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In Own Hands, Some Take the Law Too Personally


— March 23, 2005

Pro se is a way of describing people who file lawsuits without attorneys. It is Latin, say the lawyers, for “for self.”

Either that, I suspect as someone who used to cover the federal courts, or for “Get out the decoder ring.”

Mike Nichols of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes about the tin-foil-hat crowd that exists at almost every courthouse, including Bart Ross, the man who committed suicide after killing the husband and mother of federal Judge Joan Lefkow. Details are here.


Pro se is a way of describing people who file lawsuits without attorneys. It is Latin, say the lawyers, for “for self.”

Either that, I suspect as someone who used to cover the federal courts, or for “Get out the decoder ring.”

Mike Nichols of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes about the tin-foil-hat crowd that exists at almost every courthouse, including Bart Ross, the man who committed suicide after killing the husband and mother of federal Judge Joan Lefkow. Details are here.

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