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Dan Abrams, apparently still smarting from the castigation he received in April from Karl Rove, just cannot let go. Despite the fact that the "high level" Republican operative, Jill Simpson, who accused Rove of orchestrating the prosecution of convicted Democrat former Alabama governor, Dan Siegelman, never actually met nor talked to Karl Rove and whose "high level" operative activities in her own words never rose above typical volunteer work, Abrams continues to wander into the swamp created by this much less than credible source. On Thursday, Abrams and Catherine Crier were salivating with glee on MSNBC's Verdict over the prospect that the House...

CATHERINE CRIER has seen her share of notorious, even bizarre cases in a three-decade career that has taken her from district attorney to civil litigator, judge, legal analyst and now host of Court TV's "Catherine Crier Live." Yet, even she couldn't imagine a more extraordinary case than that of Susan Polk.From day one, Crier was intrigued by the case of the Orinda housewife convicted in June of second-degree murder in the October 2002 stabbing death of her therapist-turned-husband, Felix Polk."They live in this beautiful, million-dollar home," she explained Monday while in San Francisco promoting the book. "The husband is...

DANBURY — A speech by television journalist Catherine Crier turned the 108th commencement ceremony at Western Connecticut State University on Sunday into an impromptu forum on free speech. "What better place than in a university setting to bring up discussion?" said Paul Simon, director of WestConn's Student Center/Student Life. Crier, a judge, TV journalist and author, addressed the 1,060 graduates with a speech about the government and laws passed to protect people from terrorism that she feel take away citizens' rights to privacy and freedom. The star of Court TV's daily "Catherine Crier Live," which discusses legal perspectives on breaking...

On the Tuesday evening edition (11/08/2005) of the Colbert Report I was surprised to see a normally super-liberal and irreverent Stephen Colbert seriously challenge Catherine Crier when she lamented that our country would soon start to 'revert' to prayer in school, public display of nativity scenes and menorahs, etc...because of the likes of the Tom Delays and others on the Christian right. There is not transcript available but Colbert slammed her and Crier was really caught off guard. He basically stated that it was foolish to abandon our moral conscious for the 'public good' and what was wrong with a...

Despite the tough line of questioning that he has been facing on Capitol Hill, Federal Judge John Roberts is expected to be confirmed as the next chief justice of the United States. Most legal experts believe he will bring a conservative philosophy to the bench. Court TV's Catherine Crier, a former judge herself, has written a new book about what she believes is a concerted effort by ultra-conservatives to influence the federal judicial system. "The founding fathers had some real trouble with religion in Europe," Crier tells The Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith. "When they got over here, they said,...

New York, NY, May 10, 2005 - Court TV's recently renamed daytime schedule, Court TV News™ continued its hold on the #2 cable news spot for the second week in a row, behind only Fox News Channel. Keeping the momentum going, for the week of May 2, in the 9 am - 6 pm time period, Court TV led all other news networks, finishing #2 in HH ratings and in the key adult demographic, 18-49. During that period, Court TV featured its regular daily schedule which includes Court TV News' shows, Nancy Grace: Closing Arguments and Catherine Crier Live. Quipped...