Legal Try-ons - TV Copyright notices

Remember the sternly-worded copyright notice that the NFL always shows during games? That notice is a BS try-on, when compared to current US copyright law. This article explains why the notices are, in part, legal bluster. The situation is similar to "… more »
02.19.2010 • Current Affairs, Legal Nonsense • Send feedback » • PermalinkPermalink

Asset forfeiture abuse - again

Ridley Balko writes in Reason magazine about the egregious abuse of asset forfeiture laws in the modern USA. I previously blogged about one amazing abuse of the system in Tenaha TX. more »
02.1.2010 • Current Affairs, Legal Nonsense • Send feedback » • PermalinkPermalink

The Supreme Court ruling on Corporate funding of political activity

Glenn Greenwald, in his usual brisk style, has produced an excellent summary of the Supreme Court decision here. As he points out, most of the arguments being made over the judgement by both sides are unpersuasive: Critics emphasize that the Court's rul… more »
01.22.2010 • Legal Nonsense • Send feedback » • PermalinkPermalink

Louisiana lowers the bar on the definition of "sex offender"

In which one of the more regressive states in the Union decides to lower the bar on its jurisprudence still further: New Orleans city police and the district attorney’s office are using a state law written for child molesters to charge hundreds of sex w… more »
01.22.2010 • Legal Nonsense • Send feedback » • PermalinkPermalink