Judge Wapner

Better Or Worse Than Expected

... tax returns? Too complicated. Don’t get it. Don’t care. He’ll protect our borders, bring back jobs, and boost the economy. Just look at the market: record levels, roaring since his election. And, OK, the travel ban’s a bust. And, yeah, a hot-to-trot bid to repeal Obamacare is cooled. And Gallup tracking shows his disapproval rating jumped eight points, from 45 percent to 53 percent, since he took office. You thought it’d be worse, huh. He’s still pushing the wall and says design is underway. He ordered a civilian federal employee hiring freeze and put a five-year lobbying ban on executive branch appointees. And, come on, tapping respected jurist Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court had to calm qualms of those who feared he’d pick Judge Wapner or David Duke. So, maybe not as bad as thought. And as for the but-Trump’s-crazy crowd, we have courts and Congress to prevent rash action such as, let’s say, going to war with California should it complete the process of becoming its own country. (Like it’s not already.). Still, it’s unsettling to hear a sitting president ...

The Twists And Turns Of Trump’s First Month

... people verify it. This gets me to the media as America’s enemy, something I find confusing. Did he mean all media offer fake news and here are a few examples? Or did he mean only the outlets listed are fake news media? Some clarity would help. As would some perspective — such as suggested by American historian Alexis Coe in last Sunday’s (failing?) New York Times Magazine. Writing about presidential biographies, Coe notes that when Chester A. Arthur became president (1881), it was thought his administration would be defined by “unprecedented greed and corruption, full of woefully underqualified appointees lacking any experience in government.”. Turns out, she writes, Arthur championed civil-service reform over patronage and left office liked and respected. She suggests reading presidential biographies not because they say all will be OK but because they show nothing ever really was OK. She also ...

Joseph Wapner, Star Of 'the People's Court,' Dead At 97

... at saving time for trial participants. A 1971 Los Angeles Times article described his steps to streamline jury selection or even dispense with juries altogether by increasing the number of cases heard solely by a judge chosen to be acceptable to both sides in the case. His courtroom was also used in 1971 in a brief test of a system to videotape trials to save on the cost of making a trial transcript. Wapner said he was often amazed at the lengths people would go to to prove a point: "A woman bought a birthday cake for her daughter for $9. She said it was moldy, and the baker offered to refund only $4.50. She picketed the bakery for six hours, then filed the claim. I found against the baker for $9.". He generally turned down guest shots on other shows, saying, "I'm not an actor, I'm a judge.". Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, ...

Electronic Media Searches At Border Crossings Raise Worry

... businessman from Anaheim, California, told the AP that he was stopped by agents in Los Angeles last week as he was boarding a plane to Saudi Arabia to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. They asked him to unlock his phone without telling him why. Elsharkawi, a Muslim, said he refused because he didn't want the male agents to see photos of his wife with her head uncovered. When he asked for a lawyer, the agents detained him, handcuffed him and interrogated him for four hours before he agreed to unlock the device for a female agent, he said. He was then released and his phone was returned after the female Homeland Security officer checked his email, photos and e Bay and Amazon accounts. Elsharkawi, 34, was born in Saudi Arabia to Egyptian parents. He came to the U. S. in 2004 and became a U. S. citizen in 2012. "I was already nervous before and ...

People's Court Judge Joseph Wapner Dies At 97

... dropped his bid for that position. Viola Davis, Mahershala Ali win Oscars. Viola Davis made history on Sunday with her Academy Award win, becoming the first black actor to win an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony. Davis received the best support actress Academy Award for her turn in Fences; this is her first Oscar. Moonlight's Mahershala Ali won the evening's first Academy Award, for best supporting actor, while O. J.: Made in America won for best documentary and The Salesman for best foreign language film. The ceremony is hosted by late night host Jimmy Kimmel. Trump declines to attend White House Correspondents' Dinner. In the latest volley of his war on the press, President Trump tweeted Saturday evening that he will break with decades of tradition to skip the White House Correspondents' Dinner, which is scheduled for April 29. "I will not be attending the White House Correspondents' Association ...

Conservative Activist James O'keefe To Release Cnn Tapes

... 1:12 PM. NEW YORK (AP) - Conservative activist James O'Keefe on Thursday released what he said are 119 hours of raw audio secretly recorded inside CNN's Atlanta headquarters in 2009. The audio was recorded and provided to O'Keefe's website, Project Veritas, by a source he didn't identify. His organization promoted the tapes as exposing journalistic lapses at CNN. One excerpt reveals that CNN did not include a particular poll in its reporting eight years ago. However, it is common for news organizations to be discerning about which polls they choose to report on. "We don't know everything that's on the tapes. We've listened to a fraction of them," O'Keefe said during a phone interview Thursday, adding that the process of sifting through them continues. He did not explain the yearslong delay in the tapes' release, but said the source had approached his organization "in recent weeks.". The audio was initially posted online for only a few minutes Thursday ...

Joseph Wapner, Star Of 'the People's Court,' Dead At 97

... Oct. 22, 1986. (AP Photo/Galbraith). LOS ANGELES (AP) - Joseph Wapner, the retired Los Angeles judge who presided over "The People's Court" with steady force during the heyday of the reality courtroom show, died Sunday at age 97. Son David Wapner told The Associated Press that his father died at home in his sleep. Joseph Wapner was hospitalized a week ago with breathing problems and had been under home hospice care. "The People's Court," on which Wapner decided real small-claims from 1981 to 1993, was one of the granddaddies of the syndicated reality shows of today. His affable, no-nonsense approach attracted many fans, putting "The People's Court" in the top five in syndication at its peak. Before auditioning for the show, Wapner had spent more than 20 years on the bench in Los Angeles, first in Municipal Court and then in Superior Court. At one time he was ...

Judge Orders R&b Singer Chris Brown To Stay Away From Ex

... > >. Sunday, February 26 2017 8:23 PM EST 2017-02-27 01:23:37 GMT. The federal prison population is on the decline, but a new attorney general who talks tough on drugs and crime and in favor of private prisons could usher in a reversal of that trend. More > >. Sunday, February 26 2017 8:13 PM EST 2017-02-27 01:13:48 GMT. California water authorities will cut the outflow from a dam to allow workers to remove debris piled at the base of its main spillway. More > >. Sunday, February 26 2017 8:13 PM EST 2017-02-27 01:13:36 GMT. Police say more than 100 headstones have been vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, damage discovered less than a week after similar vandalism in Missouri. More > >. Sunday, February 26 2017 8:03 PM EST 2017-02-27 01:03:49 GMT. Late department store chairman Albert Boscov is being remembered at a memorial service in Reading (REH'-ding), Pennsylvania, as an energetic businessman, a caring person and a tireless cheerleader for ...