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Hustler Store Challenges Ohio Sex Offender Registration Law
Last year, the Ohio legislature jumped into the fiesta of states trying to outdo each other passing stronger and stronger sex offender registration laws. Ohio’s Adam Walsh compliance act, Senate
Passing Unconstitutional Laws has a Price
GameSpy reports: The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced [on June 30] that the state of Minnesota paid $65,000 in attorney fees and expenses incurred as a result of their successful
Here I come to sue your Ass!
A small firm in Maryland, Man & Machine has been manufacturing the waterproof “Mighty Mouse” for a few years. Unfortunately, they seem to be one of those businesses that said
More tangential ruminations on D.C. v. Heller
As I dwelled on what D.C. V. Heller meant for First Amendment rights, it appears that William Patry was similarly ruminating on how D.C. v. Heller illustrates how the Court
The New Marketplace of Ideas Remains Open for Business
by Sam Lea Legal Satyricon Correspondent Blogging, an often controversial area of the “marketplace of ideas,” has just won a victory over an overzealous attorney, who improperly sought to silence
American Christians, welcome to the party.
All of a sudden, if you believe TIME Magazine, it seems that American Christianity has all of a sudden rejected the twin banners of Orwell’s Junior Anti-Sex League and the
Judge Sanctions Shoemaker
I previously wrote about Clifford Shoemaker, the Virginia attorney with the flexible ethical standards and his quest to shut down blogger Kathleen Seidel, here in Subpoena Sleaze and here in
Texas: Child Abuse protected by the Free Exercise Clause
This seems to be a totally bizarre interpretation of the First Amendment. Laura Schubert, 17, was falsely imprisoned and abused by her “church.” After being kept awake all night and
We have to defend family values! The Defense of Marriage Amendment
This just in from the ARE YOU FREAKIN’ SERIOUS? department: With an election looming, you knew that a few neo-cons would trot out anti-gay measures. Homosexuals are the last minority
Man dies after taking 23 shots in 30 minutes
ABC News reports: A Florida man died Tuesday after taking more than two dozen shots of cherry vodka within a half hour, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office. This
What does D.C. v. Heller mean for *First* Amendment Rights?
I’m not a Second Amendment buff. I follow Second Amendment cases like I followed basketball this year. I really didn’t perk up until the playoffs. That’s why I have asked
Guest Blogger Correct says Supreme Court…
By Jonathon Blevins, Legal Satyricon Second Amendment Correspondent Today the Supreme Court handed down District of Columbia v. Heller. The background of the case is available here: http://randazza.wordpress.com/2007/11/24/guest-blawg-jonathon-blevins-on-the-second-amendment/ The agonizing
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Gloucester and its "Pregnancy Pact" – a Native's Perspective
Long before Gloucester, Massachusetts became known as the town of the “Pregnancy Pact,” I knew it as home… I’m from theyah. It isn’t just the natural beauty that makes me
Using Google Trends to Prove a Point about Porn
In an obscenity trial, in order for a prosecutor to lock up an American citizen for making “dirty movies” or “dirty writings” or “dirty pictures,” he (or she) must convince
Auto Admit Update
I have been meaning to blog about this, but I’ve been obsessed with fatherhood… fortunately, Dave Hoffman over at Concurring Opinions sums up the pwnage that was visited upon AK47
George Carlin Dead
I refuse to say he “passed away.” He would have hated that. The world is just that much less honest, funny, and free today. Naturally, Carlin was an inspiration to
The UDRP in Narnia
This is an updated and corrected version of an earlier post. Richard Saville-Smith says that he bought the domain name narnia.mobi for his 11 year old son as a birthday
The way Barney should be
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KstpUf_BjDc] A shout out to zabigkahuna, DHAPMNG 4 life, yo.
Sex offender wins the lottery
I’ve argued that if you go to jail, you should get a bill for that stay, payable from any windfall profit you may get in the future, lottery winnings, or
