Judge: First Amendment Doesn’t Guarantee Freedom to Bark
Bonus points: the government argued that even if barking is “speech,” it would be “fighting words” that are not protected.
Constitutional Law
Candidate: We Must Ban This Religion to Protect Freedom of Religion
I have no idea whether Herman Cain is an intelligent person or not. I assume he probably is, since he was the CEO of a company, and one that made pretty good pizza (not that it's too hard to make…
Here’s Just How Dysfunctional Our Government Really Is
You've probably heard something about how the country is trillions in debt, and that because we can't control the deficit we need to raise the national debt limit again so the government can legally borrow more money. Now it looks…
Your Head + Lincoln’s Body = Instant Credibility
Sure, you could spend years actually developing a reputation for trustworthiness and plain-spoken honesty, or you could just Photoshop your head onto the body of somebody who’s already done that. This lawyer in the Philadelphia area has chosen the more…
“Caylee’s Law” Petition Amended to Avoid Con-Law Problem; Now Just a Bad Idea
Last week I wrote about how hundreds of thousands of Americans were demanding a federal law making it a felony to delay making a missing-child report, although the federal government doesn't have the authority to do that. I acknowledged that…
Number of Americans Demanding Unconstitutional “Caylee’s Law” Increasing All the Time [Updated]
According to Change.org, an online-petition site, over a quarter of a million Americans signed a petition calling for a federal law that would make it a felony for a parent to fail to report a child's death or disappearance within a specified…
You Know, Supreme Executive Power Doesn’t Derive From Some Farcical Aquatic Ceremony
It's about time somebody did something about the unchecked growth of executive power in this country, and although citing Monty Python is not going to be enough, we need to start somewhere. A woman in Florida is suing Gov. Rick…
House Bravely Takes No Action at All on Libya
The headline on this New York Times item is "House Sends Obama Message With Libya Votes." That message: "we are completely ineffectual blowhards." First, the House failed to pass Joint Resolution 68, which would have authorized the use of armed force…
Judge Dismisses Google-Walking-Directions Case
As you may recall, Lauren Rosenberg sued Google last year, alleging that its dastardly Google Maps service had given her walking directions that caused her to walk across and then along a highway, where she was allegedly hit by a…
Who Watches the Watchmen? [Updated]
My concern is that if they've decided this rule doesn't apply to them, where will it end? Before you know it, they'll be failing to fully respect the Fourth Amendment. I don't have a source for this picture (please let…