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OBAMA APPOINTEE DENIES GIULIANI ABILITY TO DEFEND HIMSELF, RESULTS IN $148 MILLION JUDGMENT

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In the aftermath of the January 6, 2021 protests, Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to pay over $148 million in damages to two Georgia election workers named by the former New York mayor.  What has not been explained to the general public is that there was never any trial concerning whether Mr. Giuliani had actually slandered or libeled these two persons.   In the case of Giuliani, the two Georgia election workers listed as plaintiffs in the suit against Giuliani sued him for saying they engaged in what amounted to election fraud.  They are allowed to ask the defendant ex-mayor for documents relevant to their suit and to his defense. These women brought their case against Giuliani in a jurisdiction that is heavily populated with Democrats.  They could have sued in their home state, Georgia, but did not. They wanted a jury pool of anti-Trump democrats, so they sued in Washington, D.C. They managed to get an incredibly biased Barack Obama-appointed, anti-Trump judge.  She is a far-left-lean
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THIS "LAWSUIT TESTER" GETS THROWN OUT OF COURT

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    Tuesday, December 5, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a lawsuit filed by a woman who calls herself a "lawsuit tester."     Deborah Laufer is visually-impaired and uses a wheelchair.  She has used her disabilities to search online for businesses that are not technically compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act requirement that hotels provide information in their reservation systems stating whether they were handicap-accessible, and then uses her status as a disabled person to claim status as one harmed by the conduct of that business.        In fact, she has sued 600 small businesses she has accused of discriminating against disabled people.     Ms. Laufer's latest foray into lawsuit testing was an action against a hotel in Maine, claiming the hotel omitted information on its website about accessibility features for disabled people, and that such omission violated a 2010 Justice Department regulation requirement that reservation systems include accessib
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A NEW KIND OF FRAUD- "BABYMAYBE" ULTRASOUNDS

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      It has recently come to my attention that some men are being defrauded by their girlfriends presenting them with an ultrasound showing the presence of a bun in the oven. Or two buns in the oven, as depicted in the picture above.     The men are unsuspecting.  Wanting to provide a home for their offspring, they marry their girlfriends.  Sometime during the pregnancy, the new wife disappears for a few days and then returns to her husband with a sad tale of visiting a friend when suffering a miscarriage.     In fact, the only miscarriage was a miscarriage of justice.  There are three cases similar to this of which I have recently become aware.       In two of those cases, the fraud was assisted by an online site that sells and customizes ultrasound images of one or more children in utero.  For a mere $40, a devious female can purchase a real ultrasound and have her name and a date and hospital of the buyer's choosing affixed to the ultrasound.  The personalized photo is then giv
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LEMONADE OF DEATH?

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  In two recent separate lawsuits, patrons of Panera Bread have accused the company of killing their loved ones with lemonade.       Panera's "charged lemonade" packs a very large quantity of caffeine.  One cup contains 395 mg of caffeine, which compares to the FDA's maximum allowable intake as being 400 mg.     This is the equivalent of about four cups of coffee (95 mg caffeine), or three 16 oz. Red Bull energy drinks (135 mg per drink) or two large Monster energy drinks (160 mg of caffeine).     In each case, the plaintiff's decedent died of a heart attack after consuming one charged lemonade per day for 2-3 weeks.     Heart-attack-drink cases are hard to prove because people who die from them are usually in poor health before they have had a sip of the suspected beverage.  However, there have been a number of cases brought this century concerning plaintiffs who have been injured after taking a diet pill containing caffeine and ephedrine (Metabolife).  Some of t
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ALLEN BROWNING AWARDED 1ST DEGREE BLACK BELT IN KENPO KARATE

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 I don't make a habit of writing about myself in my blogs, but this week I was welcomed into the brotherhood of martial artists who have attained the rank of black belt.  It means a lot to me, and I shall certainly strive to uphold the virtues expected of me.  And I guess it goes with the nickname one of my fellow trial lawyers gave me:"Pitbull Browning."
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OPEN CONTAINER and INVISIBLE DRUG POSSESSION Everyone is familiar with the prohibition against drunk driving.  In Idaho, if you are in your vehicle with the motor running, or the key in the ignition, and you are found to have a blood alcohol level of .08 for adults or .02 for minors, you can be found guilty of driving while intoxicated. A companion crime of a DUI is an "open container" violation.  In Idaho, the law states that you cannot be driving a vehicle with an unsealed container of alcohol in the passenger section of the car.   Having been driven home from high school by a friend who resumed chugging a half-empty bottle of vodka during the drive home, I can understand why it is not a good idea to have an open container of alcohol Sounds easy enough to understand, right?   The problem arises when an officer stops a vehicle and then notices an empty beer can in the passenger section.  Is that a violation of the prohibition against having an open container of alcohol in th
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Transgender Athletes Will Compete On Women's Sports Teams in Idaho This Fall!

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  My good friend, federal Judge David Nye, had the unfortunate task recently of deciding whether to issue an injunction of an Idaho law, recently passed, that prohibits biological men from competing against women in athletic competitions. I think this was one of those occasions in which a judge felt compelled to enforce a different law that appears to mandate allowing biological men who identify as women to compete against women. A recent challenge to that decision by a three-judge panel agreed with Judge Nye: Idaho may not pass a law prohibiting biological men, who identify as transgender, from competing against biological females.   The decision will certainly be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where I believe it will be overturned.  There is absolutely no reason to allow biological men to compete against biological women.  The only merit to the lawsuit that I can see is that the law apparently allows anyone to challenge whether a competitor is actually a woman.  That would mean
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