Feb
22
Impunity for Journalist’s Killers
February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment
A chilling message was sent to journalists worldwide when all three defendants associated with the murder of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya were acquitted this Thursday. However, this will not be the end of the case. Attorneys for the Politkovskaya family promised to appeal the decision and Judge Yevgeni Zubov, the presiding judge, ordered today [...]
Feb
18
Ice Storms and Blizzards Don’t Mean We’re Cool (Global Warming Still Happening)
February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Professor Ryan’s ACS contribution emphasized the importance of the new Green Deal for stimulating the economy and saving the planet. However, recent severe winter storms may have some of us wondering, “This can’t be global warming, is the environment okay now?” The February 15 edition of EarthTalk, the question-and-answer column of E-The Environmental Magazine, [...]
Oct
1
WTF? FCC v. Fox Television Stations
October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment
On Friday night, a few of the nation’s leading law scholars argued whether fleeting expletives can be publicly broadcast without a fine.
The moot court was scheduled as part of the Institute of Bill of Rights Law annual Supreme Court Preview. This year’s case, FCC v. Fox Television Stations, featured Tom Goldstein, one of the nation’s [...]
Sep
23
Pastors for Politicians?
September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The Alliance Defense Fund is calling for Christian pastors to begin endorsing political candidates on September 28, 2008—which has been illegal since 1954. The issue stems from the First Amendment’s Free Speech Clause potentially trumping the IRS tax code 26 U.S.C § 501(c)(3), which exempts religious organizations from income tax so long as those [...]
Jul
18
Apophasis
July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment
With all of the chatter around the Supreme Court’s recent Heller, Boumediene, and Kennedy decisions, it has been easy to overlook some interesting cases making their way through other parts of the court system. For instance, Center for Bio-Ethical Reform v. Los Angeles County Sheriff Department, No. 05-55294, slip op. (9th Cir., July 2, [...]
Apr
4
Telecom Spying– You Are Still Not Safe
April 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment
You’re still not safe because there’s still no terrorism exception to the rule of law. That was the message from the Attorney General this week in his address to the Commonwealth Club of California. After his initial remarks (which were on the ongoing effort to fight public corruption) he solicited a question on [...]
Feb
14
Senate Immunizes Warrantless Wiretapping
February 14, 2008 | 2 Comments
Jim Webb, John Warner, and a supermajority of the Senate (68-29), just sold you out. The Senate just passed a bill which would excuse the telecommunications companies for violating the rights that same Senate conferred upon you. Make no mistake, there hasn’t been the slightest suggestion that what they did was legal. [...]
Feb
4
Abercrombie & F#t@$
February 4, 2008 | 1 Comment
Lynnhaven Mall in Virginia Beach has long held a special place in my heart. Whether attending friends’ birthday parties at Aladdin’s Castle Arcade, or hitting up PG-13 movies at the old upstairs theater, Lynnhaven Mall has always been a place that Hampton Roads natives like myself have congregated. Historically, Virginia Beach has been a [...]
Sep
19
Protests, Tasers, and Yearwood
September 19, 2007 | 1 Comment
Over the weekend, thousands of peaceful, anti-war protesters converged on Washington, D.C. in the exercise of their constitutional right to call their government to task.
The media covered the event quite heavily, and what I recall most poignantly from standing in and amongst the crowd, which included Iraq war veterans, was a haunting, and often moving, [...]
Sep
9
Banning Bottoms
September 9, 2007 | 1 Comment
Belt sales in Louisiana could soon get a boost. The city counsels of Shreveport and Alexandria recently voted to prohibit individuals from wearing their pants below the waist, joining four other Louisiana cities in banning baggy pants. Depending on the city, violators are subject to fines of up to $200 and may even be required [...]
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