Both federal and state laws were violated in the race by the use of electronic voting systems that, due to San Diego's election procedures, were effectively decertified for use. ... Then, following a letter (pdf) sent to the judge presiding over the election contest by the attorney for the Republican chair of the US House administration committee claiming the constitution gives sole authority to Congress, and Congress alone, whether or not to seat Bilbray, ...

Cohen left High School with poor grades, tried to become a lawyer and failed, but decided thereafter to pretend to be one. Over the subsequent course of his criminal career and five marriages, Cohen became a registered private ... What Kremen did get however was Cohen's house: a mansion in the exclusive Rancho Santa Fe district of San Diego. Cohen couldn't wire a six-bedroom, eight-bathroom mansion to a Swiss bank account and so, after months of vicious fighting, ...

#16 One of my theories about why Walpin was canned is because, once upon a time, he used his crafty skills as a white collar criminal defense attorney to rig an investigation of a charitable org for political reasons, and, when "peppered with ..... submarine carrying a seaplane to deliver their first attack (on San Diego) but they were several months late - the atomic bomb forced their surrender. They had previously perfected their biological weapons in attacks in China, ...

"Voice is doing really significant work, driving the agenda on redevelopment and some other areas, putting local politicians and businesses on the hot seat," says Dean Nelson, director of the journalism courses at a San Diego university. ... Press Institute's "Free Media Pioneer 2008" award for its sterling work in exposing a scandal involving the dismissal of eight senior law officers, which resulted in the resignation of the US attorney general Alberto Gonzales. ...