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"Habeas Corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country."

Kristi Noem, Secretary Department of Homeland Security, giving the US Senate her understanding of the meaning of Habeas Corpus ... May 21, 2025 ... Read more flatulence ... 

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Justinian proudly publishes some of the finest lawyers ever to get their fingers near a computer keyboard. This is part of Justinian's repository that comes out from behind the paywall. 

Artemus Jones - Spending time with a women who is not his wife. 
Barely Legal - Still at law school, trying to understand what it's all about. 
Comment - Untamed opinions. 
Critics Corner - Criticism of critics. 
Dorothy Says - Dot is a partner at a big law firm with acidic observations about what goes on. 
Junior Junior - Our baby barrister blogger slowly comes to grips with the mysteries of the bar. 
Peach Melba - Dazzling, with a finely tuned Yarraside snout. 
Procrustes - The columnist who also blogs. 
Student-at-Large - Small students with large opinions. 
Theodora - Theodora was married to Justinian, and despite a shaky start in life now runs the empire like Mrs Thatcher. 
Unrobed - Reporting on unhealthy obsessions. 

We'd happily induct you into the blawging hall of fame if you wanted to unpack a few burning issues. Contact the Ed. for further and better particulars. 

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Entries in Rupert Murdoch (5)

Tuesday
Feb042025

Letter from London

• DateTuesday, February 4, 2025

T.S Eliot gets it wrong ... Harry cleans up in a fresh round with Murdoch's hacking hacks ... All aboard Rebekah Brooks' "clean ship" ... Windy woman restrained from further flatulent abuse ... Trump claims "sovereign immunity" to skip paying legal costs of £300,000 ... Floyd Alexander-Hunt reports from Blighty 

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Monday
Sep262016

Troubles in the print room

• DateMonday, September 26, 2016

Searching for the worthwhile bits in Chris Mitchell's book Making Headlines ... Weird editor criticises weird politicians ... Lecture on "quality journalism" from a News Corp editor whose paper never turned a decent profit ... Graham Hryce's review 

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Tuesday
Jul262016

How Rupert Murdoch went bad

• DateTuesday, July 26, 2016

According to Evan Whitton, Rupert Murdoch went bad 56 years ago, and stayed bad ... Always with an eye on the main chance for number one ... The Rupert Max Stuart affair ... The role of Sol Chandler ... Playing tootsies with Gorton and Whitlam ... Hacking and Milly Dowler ... Wilful blindness 

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Tuesday
Feb142012

Journalism's dark arts

• DateTuesday, February 14, 2012

Updated on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 by Registered CommenterJustinian

Phone hacking and intercepts - the early days ... Intercepted phone conversation between Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise ends-up in New Idea ... Australian media's bugging and hacking heritage ... (corrected) 

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Tuesday
Aug022011

Lawyers off the leash

• DateTuesday, August 2, 2011

Lawyers are returning to bite the Murdochs on their posteriors ... James Murdoch's pants are on fire ... Commons committee wants an explanation (a better one this time) ... Lawyers are off the leash   

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