Afternoon Legal Links ... The lawyer who advised the CIA on a legal basis for its torture techniques now says the agency went to far -- and possibly broke the law ... Alabama coach Nick Saban is headed to the Sugar Bowl for the College Football Playoff semifinals, while a lawsuit against his daughter is likely headed to court ... The girl who sued her parents to pay for her college -- and won -- is now suing them again, and her fathers reaction is a must-read As former Vice President Dick Cheney argued on Sunday that the CIAs aggressive interrogation of terrorism suspects did not amount to torture, the man who provided the legal rationale for the program said that in some cases it had perhaps gone too far. Former Justice Department lawyer John Yoo said the sleep deprivation, rectal feeding and other harsh treatment outlined in a U.S. Senate report last week could violate anti-torture laws. If these things happened as they’re described in the report, as you describe them, those were not authorized by the Justice Department, Yoo told CNN. They were not supposed to be done and those people who did those are at risk legally because they were acting outside their orders. : dailym.ai/1BQmF6k A civil lawsuit against Kristen Saban, the daughter of University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban, may go to trial after the Alabama Supreme Court reversed a Tuscaloosa judges decision to issue a summary judgment in Sabans favor. The suit was filed in 2012, two years after a fight between Kristen and her then sorority sister got into a fight over the accuser claims was a derogatory Facebook post by Kristen. The woman initially opted not to press criminal charges, but two years after the fight occurred and shortly before the statute of limitations would have prevented her from doing so, she filed a civil lawsuit against Saban, looking for monetary compensation for medical procedures, pain and suffering connected to the fight: bit.ly/1swCQTq Oh, what a legal tale being woven by New Jerseys Caitlyn Ricci, the young women who wants nothing to do with her biological parents other than for them to pay for her college. A judge agreed recently when Ricci sued -- and won -- but that order isnt exactly sitting very well with Mr. Ricci, who hasnt exactly accepted the decision lying down. And when Caitlyn filed a motion last week arguing that her parents violated a judge’s previous decision that forced them to put her through Philadelphia’s Temple University, Mr. Ricci -- when reached by the New York Post -- didnt mince words: “That’s fine. They can hold me in contempt of court. They can do whatever they want,” Ricci’s said. “I’m not going to pay. I’m not going to give them any money until my daughter has a relationship with me and we start to heal our family.”: bit.ly/1zYBth5
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 21:45:43 +0000