Dueling Still Not Advisable in Oregon
You can meet somewhere for a rap battle, I guess, but don’t bring guns.
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No-Dueling Promise May Be Dropped From Kentucky Oath
As I wrote last year (here, and here), since 1849 the Kentucky Constitution has required anyone holding any "office of honor or profit" to swear that they have never fought or otherwise participated in a duel. This provision was added…
Kentucky Dueling Update: Lawyers Also Must Take the No-Dueling Oath
I wrote recently about a Kentucky law that required all "first responders" to take an oath swearing that they had never fought in a duel, causing me to wonder whether there had been a problem with first responders showing up…
Kentucky Prohibits First Responders From Dueling
Originally, this post was about a debate over a Kentucky law that requires the state Office of Homeland Security to give God credit for being a vital member of its staff. Section 39G.010(2)(a) of the Kentucky Statutes requires the office's executive director…
Dueling Lawsuits Filed Over Copyright Claim by Mental Spoonbender
Uri Geller’s also trying to bend the law with this one.
Canada to Legalize Witchcraft
Technically, it is just decriminalizing the offense of pretending to practice witchcraft, but that would have been a crappy headline.
In Michigan, You May Now Dance to the National Anthem
Well, it’s legal now, at least, although to be honest it’s not the most danceable tune ever written.
“Game of Thrones” Fan Demands Trial by Combat
He’d have better luck with this if he lived in Westeros instead of Staten Island.
Santorum: Judicial Branch Is Weakest Because Article III Comes Third
From yesterday's Huffington Post: "Our founders intended for [the judicial branch] to be the least consequential of the three branches of government," said Santorum. "How do I know that for a fact? Because it's Article III. Article I is Congress,…
UPDATE: Kentucky Lawyers Still Not Allowed to Fight Duels
As I wrote in more detail last year, since 1849 Kentucky has required every new legislator, public officer and member of the bar to take an oath stating that, among other things, [I] have not fought a duel with deadly…