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	Kangaroo court - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A kangaroo court is a 'judicial' proceeding that denies proper procedure in the name of expediency; a fraudulent or unjust trial where the decision has essentially been made in advance, usually for the purpose of providing a conviction, either going through the motions of manipulated procedure or allowing no defence at all.
		A kangaroo court may be a court that has had its integrity compromised; for example, if the judge is not impartial and refuses to be recused.
		Kangaroo court is also used as a derogatory term to describe the dispute resolution mechanism used by prison inmates within the prison, based upon the pecking order of the prisoners.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kangaroo_court (493 words)

	Kangaroo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kangaroo statue on Grassy Hill at Cooktown, a monument to the first time that European settlers (Captain James Cook) saw the kangaroo when landing on the shores of Cooktown in 1770.
		A female kangaroo is usually pregnant in permanence, except on the day she gives birth; however, she has the ability to freeze the development of an embryo until the previous joey is able to leave the pouch.
		A sequencing project of the Kangaroo genome was started in 2004 as a collaboration between Australia (mainly funded by the State of Victoria) and the NIH in the USA.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kangaroo (2985 words)

	Re: Kangaroo Court
		KANGAROO COURT - There's a difference of opinion between my two sources concerning whether this phrase is Australian in origin.
		Sometimes such courts are set up merely for amusement, as diversions against the tedium of imprisonment, and are then nothing but travesties of legal processes.
		Originally, however, these irregular courts were resorted to in frontier communities, usually for the trial and condemnation of persons committing offenses against the community.
	www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/12/messages/337.html (301 words)

	Wordorigins.org: Letter K (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Kangaroo could have been a local name used in the Endeavor River region of Queensland that fell out of use among Aborigines (although according to the OED2, members of Cook's expedition also mentioned it being used in Tasmania), or it could have been an error by Cook and Banks.
		Interestingly, the term kangaroo court, meaning a criminal proceeding that is conducted for show and where the defendant is inevitably going to be found guilty, is not of Australian origin.
		Lighter suggests that the term may have arisen from the way a kangaroo court defies the law, just as the kangaroo's appearance seems to defy the laws of nature.
	www.wordorigins.org /wordork.htm (2087 words)

	Bush's Secret 'Kangaroo' Court (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		FISA court Presiding Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who had been briefed on the spying program by the administration, raised the same concern in 2004 and insisted that the Justice Department certify in writing that it was not occurring.
		For more than a quarter-century, that court had been seen as the only body that could legally authorize secret surveillance of espionage and terrorism suspects, and only when the Justice Department could show probable cause that its targets were foreign governments or their agents.
		The presiding judge of a secret court that oversees government surveillance in espionage and terrorism cases is arranging a classified briefing for her fellow judges to address their concerns about the legality of President Bush's domestic spying program, according to several intelligence and government sources.
	www.apfn.org /apfn/bush_court.htm (5027 words)

	Kinijit for Unity and Democracy in Ethiopia The Court - Kangaroo Cou (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The court is conspiring each time with the prosecution and the prison administration to mistreat and harass the defendants.
		The court proceeded saying that it would give ruling on the objection to the charges made by the three defendants and on the issue of legal counsel for the minor.
		The court insisted that he should be given another chance to think about it before it records his wish not to be represented.
	www.kinijit.org /content.asp?contentid=1360 (1081 words)

	Kangaroo Court Restaurant, St.Maarten (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Kangaroo Court is a 19th - century Salt Weight Station that has been turned into a picturesque, colorful café and eatery.
		Kangaroo Court is known for having the best coffee in town with an extensive selection of coffee choices as you'd expect from a great coffee house; and, has been voted the island's #1 coffee house.
		Kangaroo court is one of the nicest places to go for breakfast or lunch!
	www.stmaarten-websites.com /kangaroocourt (374 words)

	The Mavens' Word of the Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Kangaroo court has gotten a great deal of attention from word buffs, but none of the proposed theories seem certain.
		The expression kangaroo court is first found in the American West in the 1850s; there's no evidence tying it directly to Australia, where kangaroos are from.
		One etymology is that kangaroo court alludes to the kangaroo as something eccentric or unusual.
	www.randomhouse.com /wotd/index.pperl?date=19970812 (183 words)

	Florida Arbitration Law . com - Post details: "Kangaroo Court," Part II: Florida Supreme Court Rules on West Palm ...
		In June 2006, the Florida Supreme Court held that the Circuit Court had exceeded its jurisdiction to compel the Florida Bar to action.
		In the Florida Bar's Petition for Writ of Prohibition, the legal argument was that the circuit court lacked jurisdiction to review/enjoin disciplinary actions and the Florida Supreme Court has exclusive jurisdiction.
		The Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit is exceeding its jurisdiction and usurping the exclusive jurisdiction of this Court with respect to the discipline of persons admitted to the practice of law in Florida.
	floridaarbitrationlaw.com /blogs/index.php?blog=5&title=kangaroo_court_part_ii_florida_supreme_c&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 (491 words)

	Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
		This court, along with the plaintiffs, is in pursuit of an anti-Semitic agenda even though they attempt to whitewash their 21st brand of anti-Semitism under the guise of advocating for human rights.
		The double standard applied to Israel by this international court is a blatantly wanton act of disregard for international justice on the issues of human rights violations and illegal international pursuits.
		The Hague court appears to be one more part of a plan to breakdown Israel's ability to secure itself against terror, which could eventually result in Israel's inability to survive as a Jewish nation.
	www.israelnationalnews.com /article.php3?id=3377 (853 words)

	Wordwizard Clubhouse - kangaroo court
		Also a court or a similar body (as a legislative investigating committee) characterized by irresponsible, unauthorized, dishonest, incompetent, or irregular status or procedures <“The rebels set up a kangaroo court and condemned the prisoners to summary execution.”> < “The tenor of their proceedings was more that of a KANGAROO COURT than a legislative investigating committee.”>
		Their staring was thought to be similar to the dumb stares of jurors sitting on extemporaneous/extralegal courts set up in the outback, followed by their making of snap decisions and then quickly leaping away.
		The verb ‘kangaroo’ also later came to mean to convict a person on false evidence or unjustly.
	www.wordwizard.com /newnav/chforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17941 (872 words)

	kangaroo mouse - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Preferential Burrow entrance placement in the Dulzura kangaroo rat, Dipodomys simulans.
		Food hoarding by Merriam's kangaroo rats: a test of alternative hypotheses.
		Interactions between predation risk and competition: a field study of kangaroo rats and snakes.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-kangaroom.asp (202 words)

	Cool Word: kangaroo court
		KANG-guh-ROO KORT] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A kangaroo court is a mock or illegal court that is set up in violation of established legal procedure, or it is one that is characterized by dishonesty or incompetence.
		Example: "The impromptu civil trials of the Gold Rush days were little more than kangaroo courts." You might expect that this term originated in Australia, the land of kangaroos, but it seems to be of American origin.
		One theory is that a "kangaroo court" was a court in which legal procedures were largely a sham, and the action "jumped" quickly from accusation to sentencing without due process.
	www.mail-archive.com /word@tlk-lists.com/msg00046.html (244 words)

	World Kangaroo Court
		The fact that the UN “requested” the Court to give an advisory opinion on the “Wall” case makes it sound as if the UN was turning to an external, objective body.
		Indeed, the Court’s very composition is “political” because eight of the fifteen judges who serve on it come from nondemocratic countries and, especially in a case as politically charged as this one, can be expected to obey their dictators rather than the dictates of justice.
		Neither in the question referred to the Court by the UN, nor in the twenty-paragraph General Assembly resolution referring it, was there a single reference to the Palestinian terror that led Israel to build the fence in the first place.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/Printable.asp?ID=12741 (1311 words)

	Kangaroo Court :: Main Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Superior Court Judge Michael Fox found Gautier not guilty of first-degree murder last week and sent him for treatment at Western State Hospital, where he will remain until he is deemed no longer a danger to himself or others.
		Courts have observed that "the likelihood [that psychotropic drugs will cause] at least some temporary side effects appears to be undisputed"9 and many have noted that the drugs may - most infamously - cause Parkinsonian syndrome and tardive dyskinesia.
		The court found Alaska's forced psychiatric drugging regime to be unconstitutional when the state forces someone to take psychiatric medications without proving it to be in their best interests or when there are less restrictive alternatives.
	www.kangaroocourt-blog.com (6747 words)

	Ticket Assassin
		Their modest income is raided by a profit hungry corporation and money corrupted traffic court system, where the cashiers and ATM machines are far busier than the collective conscience of its judges.
		California traffic courts have degenerated into a corrupt and unfair institution since 1969, when jury trials and legal advice were first denied to cited motorists.
		The billion dollars a year in fines collected by these courts to the benefit of state and local government have further blurred the court's clouded focus on justice.
	www.ticketassassin.com /kangaroo.html (949 words)

	Kangaroo Court
		On Monday the Supreme Court handed down a pair of conflicting decisions in the debate surrounding the 10 Commandments, allowing a monument in Texas to remain while declaring that two in Kentucky must be taken down.
		It has been around for years and has generally been used by the government for taking private property to be used for highways, parks, public housing, or any reason deemed to benefit a larger number of citizens.
		So let's get this straight: The Supreme Court thinks the government should be able to take my land to build a shopping mall, but doesn't believe that same government should "violate" my rights by displaying the 10 Commandments with religious intentions.
	www.unionsentinel.com /news/2005/0630/Opinion/026.html (596 words)

	The Straight Dope: What's the origin of "kangaroo court"? Is "kangaroo" aborigine for "I don't ...
		An Australian friend claims that the expression "kangaroo court" was in fact an American invention of the mid-nineteenth century.
		Inquiring of a nearby local as to the name of the animal, he received the reply "kangaroo," which was intended to signify "say what?" Cook somewhat stupidly construed this as the name of the beast, and we have continued to suffer for his ignorance down to the present day.
		A later explorer, however, found that the natives seemed never to have heard of "kangaroos," and the legend grew up that what the native had actually said was the aboriginal equivalent of "I don't understand you"--in other words, that Cook and Banks had made an unbelievably dumb (not to mention comical) mistake.
	www.straightdope.com /classics/a2_236.html (1084 words)

	UN's Global Kangaroo Court
		UN’s Global Kangaroo Court Could prominent businessmen or religious leaders, a charismatic politician or an Army general be hauled before a global court and charged by the UN Security Council with a “crime against humanity”?
		Its mission is to prosecute individuals for “crimes against humanity.” The Court was born from the bowls of the United Nations.
		Under the Court’s rules, an individual, an organization or a nation may bring suit against person who is a citizen of a country that has ratified the ICC treaty.
	www.lhla.org /globalwatch/gwunkangarooct.htm (1293 words)

	OnMilwaukee.com Sports: Judicial review: Ribald Brewers' kangaroo court fades into baseball's past
		At some point this season, most likely after the final out is recorded on a road "getaway day" (baseball lingo for the final game of a series), Milwaukee Brewers rookie players will walk into the clubhouse and discover that their street clothes have been stolen and replaced with bizarre costumes.
		The Kangaroo Court would convene occasionally and the cases would be heard by the "judge," who was often the player with the most seniority, the best sense of humor or a combination of the two -- and a jury of veteran teammates who would levy fines.
		If court was still in session today, a lot of players and coaches would be forfeiting a lot of their salary for fraternization fines.
	www.onmilwaukee.com /sports/articles/kangaroocourt053106.html?8772 (970 words)

	Kangaroo Court* (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It's worth remembering that last year in a federal district court in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Paxil was found to be primarily responsible for the actions of Donald Schell, a Gillette, Wyoming man who killed his wife, daughter and grand-daughter on February 13, 1998 after only two days on Paxil.
		For instance, there's a Montgomery study which is not one of the healthy volunteer studies but it is a reasonably small piece of work that SmithKline Beecham had done and you will see out of that particular study a heap of papers this large.
		Preuss would have said from his opening remarks this couldn't happen so quickly, you know, on just a small bit of alcohol, maybe two gins or whatever, but within a half an hour you know that this drug is having an effect on you.
	rjgiombetti.blogspot.com /2002_08_27_rjgiombetti_archive.html (6854 words)

	Kangaroo Court (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		We have reason to believe that bankruptcy Judge Barbosa's order was void in that he lacked jurisdiction to order turn-over of money which the trustee verbally admitted in court, and in correspondence to the attorney for the debtors, that he did not know if it belonged to the bankruptcy estate or not.
		At the same time that the bankruptcy trustee was admitting in court that he did not know if he had legal right to the money, he alleged in court documents that it was property of the bankruptcy estate.
		The attorney for the debtors withdrew from the case at their first hearing on the trustee's charges, without bringing these facts to the court's attention.
	www.wellsofjustice.com /kangaroocourtintro.htm (770 words)

	FrontPage magazine.com :: International Kangaroo Court by John Perazzo
		The International Criminal Court, designed to prosecute the perpetrators of genocide, may soon be unleashed against the world’s leading defenders of human rights: the United States and Great Britain.
		Unlike the International Court of Justice at The Hague, whose role is to settle the legal disputes submitted to it by member states, the ICC’s job is to prosecute individuals involved in the aforementioned offenses — particularly when their own nations’ courts are unable or unwilling to do so.
		This suit is founded on the 1993 “universal competence” law, which allows Belgian courts to rule on alleged crimes under international law, regardless of where they were committed, who committed them or who the victims were.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=9152 (1113 words)

	JAG Officer Charles Swift Stops Bush's Kangaroo Court
		The guy who gave me the job said he wanted fighters, We [in the JAG Corps] all believe that if the system is to work, you can’t think about whether this case or that case will make someone happy or not.
		Federal courts have found that solitary confinement for even a handful of days to constitute violations of the Constitution, let alone seven months.
		Bush and his lawyers have made it clear that he wants a precedent [from this case] that says the president, as commander in chief, can arrest any person in the world and then put that person on trial before a military tribunal (or commission).
	hungeski.gnn.tv /blogs/17179/JAG_Officer_Charles_Swift_Stops_Bush_s_Kangaroo_Court (1152 words)

	Kangaroo Court (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		She used an ugly racist stereotype in her report when she falsely claimed she had been abducted by an Hispanic man. Given her past criminal record, she deserved prison time for doing this and has gotten out of jail by pretending to be sick and playing the role of the mentally ill defendant.
		Jennifer Wilbanks doesn't "need help." She needs to be told by a court that she did wrong by scapegoating and entire community of people in her false police report and what her punishment will be, not ordered into mental health treatment and coddled by not being sentenced to some prison time.
		Wilbanks' was simply starting her sentence of court ordered psychiatric treatment before the inevitable order came down from the judge in her case.
	kangaroo-court.blogspot.com (6983 words)

	Kangaroo Court (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		What happens in Mental Health Court is a selection process immediately after booking to determine whether or not a defendant has a psychiatric disorder and should be given the option of going through psychiatric treatment as an alternative to plea bargaining in the criminal system.
		The interests of the court psychiatrist are inimical to those of the criminal defendant.
		These situations are kind of like a warden being allowed to testify in court on whether or not an untried and unconvicted inmate should stay in his prison.
	rickgiombetti.blogspot.com /2004_02_01_rickgiombetti_archive.html (10321 words)

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