Louisiana has a mandatory retirement age for state judges; they can’t serve after they attain age 70. Voters defeated a measure to repeal that law on November 4. At the same time, voters in Orleans Parish re-elected Criminal Court Judge … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2014
Doug McIntyre hosts “McIntyre in the Morning” on Los Angeles talk radio station KABC, and has a twice-weekly column in the Los Angeles Daily News, which appears in other California newspapers as well. His November 8 column advocates that California … Continue reading
The Los Angeles Times has this op-ed by Matt Parker, who is originally from Australia and who is now a stand-up comedian in London, and a lecturer at the University of London on mathematics, and author of “Things to Make … Continue reading
Although California still has many uncounted ballots, it appears likely that only 8,000,000 persons voted in the November 4, 2014 election. If so, that would mean only 44.9% of the registered voters participated. California has never before had a gubernatorial … Continue reading
On Wednesday, November 12, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v State, 13-895. Here is a New York Times story explaining the issue in the case. The Alabama Legislative Black Caucus filed the lawsuit to overturn … Continue reading