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Considering Leaving the Law?
Posted on May 28, 2008There are a lot of other ways to make a good living.
Nude Maid Cleans House
Posted on May 28, 2008This story seems suspicious: The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says the maid stole more than $40,000 from a Cheval home despite not wearing any clothes. The 50-year-old man hired the maid from the Internet on Friday to clean his suburban Tampa home...
Powerful Comment from Volokh Conspiracy
Posted on May 28, 2008Eugene Volokh posed an interesting hypothetical about gay marriage. The comments are amazing. Homosexuals are put on the same level as drug dealers. "Randy R." just body slams the bigots. His comment is a must-read. Here is the intro: Love this thread...
Jesus' Quotes About Homosexuality Being a Sin
Posted on May 27, 2008When reading the Bible tonight, I came upon the following passages where Christ condemned homosexuality: See also: And here: By the way, here is what Jesus said about wealth: Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven...
Biblical Interpretation and Judicial Activism
Posted on May 27, 2008I left this as a comment at another blog. But it's amusing, so I'll repeat it here: People read the Bible literally when it allows them to confirm their bigotries and they ignore it when it prevents them from doing something fun. You all do know the Bible says it's a sin to loan money for interest, right? It's also...
Mind Playing Tricks on Me
Posted on May 27, 2008Thinking is a skill. But how often do we train our thinking? Does reading the newspaper or even general-interest non-fiction improve our thinking? Is sitting around just thinking sufficient? Perhaps not, if you believe that your mind can play tricks on you...
"Journalist Bites Reality!"
Posted on May 27, 2008The latest edition of Skeptic Magazine has an incredible article proving the author's case that "broadcast journalism is flawed in such a fundamental way that its utility as a tool for informing viewers is almost nil." Here's a preview: We think we know Big Journalism?s faults by its much ballyhooed lapses ? its scandals, gaffes, and breakdowns ? as well...
Life Insurance
Posted on May 25, 2008Who has it? What insurance company do you use? It occurred to me the other day that if I died, it would likely depress my wife. Although she has a great job, what if she got so depressed that working was hard for her? She'd have to suffer through not only my death, but also financial disaster and ruined credit...
Presumption of Innocence in Real Life
Posted on May 24, 2008Imagine you're charged with a crime. Fortunately, you have about one-million dollars in savings. So you'll be able to hire a good lawyer. So at least you can put on a defense, right? Wrong. Under federal law, prosecutors can freeze all of your assets before you've ever been convicted of a crime...
Question
Posted on May 24, 2008After Hillary Clinton's latest remarks, there can be no doubt that she is the most evil person running for office. Yet Obama and McCain are both much worse for the country than she is. Why is it so difficult for people to look to the potential results of a person rather than the morality of that person? Do we assume...
Fieger Trial as "David v. Goliath" Story
Posted on May 23, 2008I've been following Norm Pattis' excellent coverage of the Geoffrey Fieger. Many of the comments to his post express this theme: Fourtunately for [the prosecutor], the government doesn't need a verdict to win the trial. Just the fact it's in trial is their victory; the message read loud and clear not f--k with our powerful masters as they gobble up...
"Teen Nabbed For N*ked MySpace Photos"
Posted on May 21, 2008A 16-year-old girl took n*de pictures of herself. She used interstate wires to transmit the photographs to her boyfriend, who was 17. This was a crime, though she is not being prosecuted. Her boyfriend is being prosecuted for posting the pictures on MySpace...
Bigger, Stronger, Faster
Posted on May 20, 2008An educational and entertaining documentary examining the of steroids in America is coming to a theater near you. Movie dates are here.
Pope to Jesus: Kiss Off!
Posted on May 19, 2008There are millions of orphans currently suffering. Many of them will suffer horrible abuse at the hands of foster parents. In other countries, they will be sold into slavery. These children exist, and if someone doesn't help them, they will suffer. That much is a constant...
Metal Baseball Bats to Go Way of Lawn Darts?
Posted on May 19, 2008At least one family would like it to be that way.
Leering
Posted on May 17, 2008Cindy McCain is rich. Really rich. Way richer than probably anyone reading this post. Do we need to see her tax returns to realize this? What if she's worth 300-million instead of 200-million. What if she is "only" worth 100-million. What difference does it make? But people want to leer...
Norm Pattis on the Scene of Fieger Trial
Posted on May 15, 2008I'm happy for my friend, and jealous for myself. I think anyone who has the chance to see Gerry Spence and action and who doesn't is crazy. I was hit with some extraordinary unexpected expenses or else I would have flown up there, too. Maybe I should have put the trip on a credit card? Isn't that what those damned...
Lori Drew Indicted
Posted on May 15, 2008While Lori Drew is evil and deserves whatever Karma has for her, a Missouri resident should not be required to answer charges in California for conduct directed towards other Missouri residents. This is scary stuff, folks. UPDATE: Orin Kerr analyzes the issues beyond my, "Um, this is, like, really scary, dude...
Obama to Reporter: "It's a Man's World"
Posted on May 15, 2008(Via Ted Frank, who wonders what would have happened if a Republican man had taken that tone with a female reporter?)
Blackmail, Extortion, and the First Amendment
Posted on May 14, 2008Why is blackmail a crime? More importantly, how can blackmail be criminalize in light of the First Amendment? Here is how the federal blackmail statute reads: Whoever, under a threat of informing, or as a consideration for not informing, against any violation of any law of the United States, demands or receives any money or other valuable thing, shall be...
Judge Posner on Persuading Judges
Posted on May 14, 2008Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals offers some advice.
Testilying, Again
Posted on May 14, 2008What's testilying? It's a real word that means "lying under oath." You testilie when you testify and lie. Pretty clever, huh? Three years ago I noted a clear-cut case of testilying. It was a "There is no doubt the officer was lying" example of it. To date, Officer Matthew Wohl has not been punished for his perjury...
Racism is Dead in America
Posted on May 13, 2008Dead, I tell you: A confluence of groups customarily inclined toward Hillary Clinton was voting in the West Virginia primary, with less-educated, lower-income Southern whites predominating.... Racially motivated voting appeared to be running higher than usual: Two in 10 whites said the race of the candidate was a factor in their vote, second only to Mississippi...
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Do parents have the right to NOT turn in a sexual offender?
No. The offender should be turned in regardless of any disability (1), or reason...
Can someone detained in a search w/ warrant, be charged with a crime related to the search if they were not arrested at the time of the search?
The police have fairly wide discretion on when they can make an arrest so long a...
I was a bookkeeper for a recreation center. The Center Director left and a new director took over. I went to work one day and some of my files were missing. I called our computer tech and her restored the files (I had ma
In order for a crime to be established you need to conclusively prove that the D...
If I was detained by citizens unlawfully, and then the police showed up...is everything they charged me with in-admissable?
Probably depends on the law of the state in which you live. Many states allow fo...
If I pay restitution, can I still be charged with a crime?
It sounds like the law in your area is treating it as a civil matter. That being...
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