Legal Commentary

Easter Sunday Open Thread

By Jeralyn

Is anyone online today? If so, and you've got something you want to talk about, here's the place. Some things in the news that caught my eye:

Hillary and Obama are resting up for the long haul. The Chicago Tribune says in the latest Rasmussen poll, there's something for everyone.

The Rezko trial is in recess until March 31, but Rezko is facing a new lawsuit over a house.

Former business partner and son of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad is accusing Rezko of taking ownership of Muhammad's house without his consent.

The lawsuit by Jabir Muhammad accuses Rezko of persuading Muhammad and his wife to put their home into trust with Rezko. The suit goes on to say that Rezko then took legal control of the home, which is in the Kenwood neighborhood.

I also found interesting this Boston Globe profile (pdf)of Barack Obama from January, 1990 when he was made Editor of the Harvard Law Review. A reader mentioned it in comments yesterday.

Rep. Barney Frank says we should decriminalize marijuana. As Instapundit says, don't count on support any time soon from Obama, Hillary or McCain. As I wrote last week, Obama is a serious flip-flopper on the issue.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on March 23, 2008 (boomark / email).