By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The public’s zero tolerance for NFL football players involved in physical abuse seems to have spilled over into the judiciary where U.S. District Judge Mark E. Fuller of Alabama was charged with striking his wife in a luxury hotel in Atlanta last month. The New York Times reports that the judge…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal judge rejected a lawsuit against the FBI that alleges the agency unlawfully spied on Orange County Muslims in California, the Los Angeles Times reports. U.S. District Court Judge Cormac Carney wrote that “the state secrets privilege may unfortunately mean the sacrifice of individual liberties for the sake of national security.”…
Barbara McQuade has been the U.S. Attorney in Detroit since January 2010. By Barbara L. McQuade Detroit Free Press Guest Writer DETROIT — As the Free Press’ “Living with Murder” series has vividly illustrated, reducing homicide and violent crime in Detroit is essential to improving our quality of life. Even those who live outside…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — As his 10-year term comes to an end, rumors and speculation are popping up as to what FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III will do in life. People who know Mueller say one thing is for certain: He won’t be getting a white belt and white shoes and heading…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The message is clear: Even hatemongers have Constitutional rights. The Chicago Tribune reports that a federal judge has tossed out the conviction in Chicago of white supremacist William White who posted personal information on his website about a jury foreman who helped convict a fellow white supremacist in 2004. A jury…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — John Hinckley Jr., the Jodie Foster-obsessed gunman who shot President Reagan in 1981, wants more unsupervised visits to his mother’s home in Virginia, according to a court filing on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Washington. The court papers filed by attorney Barry Levine asks a federal judge to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Atlanta U.S. District Judge Jack Camp, who embarrassed the judiciary and created a scandal by buying drugs for a stripper he was having an affair with, was sentenced Friday to 30 days in prison and 400 hours of community service, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The paper reported that Senior U.S. District…
Malcolm Wilkey certainly made his mark on our federal law enforcement and judicial system. By Matt Schudel Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON –– Malcolm R. Wilkey, 90, a retired Justice Department official, federal judge and ambassador who led the 1992 investigation into the scandal surrounding the internal bank of the U.S. House of Representatives, died…
