Justice Eva Guzman, taker of cameo-style oval portraits, has replaced Scott Brister on the Texas Supreme Court, making her the first Latina to do so. Hurrah!
8 October 2009
29 September 2009
16 September 2009
Spanish Court Says Being Called An “Hijo De Puta” Is Not A Good Reason To Fire An Employee
By Alex Alvarez at 1:02 PM.
A Spanish court has ruled that having an employee call you a son of a bitch is not sufficient reason to fire him or her.
4 August 2009
30 July 2009
Air Force Goes Easy On Mark Sanford For Adultery “Crime”
By Alex Alvarez at 9:23 AM.
Mark Sanford, a captain in the Air Force Reserve, was scrutinized for the serious crime he committed. And, no, not the crime of having borrowed tax payer money in order to listen to Coldplay with an Argentine.
9 July 2009
Update On The Case Of Maxi Ratunamun, Ruhama Canellis’ (Alleged) Ex
By Alex Alvarez at 1:45 PM.
Maxi Ratunamun, the man who insists that ex Ruhama Canellis and her now-husband Alberto Cutié had attempted to get him deported, is now working with immigration lawyers in order to stay in the country.
7 July 2009
29 June 2009
Supreme Court Overturns “Racialist” Sotomayor Firefighter Decision
By Alejandro Paz at 5:00 PM.
The United States Supreme Court overturned that controversial New Haven, Connecticut firefighter’s exam ruling Judge Sonia Sotomayor and her colleagues made last year.
10 June 2009
Sonia Sotomayor: Hot Or Not?
By Alejandro Paz at 3:00 PM.
We know she’s wise, but frequent commenter Alejand weighs in on the hotness level of Obama’s Supreme Court Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
1 June 2009
Former CIA Operative Awarded One Billion Dollars For Emotional Suffering Caused By Che Guevara
By Alex Alvarez at 9:40 AM.
Miami-Dade judge Peter Adrien has awarded 73-year-old Gustavo Villoldo, a former CIA operative who had a hand in taking down Che Guevara, $1 billion following Villoldo’s claims that Fidel Castro and Guevara ruined his father’s businesses and drove him to suicide in 1959.
30 April 2009
Dominican Republic Bans Abortion, Feminists And Catholic Cardinals Weigh In
By Alex Alvarez at 2:15 PM.
The Dominican Republic has added a clause to its constitution stating that the right to live is “inviolable from birth until death,” this banning all forms of abortion. The clause also bolsters the country’s ban on the death penalty.
23 April 2009
Oh Good, We Hate Traffic: Dominican Amendment Bans Human Trafficking
By Alex Alvarez at 6:43 PM.
The Dominican Republic has added an amendment to its constitution that prohibits human trafficking in all its forms. Which is really such a step up from other countries’ proposed “Make Sex Trafficking Mandatory” amendments.
