​The chief federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that his retired colleague Vaughn Walker was under no legal obligation to step aside from ruling on California's same-sex marriage ban because he is a gay man.Walker ruled in August that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Appeals Court Upholds Injunction Against Arizona's Controversial SB 1070 Immigration Law

    If you don't like the ruling, turn your screen upside down.​A federal appeals court today upheld a lower court decision that blocked the most contested provisions of Arizona's controversial SB 1070 immigration law from taking effect. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    [UPDATED] Souhair Khatib, Who Had Her Hijab Removed in OC Jail, Wins Appeal, Can Sue County

    ​UPDATE, MARCH 16, 9:59 A.M.: Here is a link to the actual Ninth Circuit appeals court decision:Khatib v. County of OrangeUPDATE, MARCH 15, 4:24 P.M.: A Muslim woman who claims her constitutional rights were violated when Orange County sheriff's deputies forced her to remove her headscarf while ... More >>

  • News

    January 13, 2011

    Mike Carona: No More Excuses

    [Moxley Confidential] Federal Appeals Court upholds the ex-sheriff's conviction, and he's finally headed to prison

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Ninth Circuit Upholds Sheriff Mike Carona's Corruption Conviction

    Teflon Mikey loses his magic​Orange County's long, disgusting law enforcement nightmare is finally over.Disgraced ex-Sheriff Mike Carona, once absurdly hailed as "America's sheriff" by CNN's Larry King, is going to federal prison.This morning an all Republican panel of federal judges at the Ninth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Proposition 8 Ruling: One Challenge Rejected, Another Bounced Back to State Supreme Court

    ​In at least a partial setback for the h8rs, the Los Angeles Times reports that a federal appeals court has rejected Imperial County's challenge to Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling that California's Proposition 8 ballot initiative, which banned same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional.The 9th Circuit Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Prop 8 Backers Want Their Rainbow Flags Back

    It's mine!​When Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, an anti-gay/pro-straight marriage proponent with the San Diego-based Ruth Institute made her way into a recent Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hearing on Prop 8, she wore a rainbow-colored scarf around her neck.No, Morse was not switch-hitting. She wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Souhair Khatib, Who Had Her Hijab Removed in OC Jail, to Get Her Day in Appeals Court

    ​The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a new hearing in the case of a Muslim woman who claims her constitutional rights were violated when Orange County sheriff's deputies forced her to remove her headscarf while she was being held in a courthouse holding facility.Chief Judge Alex Kozin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    OC Federal Judge Rebuked in Defective Land Rover Cases

    Bad geometry?​Bad news for Land Rover.A federal appeals panel this morning reversed the ruling of an Orange County-based federal judge who had denied class action status in a consumer protection case against the British manufacturer, which allegedly sold defective vehicles.According to the Ninth C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    California Gay Marriages Banned Indefinitely

    ​So much for Prop 8 backers not having any standing.A three-judge federal appeals court put same-sex weddings in California on hold indefinitely moments ago while it considers the constitutionality of the state's gay marriage ban.

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    UPDATED: Prop 8 Judge: Same-Sex Weddings Can Resume ... on Wednesday

    Law.UCI.eduChemerinsky​UPDATE: The dean of the UCI Law School does not see grounds for an appeal of the stay against gay weddings in California (see below) . . . U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker in San Francisco today lifted the stay on same-sex marriages in California--beginning ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Prop 8 is Enough: Five Gay Comic Book Couples Who Should Tie the Knot

    Marvel Comics/David LaFuente Garcia​Sure, the repeal of Proposition 8 is a major political and legal victory for gay rights, but it pales in comparison to a much more significant event in LGBT equality. An affectionate gay couple made the cover of a Spider-Man comic! And we're not talking abo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Prop 8 Overturned

    ​UPDATE: More details on tonight's celebratory rally (see end of post) . . .In a landmark case, Proposition 8, the 2008 California voter initiative that outlawed gay marriage, was overturned. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco ruled that the voter initiative is unconstitution ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Dishonest Mailman Tries Lame Excuse

    It's from Aunt Edna!​Have you ever wondered about missing mail--say a birthday card from your favorite, wealthy aunt in Texas?Let's hope that Southern California postal delivery man Henry Lee Monday didn't serve your neighborhood.Monday liked to open mail containing cash, pocket the dough and tras ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    OC Real Estate Developer Trick to Gouge Taxpayers Fails

    Irvine Co. perfected tactic fails this time​After a state regulatory agency ordered an Orange County real estate developer to pay for the toxic contamination cleanup costs in December 2005 on its property in Huntington Beach, the developer sold the property to another state agency and then attempt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Ninth Circuit Okays 19 Cents Per Hour Pay

    Get back to work​The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit this morning rejected the notion that federal inmates who work must be paid "fair wages" or their constitutional rights are violated. 

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    One More "Airplane!" Scene Now Dated

    ​No-nonsense, double-sunglassed chief pilot Rex Kramer (Robert Stack) shoves, punches and tosses donation solicitors--including a Hare Krishna (David Leisure)--blocking his path at a busy airport in the 1980 comedy Airplane!Like much of the flick's now-dated humor (Airplane! was the best motion pi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Domino's Calls Out Papa John's

    A while back, Papa John's claimed they used better ingredients in their pizzas than Pizza Hut. Pizza Hut sued them and won a judgment that Papa John's couldn't use the slogan "Better Ingredients. Better Pizza." because it falsely implied that the competition's ingredients were not fresh or wholesome ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Supposedly Broke Orly Taitz Appeals Santa Ana Case

    John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​When she's not posting copies of the President's late mother's social security card and asking newly elected Republican senator Scott Brown to sign on her lawsuit against Barack Obama, Laguna Niguel's Orly Taitz has lately taken to peppering her blog with statements like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Delayed YouTube Telecast of Prop 8 Trial OK'd (For Now)

    ​While Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker rejected a bid by media organizations to televise the Prop 8 trial proceedings live, groups pushing for the broadcasts are somewhat consoled court-operated cameras in his courtroom will be allowed to operate for delayed release on YouTube. And th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    Spain, Chapman University Debaters Are Out to Get John Yoo

    So the big question when John Yoo speaks at Chapman University next week about presidential power is: Will he be shackled? Probably not, seeing as how this is not Spain, but were Orange within the Iberian Peninsula nation and NATO ally, he'd be under criminal indictment for sanctioning torture at Gu ... More >>

  • Columns

    August 7, 2008

    [¡Ask a Mexican!®] A Short History of Comics In Mexico

    So the big question when John Yoo speaks at Chapman University next week about presidential power is: Will he be shackled? Probably not, seeing as how this is not Spain, but were Orange within the Iberian Peninsula nation and NATO ally, he'd be under criminal indictment for sanctioning torture at Gu ... More >>

  • Columns

    May 8, 2008

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    So the big question when John Yoo speaks at Chapman University next week about presidential power is: Will he be shackled? Probably not, seeing as how this is not Spain, but were Orange within the Iberian Peninsula nation and NATO ally, he'd be under criminal indictment for sanctioning torture at Gu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2008

    Resentencing for another Sheriff Carona felon/pal

    In May 2006, OC Weekly broke the news that then-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona had allowed fellow con man Joseph M. Medawar to film the county's top secret anti-terrorism training procedures three years earlier. (See "Department of Homeland Stupidity.") A native of Lebanon, Medawar used the foota ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2006

    Think for Yourselves, Young Folks, so Long as You Think Like Me

    You know what's funny? We ask our young adults to throw themselves into the youth versions of established adult institutions—your governmental bodies, your newspapers, etc.—but when the kids dare express dissent or themselves in a way that rubs the ruling class the wrong way, the adult o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2006

    Hair of the Dog: Not just for hangovers or hot dogs anymore

    When it comes to the Bush administration, it's not so much that rules are made to be broken, it's that rules are made so laws can be broken. The administration issues rules on "interrogations" of "detainees" that violate international law and various treaty obligations. And rules on wiretapping that ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 22, 2005

    a Clockwork Orange

    When it comes to the Bush administration, it's not so much that rules are made to be broken, it's that rules are made so laws can be broken. The administration issues rules on "interrogations" of "detainees" that violate international law and various treaty obligations. And rules on wiretapping that ... More >>

  • News

    March 4, 2004

    After This, Tomatoes

    In a better world, Dr. Philip A. Denney wouldnt have to dedicate his practice to pot

  • News

    September 25, 2003

    Pete Wilson on Steroids

    Cruz Bustamante on Arnold Schwarzenegger, the GOP and John and Ben

  • Columns

    September 25, 2003

    Ring of Ire

    Cruz Bustamante on Arnold Schwarzenegger, the GOP and John and Ben

  • Columns

    September 25, 2003

    Smug As a Bug in a Rug

    Republicans, reporters preen, groom selves at congratulatory LA bash

  • News

    June 20, 2002

    Ashcroft Hypes a Dirty Bomber

    Republicans, reporters preen, groom selves at congratulatory LA bash

  • Features

    March 7, 2002

    Made in Newport Beach

    How Chris Cox helped produce the Enron scandal

  • News

    June 14, 2001

    Reg Squawks as Box Blocks Cox!

    Case study of a flip-flop-flip at The Orange County Register

  • Features

    September 14, 2000

    Kevin Barry Artt

    Case study of a flip-flop-flip at The Orange County Register

  • News

    December 3, 1998

    Computer Clemency

    Net serves death-penalty foes well

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