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Speaking of Abortion

This is kind of crass, but I believe it makes the point...

Here...

If Satanists will even believe that a fetus is alive what does that say about we Americans?

Resolution...

Who says the government doesn't respond quick enough?

Butter Knife

I think we can be a little proud today because we Freedom fighters have released this boy from the clutches of a day off of school....wait... :)

Thanks for taking such a (buzzword warning) proactive approach to this situation....If you find anything else we can mobilize let me know....I think our law school community would benefit by being more involved in issues like this...or at least knowing that they exist...

It is a huge contrast when we read cases every day about people being assaulted or murdered and getting off on a "technicality" but this kid would have been permenantly punished (having the zero tolerance violation on his permenant record) because of a technicality....which doesn't make any sense...

Write to the Omaha School Board about this travesty.

You can't get married if you're already married.
That's the legal loophole that has led Virginia authorities to drop bigamy charges against Charles Hicks. Court records show he was married to seven women over the last 40 years.

Officials say he got hitched three times while married to someone else. But under Virginia law, the marriages are invalid. Hicks later divorced wife number-five and officials say therefore, his marriage to wife seven is legal.

However, prosecutors say they may file additional charges.

The 61-year-old Hicks is a former Naval Postgraduate School administrator and now works for the Army Publishing Directorate.

Got it here.
I, for one, find this exceedingly interesting. Does this make Virginia's bigamy statute useless in that it's a law that's impossible to break?

Is the banner fixed? Let me know.

Another dumb gas warning...

Fill your car with gas this week....because next week might really suck...

Barrister's Ball

Anybody going?

I think it might be fun...I didn't go last year...

Plus, Mimi really likes shopping and she would enjoy the opportunity to search out "the best" cocktail dress....

4th Amendment

The Supreme Court’s 4th Amendment jurisprudence is completely retarded and confusing. You don’t need a warrant to search a person when you arrest them, but if you find a pack of cigarettes on him you can’t look in it without a warrant. You don’t even need to arrest a guy before you can search his entire car after he violates a traffic law, but if you find a bag in it then you have to get a warrant. You can take the bag until you get a warrant, though (wouldn’t it be easier on the person if you just searched him and let him be on his way/arrest him?). If you arrest a guy in his house, you can search his immediate vicinity for any weapons or contraband. You can even do a protective sweep of the house to look for people. But you can’t search the rest of the house, even with probable cause. You can look at a TV in plain view, but you can’t read the serial number on the back. If you arrest someone in their house, then you can “secure” the building until a warrant can be obtained, even if that may take 19 hours. Isn’t this an even bigger intrusion on privacy than searching the damn place, especially when you just arrested the guy? If a guy violates any traffic law, then you can pull him over and look around. Even if you have a warrant, it might be no good just because you filled in the wrong blank on it.

You know what, I have no idea if any of that is absolutely correct.

And the only remedy for 4th Amendment violations is exclusion of illegally obtained evidence. So only criminals benefit from it. They justify this on the grounds that it encourages police to obey the Amendment, but at what cost? And what can regular people do about it when their 4th Amendment rights are violated? Absolutely nothing.

A Clear Abuse (by me) of the Blog

Sorry, but I was cleaning out my emails and I failed to leave one of Kelly's; I have to "email" through this blog. Jon, feel free to pipe in on any subject related or otherwise to the content of this note to Kelly.

I was wondering if Kelly looked at the video I gave him (Water and Rocks). Also, if he gave a listen to those Rush albums I suggested. Afterwards I began to think that "Fly By Night" would have been a better one from the '70s. See 'ya Wednesday.

Lame Joke

Ok, Here's the set up...the punchline will be in the comments....


What's George Bush's Position on Roe vs. Wade?


(Be prepared it's lame)

New Banner

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Nerdy Time

The question for this week is:

"Should New Orleans be rebuilt or should the people be relocated?"

Sub Question: If the country were to disallow any rebuilding effort in favor of
relocation is that a taking that requires compensation under the
Constitution?

Before you answer, you might find it interesting to take a look at an economic analysis recently posted here and here by a man we law students know and love, Judge Richard Posner...

Interested on your thoughts...

Laura Bush and an unknown child attend a classroom performance by a sans make-up "KISS"...obviously the child has been to a concert before...
 

Can't Chew Gum and Walk at the Same Time

Could either of you send me any notes you took from Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife on? I cannot take notes and talk to a professor at the same time.
Muchas gracias.

Property-Type Constitutional Question

I posit a theory: if the Emancipation Proclamation happened today, would the plantation owners have had a suit against the federal government under a taking theory?
Should they have had a claim in 1865?

A public service...

Here's a site that list's Lincoln Gas prices...Here

This public service brought to you by "blogger" and the letter "T"

Here the link to Google earth 

Now we're talking! $120 to fill my car with gas....I can't wait!