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Blog Entries by Judge H. Lee Sarokin from 10/2010

Failing to Distinguish What We Have a Right to Do -- From the Right Thing to Do

| Posted 10.05.2010
Read More: Second Amendment, Free Speech, First Amendment, Q'uran Burning, Rutgers Suicide, Westboro Baptist Church, Religious Freedom, Pastor Jones, Gun Rights, Funeral Protest, News

I am a staunch supporter of the First Amendment. But having the right to do something brings with it a certain responsibility for common sense and fairness.

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Prosecutorial Misconduct Documented in Northern California Innocence Project Report

| Posted 10.11.2010
Read More: Prosecutor Misconduct, Criminal Justice, Innocence Project, Prosecutor Abuses, Northern California Innocence Project, News

In most cases, despite a finding of misconduct, convictions were permitted to stand, and rarely was the misconduct reported or disciplined, even though some prosecutors were repeat offenders.

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Who Are the Culprits in the Foreclosure Crisis: The Lenders, The Borrowers or the Congress?

| Posted 10.17.2010
Read More: Foreclosures, Angelo R. Mozilo, Foreclosure Procedures, Foreclosure Moratorium, False Notarizations, Countrywide Financial, News

We should do everything humanly and economically possible to aid those who are in danger of losing their homes, but failing that, the dire and sad consequences of a foreclosure are inescapable.

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Should Justice Thomas Recuse or Resign Based on His Wife's Conduct?

| Posted 10.21.2010
Read More: Ginni Thomas, Judicial Bias, Justice Thomas, Recusal, Judicial Misconduct, Health Care Legislation, Campaign Contributions, News

To my knowledge, no other Supreme Court spouse has ever placed a sitting Justice in this awkward position.

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