If You Are Taking The Bar Exam…

…and trying to figure out how to relax about it, check out Legal Andrew’s blog.

Though religion isn’t emphasized on my blog often, he made a good point.

Read it here.

I Don’t Know If Justice Was Served, But…

Paris is back in jail. The sentence seems light, but at least she will be required to complete most of it.

Thankfully, this mockery of the judicial system seems to be over. That’s good news because I’m tired of hearing about the Hilton family and their issues.

I don’t envy her, but I’m sure there are many people who would trade places with Ms. Hilton, current problems included.

Lack of Justice

I typically avoid writing about worthless psuedo-celebrities on this site, but today, Paris Hilton has gotten the best of me.

After serving only five days of her 45-day sentence, she has been sent home due to “medical problems.” Perhaps her alcoholic intake has caused liver problems.

I am not as naive as I once was, but I still have some growing up to do. And those who released Paris from jail last night have helped me in that area. It is important to understand that only 2 weeks after one of my closest childhood friends was killed by a drunk driver that Paris will be allowed to continue driving drunk with no consequence.

What does this say about the system? More importantly; what does this say about America?

The only lesson to be learned from this situation is that those with money, irresponsible and life-threatening or not, can buy themselves out of any crime.

Thank you for the lesson Paris. And while I’m at it, I want to thank O.J. too.

Obstruction of What Justice?

I fail to see how it is anywhere near remotely possible for I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby to have been charged with Obstruction of Justice and Perjury this afternoon (http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/06/cia.leak/index.html ). In order to obstruct justice or commit perjury you have to intentionally, willingly, misrepresent facts in a manner such that it interferes with a federal investigation. Let’s be clear here: The 2004 Grand Jury probe which led to Libby’s eventual criminal charges was an investigation as to whether or not Libby might have breached the Intelligence Identities Protection Act (1982) (http://foi.missouri.edu/bushinfopolicies/protection.htm ), meaning that Libby was placed under oath accused of recognizing Valerie Plame’s undercover status, and intentionally trying to oust her as a CIA agent. The fact Tim Russert wasn’t the first person to tell Libby about Plame has absolutely nothing to do with a breach of IIPA, in fact Libby could have told them that he learned about Valerie Plame from Snoop Dog or the Dalai Lama and it wouldn’t have made half a difference. Either way it doesn’t prove that he was retaliating against Plame because her husband wrote an Op Ed in the New York Times disagreeing with President Bush. Unless there is some small print at the bottom of the IIPA that says misremembering a person’s name has something to do with intentionally ousting a covert operative, I’m having difficulty trying to figure out how Libby meant to obstruct the grand jury which questioned him.