Yesterday a U.S district court rejected a motion to dismiss Michael Newdow’s recent case seeking to remove the phrase “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance. Judge Lawrence Karlton’s ruling is now available online via FindLaw. The judge granted legal standing to two families represented by Michael Newdow. Newdow is an atheist who unsuccessfully challenged […]
Doug Masson has been vigilant in reporting recent time zone developments and offers an updated map here.
In a lengthy post on “Local Government Reform,” Paul Musgrave explores problems and challenges facing local Indiana government. It concludes: If Indiana’s government institutions permitted it, a thoroughgoing reform of local government would be in order. The division of local government functions into ninety-two counties is neither necessary nor desirable. Officials whose duties are largely […]
Wednesday’s Editor & Publisher carries a surprising story by Joe Strupp titled, “Swapping Scoops: Every Night the ‘NY Times’ and ‘Wash Post’ Exchange Front Pages for the Following Day.” The article claims that more than 10 years ago the two major newspapers began a formal sharing in which each would send the other their next […]
WTWO of Terre Haute reports, “Terre Haute City Hall Won’t Become a Federal Building.” WTHI, also of Terre Haute, offers the following in a report titled, “Terre Haute Federal Court.” The verdict is in on the federal court for Terre Haute. The announcement came Tuesday afternoon that the district court will be shut down at […]
The Indiana Court of Appeals has released six new opinions online today: In Re: N.W. Herschel Allen Barnett, II v. State of Indiana Darryl Jones v. State of Indiana Ricky Westray, et al v. Delores Wright, et al Duane E. Baber v. State of Indiana David Paul Clark v. State of Indiana Meanwhile the 7th […]
The Louisville Courier-Journal reports, “Indiana court suspends Washington prosecutor” and The Indianapolis Star has an article headlined, “Washington County prosecutor suspended.” Washington County Prosecutor Cynthia L. Winkler was suspended from practicing law for 120 days over a dispute that began when a chief deputy prosecutor tore a page of notes from a defense attorney’s pad […]
The Indianapolis Star carries an op-ed today by Andrea Neal titled, “Schools must squeeze in one day for Constitution.” Ms. Neal is referencing the federal holiday established last year to recognize the ratification of the United States Constitution. The law establishing the holiday was created in 2004 with the passage of an amendment by Senator […]
Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti announced Tuesday he has filed 34 charges of negligent homicide against the husband and wife co-owners of a nursing home in St. Bernard Parish near New Orleans where 34 people drowned in flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina. Foti said St. Rita’s Nursing Home had an evacuation plan that was not […]
The Indiana Supreme Court released two new opinions today. In Tommy R. Pruitt v. State of Indiana Justice Boehm delivered the opinion of the Court: Tommy Pruitt was charged with the murder of Deputy Daniel Starnes of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department. The prosecutor sought the death penalty based on the fact that the victim […]
