Good News: Cops Now Slightly More Likely to Lube You First
The Ninth Circuit made it just a little less likely that officers will try to yank something out of your butt without a warrant.
2015
Guy Steals Four Million Pounds of Oranges
Say—weren’t there six to eight million oranges here just a minute ago?
Have You Ever Paid Royalties for Singing “Happy Birthday”?
At least if you paid them to Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., good news: you might be getting that money back. Of course, this is probably much better news for your lawyers, but still.
Insane Clown Posse Wins Appeal
Sixth Circuit holds that ICP and affiliated Juggalo plaintiffs have standing to try to vacate the FBI’s classification of Juggalos as a “gang.” Whoop whoop!
Texas Police Won’t Charge Muslim Boy With Clock Possession
In which Texas police “err on the side of caution” by arresting a 14-year-old who had what sort of looked like a bomb they saw in a movie. Fact that he’s a Muslim? Totally irrelevant.
“God Would Not Go Around With Pants Down,” Says Councilman
What Would Jesus Wear?
BREAKING: O.J. Simpson Freed
Really?! Sort of.
Ninth Circuit: Big Mountain Jesus Can Stay Put
Court rules that a 12-foot-statue of Jesus near Chairlift Two of a Montana ski resort doesn’t violate the Establishment Clause just because it’s technically on federal land. Fact that people sometimes put a ski helmet on it is relevant to court’s analysis.
Assorted Stupidity #79
According to Travel Sentry, Inc., it “creates and manages standards that improve travel security” in cooperation with agencies like the TSA. It doesn’t make luggage locks, but locks made to its standards are “officially recognized and accepted” by the agencies….
Yes, You Could Get a DWI on a Barbie Jeep
Tara Monroe is a college student in Texas who has gained some notoriety for her response to a DWI arrest in March. Monroe, whose “license was automatically suspended after [she refused] a breathalyzer test after a Waka Flocka concert,” then…