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Filler

I have a bunch of substance to post. I have a couple comments on the UPS and Pomeroy decisions from the CIT and need to talk about the Optrex decision in some detail.

But, I can't do it now.

In the meantime, I give you these two items.

First: Scooting Across the Border. Read that article. I'll wait because I have a question.

Done?

OK. Here's my question: Who decided that motorcycles and scooters get to cut ahead in traffic just because they can fit between two lanes of cars? I ask this because this very morning I rode my bike to work. While waiting to make a left turn at a light (off Western to Pratt), I waited behind a car with another car behind me. In other words, I acted like I was a car. While sitting there waiting for the arrow, a guy on a blue Schwinn with a basket on the handlebar and a chain guard sped past us and positioned himself at the front of the otherwise orderly line. Am I supposed to do that? I admit to occasionally hopping on the sidewalk to avoid a snarl, but that seems different.

In the case of scooters at the border, I am surprised these guys don't occasionally run into a car driver who is not happy about being pushed back in line by scooters.

Second: Check out this vintage article from the New York Times. It is an 1898 article summarizing a bunch of then-recent customs decisions. A sidebar covers the issue of the classification of a mummy for museum display. It's hard to imagine customs decisions getting that much attention today.

Full post as published by Customs Law on June 19, 2008 (boomark / email).