This past November, Carolyn “Jiyoung” Park ran for LA County’s Superior Court as part of the county’s first-ever slate of progressive judicial candidates. A 20-year attorney with a background in labor and tenants’ rights law, she was recruited and vetted by several progressive political...
Prosecutors insist that cases should be routinely joined because it promotes judicial efficiency. But the real reason is that it prejudices the defendant. It may not prejudice the defendant enough to merit severance, but it always increases the chance the jury would decide the case on something ot...
It is important to point out that as in the case of other measures adopted by the Cuban government mentioned earlier, these actions continue the policies of Fidel and Raúl Castro, in which political and administrative decisions are made outside of the regime’s own judicial system. The same ...
Its administration is aided by the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana, the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board, and the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Louisiana. Louisiana has more than 9,000 soldiers in the Louisiana Army National Guard, including the 225th Engineer Brigade and the ...
His judicial caution made him a pathetic Attorney General. Despite warnings that justice delayed is justice denied, Garland failed to quickly investigate and prosecute Trump for his many obvious crimes. He waited nearly two years to name a special counsel, apparently hoping to avoid the appearance ...
“Judicial elections are absurd--people don’t know what they’re voting for. I want people to know what goes on when people are voting a certain way because a small group of people got on the phones and pressed a few buttons and got a few law-and-order jingles together.” ...
empowers the courts to decide disputes as to the law and contests as to elections. The authority for judicial review is basic to American democracy and it is wrong for Baker and others to denigrate it simply for the sake of political expediency. Whether they like it or not, the law is ...
Moving forward, ICE will have to obtain a judicial warrant to gain access to inmates for transfer into federal custody. In 2019, more than 11,500 ICE detainers were issued in Los Angeles County, home to the country's largest jail system. The subjects of the detainers had convictions for se...