How Ace Attorney spawned one of the most enduring character ships ever

“The entire game revolves around these two men dancing around each other. The courtroom battles are like a tango, a back-and-forth exchange.”

That’s how Claire Stenger, senior narrative designer at Gameloft, describes the relationship between Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth. But anyone that’s played Capcom’s Ace Attorney games probably already knew that.

The relationship between the upbeat defense attorney and the aloof prosecutor has become one of the most popular character “ships” in video game fandom. (Shipping has been around since the ’60s heyday of Kirk and Spock, and usually refers to fans’ use of artwork, fanfiction, or memes to

AL Supreme Court Finds Boat-Launch Project was a Governmental Function, Rather than a Proprietary One Making Town Immune from Zoning Ordinance Set-Back

This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq.

The Chandlers and Barnes had sought an injunction to prevent the Town Council of Perdido Beach from constructing a public boat launch and pier at the end of State Street on the western shore of Soldier’s Creek. – adjacent to their properties. In this case, the property appealed from a judgment entered by the Baldwin Circuit Court after a bench trial in favor of the Town Council.

Upon review of the record, the court noted that the proposed boat launch would be placed where State Street ends at the edge of Soldier’s

Attorney General Merrick Garland to testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee in September

Attorney General Merrick Garland is scheduled to testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee on September 20, a source familiar with the plans told CNN.

The attorney general’s appearance before the panel will be for a standard oversight hearing. It’s routine for top-level executive branch officials to provide general testimony before congressional committees.

But when he testifies, Garland will be facing a number of House Republicans who are his toughest critics, and some have called for his impeachment.

Punchbowl News was the first to report on the date of Garland’s appearance before the committee.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy has also

A Texas House committee accused Ken Paxton of some serious misconduct. Now it wants the Trump-backed attorney general impeached.

Ken Paxton

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tests in front of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, just a few days before a grand jury indicts him on three felony.Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images

  • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton could soon be out of a job after being accused of several crimes.

  • The Texas House will vote on an impeachment resolution on Saturday.

  • If it passes, Paxton will immediately be suspended from the office and could eventually be impeached.

After years of investigations, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will face an impeachment vote on Saturday.

A Republican-led

Attorneys General Push Back on Biden’s Attempt to Rescind Protection for Student Religious Groups

Below is a political press release from Attorney General Lynn Fitch:

In a letter sent Friday to the US Department of Education, Attorney General Lynn Fitch and 21 other Attorneys General urged the Department to retain a rule that compels public universities to comply with the First Amendment or lose grant funding – a provision put in place to protect religious groups on campuses nationwide. The Biden Administration is threatening to refuse this protection.

“Today, there is a war against faith and the right of the faithful to live their lives in accordance with their beliefs,” said Attorney General Lynn

Gabby Petito update: Laundrie family attorney seeks copies of texts, calls

The attorney for Brian Laundrie’s family is seeking copies of all the family’s texts, calls and other phone records for a six-month stretch of 2021 obtained by the parents of Gabby Petito as part of a Florida civil suit connected to the travel blogger’s murder.

Her parents’ attorney, Pat Reilly, obtained a subpoena earlier this year asking AT&T for records of calls, texts and other phone data from Brian, Christopher and Roberta Laundrie between July 2, 2021, and Nov. 13 of that year.

Petito’s parents are alleging that the Laundries caused them emotional distress and attempted to help their son

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The Supreme Court Case that Threatens to Upend US Labor Law

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Within the next few months, the Supreme Court will release its decision for Glacier Northwest v. Int’l Brotherhood of Teamsters, a case that has held the attention of union activists and corporate leaders, alike. The case reached the Supreme Court in the aftermath of a 2017 strike organized by Teamsters on behalf of truck drivers employed by Glacier Northwest, a Seattle-based company that manufactures cement.[1] The union timed the labor strike to begin after Glacier Northwest employees filled the company’s trucks with cement, causing some

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Dismisses First Amendment Challenges to Adult-Entertainment Ordinance

This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq.

In 2003, the City of Augusta, Georgia enacted an adult-entertainment ordinance with the stated purpose of combating negative secondary effects associated with adult-oriented businesses. The owners and operators of two longstanding nude-dancing clubs in downtown Augusta, the Discotheque Lounge and Joker’s Lounge, sued the City and others claiming that the ordinance and related regulations violated the First Amendment. The district court granted summary judgment to the City on some claims and held that the plaintiffs lacked standing on other claims, and this appeal followed.

On appeal, Plaintiffs first argued that the 2003