Islamic law has been officially adopted in Britain, with sharia courts given powers to rule on Muslim civil cases.The government has quietly sanctioned the powers for sharia judges to rule on cases ranging from divorce and financial disputes to those involving domestic violence.
How about judicial appointments?
Let's see what Sarah Palin's record says.
...a review of the applications of the judges she named suggests that her appointments have been based on merit, not politics, and reflect a range of experience in criminal defense, criminal prosecution and civil practice.
Overlawyered reminds us of a post they made after Batman Begins.
There should never have been a Dark Knight - Bruce Wayne should should have been bankrupt or jailed...or both.
January 16, 1919 - Eighteenth Amendment Ratified, Authorizing Prohibition
The Eighteenth Amendment is ratified, mandating nationwide prohibition of the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors in the U.S. within one year. In 1933, the Eighteenth Amendment will become the only amendment to be repealed, when the Twenty-First Amendment -- specifically invalidating the Eighteenth Amendment and leaving regulation of alcohol largely to the individual states -- is ratified.
"leaving regulation ... largely to the individual states" - wow, what a radical idea. Too bad the framers of the Constitution didn't think of that.
Oh wait, they did.
January 16, 1919 - Eighteenth Amendment Ratified, Authorizing Prohibition
The Eighteenth Amendment is ratified, mandating nationwide prohibition of the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors in the U.S. within one year. In 1933, the Eighteenth Amendment will become the only amendment to be repealed, when the Twenty-First Amendment -- specifically invalidating the Eighteenth Amendment and leaving regulation of alcohol largely to the individual states -- is ratified.
"leaving regulation ... largely to the individual states" - wow, what a radical idea. Too bad the framers of the Constitution didn't think of that.
Oh wait, they did.
After the murders at Virginia Tech,
At least one legal advertiser has bought Google AdSense words in quest of victim families.
Via Overlawyered