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1 Mar 2009, 1:50 pm
  Section 27 defines the separation of powers:   "The powers of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky shall be divided into three distinct departments, and each of them be confined to a separate body of magistracy, to wit: Those which are legislative, to one; those which are executive, to another; and those which are judicial, to another. [read post]
17 Feb 2009, 8:53 am
"Fort Worth lawmaker seeks impeachment of appeals court presiding judge," is Alex Branch's report in today's Fort Worth Star-Telegram.State Rep. [read post]
16 Sep 2008, 8:12 pm
"Legal fictions" have been frowned upon generally in Kentucky, particularly when they are misused. [read post]
25 May 2008, 9:15 am
The most common methods of judicial selection abroad are appointment by an executive branch official, which is how federal judges in the United States are chosen, and a sort of civil service made up of career professionals. [read post]
1 May 2008, 11:21 am
It was also about judicial triumphalism, lawyers trying to get courts to step in and ban products that the other branches of government had determined should be legal.Let's see, Hamilton was a unanimous decision by the state's highest court. [read post]
25 Apr 2008, 7:47 am
The power was last exercised by Governor Fletcher in 2004 when he abolished the old Kentucky Racing Commission replacing it with a new Kentucky Horse Racing Authority. [read post]
16 Apr 2008, 9:00 pm
Certainly, the Senate must approve federal judicial appointments, but even during the Reagan years, the Borking of the Bork nomination took so much energy by his opponents that the Reagan administration was able to regroup with its remaining federal judicial appointments;  no Senate vote has kept any subsequent Supreme Court nominee off the bench. [read post]
16 Apr 2008, 1:33 pm
Trouble arises when the punishment goes on after a person is released from the judicial system. [read post]
14 Jan 2008, 12:00 am
The move will make Bank of America the largest mortgage lender in the U.S., adding 1,000 Countrywide field offices to its 6,100-branch network. [read post]
10 Oct 2007, 10:59 pm
The petitioners are two Kentucky death-row inmates. [read post]
8 Mar 2007, 6:25 am
They have ordered the indefinite detention without legal counsel, without charges and without the opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention -- all in violation of U.S. law and the Bill of Rights.When strong evidence exists of the most serious crimes, we must use impeachment -- or lose the ability of the legislative branch to compel the executive branch to obey the law.The constitutional force behind this statement is, of course, nil,… [read post]
12 Feb 2007, 4:37 am
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. [read post]
3 Feb 2007, 2:01 pm
In this entry from Jan. 9, 2005, I wrote:Yesterday I tried to put together a summary of the election dispute in Kentucky over "District 37" that is pitting the legislative branch against the judicial branch. [read post]
27 Jan 2007, 7:17 am
The increasing workload of our judicial branch could create the legs needed to get such a bill through the legislature. [read post]