(CNN) -- The video of Ray Rice knocking his then-fiancee Janay Palmer unconscious and then dragging her body out of an elevator brought the topic of domestic violence to the nation's attention. Unfortunately, the series of events in this case -- the initial abuse, then the victim-blaming, and the NFL's response -- is not unique to the hyper-masculine culture of the NFL, but is a microcosm of what … [Read more...]

A New Hampshire judge has caused fury in a small New Hampshire town after announcing that he plans to reduce the sentence of child molester who was convicted of sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl to just five years. Carroll County Judge David Garfunkel initially ordered Joshua Baud, 31, sentenced to 10 to 20 years - with a minimum of seven and a half years behind bars. He announced on … [Read more...]

Below is the Judicial Council's 10/03/14 response to CJE's 9/19/14 Demand Letter.   Original 10/03/14 Response from the Judicial Council (PDF) … [Read more...]

A scandal over pornographic emails being shared by employees at the attorney general's office spilled over to another department when it was revealed some porn emails were sent from a State Supreme Court Justice. The Allentown Morning Call reviewed 54 emails sent from Justice Seamus McCaffery's personal Comcast email address to an employee at the State Attorney General's Office and found at least … [Read more...]

CA Judicial Council OGC Managing Attorney Bob Buckley told us yesterday that we should have a written response to our Friday letter demanding a private meeting with the Chief Justice and a public hearing about the broken judiciary within a few days, so stay tuned folks!! Should be interesting to see what they do here... September 19 2014 The Honorable Tani Cantil-Sakauye Chair, … [Read more...]