Not for slapping his attorney's butt, after slapping it, in sort of an NFL-style congratulatory buttslap for having just gotten him a deal that would have resulted in no jail time. Doing this in view of the judge and spectators turns out to…
I haven't always been that kind to Justice Scalia (or to Justice Scalia's hats), but I do think he's a very good writer, and so I'm glad to be able to quote him saying something I agree with. If you…
They have enough problems without people jumping on them.
That headline could just as easily have been something like: "Police Arrest Boy for Stealing Mom's Pop-Tarts"—it just depends whose stupidity you want to highlight, and this is really a toss-up. Few details are available, mainly because everybody involved was…
You may remember Kai, the oddball hitchhiker who became a hero of sorts after he saved a woman in California from an attacker by going after that guy with a hatchet he happened to be carrying. See "Axe-Wielding Hitchhiker Dude…
O.J. Simpson and Joe Francis, to be specific.
Shoplifting! No, I'm just kidding. It was sexual assault. Ironically, according to the website of the U.S. Air Force's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program—a program that was led until today by the alleged assailant, who now seems to have…
Don’t try this at home, or anywhere.
You won't be able to read the full text of this article if (like me) you don't have premium access to the New Jersey Law Journal. On the other hand, you don't need to. If the first sentence is too…
From the opinion in People v Deer, decided March 19 in St. Lawrence County, New York: [Border Patrol Agent] Carrier on cross examination said the reasons he stopped the vehicle were that the driver had both hands on the wheel with…