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Last Entry: June 27, 2008 at 15:07:00

Decision Overturned, Kucinich BARRED from debate

Posted on January 15, 2008
An hour before the debate, the state Supreme Court's unanimous order said that blocking the debate unless Kucinich got to participate would be "an unconstitutional prior restraint" on the news network's First Amendment rights. The justices also said the lower court exceeded its jurisdiction by ordering Kucinich's participation...

Who is a state actor?

Posted on January 15, 2008
Justice Scalia: What about a janitor? You?re a janitor, a federally employed janitor...His neighbor is growing marijuana, and he?s just as offended as a Supreme Court Justice would be. Can he conduct a search?McCullough: I think if he?s doing it on behalf of the State, the answer is yes...

Endorsements from members of Congress

Posted on January 15, 2008
The Hill will maintain a running tally of the race for lawmaker support based on extensive research and daily contact with campaigns. The list reflects publicly committed backers of 2008 presidential hopefuls rather than members' private leanings or inclinations...

Same-sex issue hits classroom

Posted on January 15, 2008
A Winnipeg School Division teacher who placed a photo of his same-sex marriage partner on his classroom desk has educators scrambling to decide how much teachers can tell kids about their personal lives. read more | digg story

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Circuit Split on Sentencing

Posted on January 15, 2008
Per U.S. v. Fields, --- F.3d ----, 2008 WL 114850 (8th Cir. Jan. 14, 2008): We have not previously ruled on whether assistance to state or local authorities can be a basis for the government filing a motion under � 3553(e) or � 5K1.1. Other circuits have addressed this issue, however, and the result has been a circuit split...

Israel 'back of the bus' rule sparks religious row

Posted on January 15, 2008
A row over Israel's buses underscores the schism between its ultra-Orthodox minority -- who believe women should don long skirts and stay away from men in public -- and those who want to keep the country, and its public transport system, secular.read more | digg story

Nevada Tree Killer Gets 5 Years In Prison

Posted on January 15, 2008
A 61-year-old retiree found guilty of destroying about 500 trees to get a better view of the Las Vegas Strip from his back yard has been sentenced to up to five years in prison, the Los Angeles Times reports. read more | digg story

Nevada Caucus Timing May Disenfranchise Observant Jews

Posted on January 15, 2008
Unlike primaries and general elections where voters can use absentee ballots, caucuses require voters to show up at set times. Those times conflict with the typical time for Jewish Sabbath morning services.read more | digg story

Megachurch leader charged with perjury

Posted on January 15, 2008
Ga. Church Leader Accused of Perjury After Positive Paternity Test Leads to Other Allegations. An 80-year-old leader of a suburban megachurch who is at the center of a sex scandal has been charged with lying under oath for saying he had sex outside marriage with only one other woman, court documents show...

Law Would Prohibit Smoking In Car With Children

Posted on January 15, 2008
"I am trying to so hard. I am trying. If they don't want you to do it in your car, then they wouldn't want you to do it in your home," Jackson said. "I don't think the government has the right to tell me if I choose to infect my body or not, or my kids...

"Donald Ducks"

Posted on January 15, 2008
"If a 42-year-old man wants to change his identity and fly through the remainder of his life under the radar screen with a fake name, what kind of name would he be likely to select?"read more | digg story

Former Federal Judge Joins Notorious Conspiracy

Posted on January 15, 2008
Former Federal Judge Paul Cassell joins the Volokh Conspiracy.read more | digg story

Floating Prisons?

Posted on January 15, 2008
His essay not only details and links to a great deal of history I'd never read before, he hints that floating prisons may still be used today by the US military or intelligence community as part of the War on Terror to incarcerate suspects outside of territorial waters where local or US laws may fetter their activities...

"Neurolaw"

Posted on January 15, 2008
Some lawyers are using brain scans showing defects to argue that their clients aren?t responsible for criminal behavior. In recent years, this neuroscientific evidence has been increasingly used in our courtrooms.read more | digg story

Girls' Deaths Spark D.C. Agency Firings

Posted on January 15, 2008
At least six city employees will be terminated for improperly handling concerns about a woman's care for her four daughters, who were later found dead in their home, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty said Monday. The decomposing bodies of the girls - ages 5 to 17 - were found Wednesday when deputy U...

NBC News fights judge's order to include Kucinich in debate

Posted on January 15, 2008
NBC News said Monday it will appeal a judge's ruling rather than include Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich in a candidates' debate in Nevada...read more | digg story

UK Jails Considering RFID Implants For Prisoners

Posted on January 14, 2008
In a decidedly Orwellian turn, British authorities are considering a proposal to implant "machine-readable" RFID tags under the skin of some prison inmates as part of a plan to free up space. Just like the nightmare world described in your favorite cautionary tales, the chips would enable authorities to track prisoners...

Girls age three hitting puberty

Posted on January 14, 2008
Shocked doctors blame hormones in food and water for some British toddlers showing signs of breast growth.read more | digg story

Professional Reading: Originalism is Bunk

Posted on January 14, 2008
Critical analysis of originalism should start by confronting a modest puzzle: Most commentators suppose that originalism is deeply controversial, while others complain that it means too many things to mean anything at all. Is one of these views false?read more | digg story

Ford: You're a pirates if you distribute pics of your car

Posted on January 14, 2008
"The folks at BMC (Black Mustang Club) automotive forum wanted to put together a calendar featuring members' cars, and print it through CafePress. Photos were submitted, the layout was set, and... CafePress notifies the site admin that pictures of Ford cars cannot be printed...

Youths arming due to violence on streets

Posted on January 14, 2008
As cops prepare to launch a controversial program to seize guns from homes with parental permission instead of warrants, concerned youth workers claim scared kids are stockpiling weapons due to fear of being without protection on the city?s toughest streets...

Blawg Review #142

Posted on January 14, 2008
This Blawg Review is designed as a Letter to New Lawyer. I've incorporated the interesting names of many legal blogs as part of the narrative but you will have no clue what the topic of each blog post is until you click on the link. read more | digg story

An Empirical Analysis of Street-Level Prostitution

Posted on January 14, 2008
Combining transaction-level data on street prostitutes with ethnographic observation andofficial police force data, we analyze the economics of prostitution in Chicago. A prostitute is more likely to have sex with a police officer than to get officially arrested by one...

Aristotle on Law and Virtue

Posted on January 14, 2008
Since happiness is rational activity expressing virtue, the laws of the ideal constitution must be designed to inculcate the virtues. Indeed, Aristotle argues that if the legislation in a community is not designed to foster virtue, the community isn?t really a city-state at all...

Thousand Dollar Fine For Bicyclist In Virginia

Posted on January 14, 2008
A traffic court in Newport News, Va., has ordered a 19-year-old man to pay a $1,050 abusive-driver fee for driving his 18-speed bicycle recklessly in traffic. Kajuan Cornish, who is appealing the fee, got a ticket Thursday after police said motorists had to slow down to avoid hitting him...

New gun law could force Pa. to report mental health history

Posted on January 14, 2008
Individuals who've been involuntarily committed to mental hospitals still can legally buy a gun in Pennsylvania ? despite a 40-year-old federal law that says they can't. read more | digg story

State of California proposes to take control of home temps

Posted on January 13, 2008
California utilities would control the temperature of new homes and commercial buildings in emergencies with a radio-controlled thermostat, under a proposed state update to building energy efficiency standards.Customers could not override the thermostats during "emergency events," according to the proposal, part of a 236-page revision...

Judges to host forum on developments in criminal law

Posted on January 13, 2008
Madison District Judges Brandy Oliver Brown, William Clouse and newly elected Earl Ray Neal will conduct a seminar and forum Thursday for all Madison County law enforcement ? an endeavor designed to increase communication and talk about new developments in criminal law...

Is China becoming more enviromentally friendly?

Posted on January 13, 2008
Declaring war on the "white pollution" choking its cities, farms and waterways, China is banning free plastic shopping bags and calling for a return to the cloth bags of old ? steps largely welcomed by merchants and shoppers on Wednesday. read more | digg story

Scientists create beating heart

Posted on January 13, 2008
SCIENTISTS have created a beating heart in the laboratory in a breakthrough that could allow doctors one day to make a range of organs for transplant almost from scratch.read more | digg story

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