Torn in the USA

A review of Someplace Like America: Tales from the New Great Depression. By Dale Maharidge, with photographs by Michael S. Williamson and a foreword by Bruce Springsteen. University of California Press, 2011. BY STEVEN PRESSMAN Economics is called the dismal science for good reason. But economists can be Pollyannas compared to journalists. Someplace Like America documents the […]

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L.A. Citizens for Constitutional Rights: Hundreds of Superior Court Judges in Los Angeles County (ADD TO LIST ANONYMOUSLY)

Hundreds of Superior Court Judges in Los Angeles County Did you know there are over 400 judges in Los Angeles County?  But, more than this fact, do you know how our tax dollars were being spent on these judges?  Take a look at an an April 2, 2009 article: http://www.atr.org/california-tax-hikes-paying-over-county-a3087#.  Yet, in October 2008, a court […]

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Corruption: Activists threaten to ground courts – Punch Newspapers

http://punchng.com/corruption-activists-threaten-ground-courts/ Chairman of the Forum, Mr. Wole Badmus said the excuse that the judges have not been convicted of the crimes they’ve been accused of is not tenable because the NJC has shown little interest in dealing with allegation of corruption among judges. He noted that the judges have to step aside or be suspended […]

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