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Stephen Fry On A Generation Of Technophobic Judges

8:45AM February 10, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

Stephen Fry, the British comedian and actor, is a fully-fledged geek. Now, in an interview with the BBC, he has lashed out at a generation of technophobic judges who don’t understand the internet. More »


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Judge Snaps Phone Urinal Shot Of Stranger, Attempts Cop-Biting

8:20AM July 7, 2011 | Sam Biddle

When you go to the bathroom, you don’t expect to have someone walk in and take a picture of you while you’re midstream. You definitely don’t expect that person to be a judge. This Florida man must have been surprised! More »


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Supreme Court Confused About Tech? Not All Of Them!

10:05PM April 21, 2010 | Joel Johnson

Befuddled old judges? Not quite! Turns out Roberts is “the strongest proponent of Fourth Amendment protection” in City of Ontario v Quon, a case that will affect the future of privacy for electronic communications. It’s not a bad question! [DCDicta]


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Guy Rots In Jail For Starting Spam Campaign Against Judge

10:48AM April 9, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Meet Kevin Trudeau. Kevin’s a nice guy – he’s an author, product pitchman and convicted felon – and he’s currently spending 30 days in jail for encouraging people to send emails to a federal judge. Turns out that’s illegal. More »


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Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee Knows Stuff About Computers

1:00AM May 28, 2009 | John Herrman

Pundits have framed President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, as a judicial equivalent to her predecessor. Not quite: Justice Souter is a proud luddite who has never owned a computer. Sotomayor, on the other hand, is a nerd.

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