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A solid endorsement
I've been enjoying the new local blog Life at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center, which, along with Mark Bennett's blog, provides an interesting daily glimpse of life around the Harris County criminal courthouse. Given the twists and turns of...
Piling on Rosenthal
It's become fashionable around Houston to be critical of outgoing Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal. Frankly, much of the criticism is deserved. But given what Rosenthal has been going through in federal court over the past couple of days,...
On ham sandwiches and Texas Supreme Court Justices
The old saw is that a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich if asked to do so by the district attorney. However, in Houston, a grand jury will indict a Texas Supreme Court Justice even if the DA doesn't...
I wonder what she thinks about the guys over at the Masonic Temple?
Putting Chuck Rosenthal's troubles aside for a moment, does anyone else think it's time to clean house at the Harris County District Attorneys' Office?: Republican district attorney candidate Kelly Siegler told a judge last year that members of Houston's Lakewood...
The irony of what brought Rosenthal down
Isn't it ironic that tough-guy district attorney Chuck Rosenthal was ultimately brought down as a result of his refusal to stand up to the Harris County Sheriff's Department? As this Peggy O'Hare/Chronicle article reports, Rosenthal made the appalling decision to...
So Chuck, what did you plan on doing after public service?
About the only question remaining regarding Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal is whether his holiday season was as bad as the Aggies'? First, there were the revelations in a civil lawsuit that Rosenthal placed his former mistress in a...
Justice Medina's big problem
Well, you certainly don't see this everyday: The June fire that destroyed the Spring home of Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina was intentionally set, the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office ruled Wednesday. Investigators would not comment on a motive...
Handicapping the competition for the Texas Fifth Circuit Judgeships
David Lat of AbovetheLaw.com does a good job here of analyzing the various candidates for the two "Texas" Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals judgeships that will be opening soon with Judges Patrick Higginbotham and Harold DeMoss taking senior status. Houston...
Judge Gilmore blasts the Fifth Circuit
Don't expect U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore to be sending any holiday greeting cards to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals any time soon. In this unusually candid recusal order, Judge Gilmore accuses the appellate court of making an untrue...
A.M. Rosenthal, R.I.P.
A.M. "Abe" Rosenthal, the former editor of The New York Times for 17 years through the 1970's and 80's, died Wednesday at the age 84 from the effects of a stroke suffered two weeks ago. Probably the biggest story that...
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