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Tag Archives: Supreme Court
Arkansas Supreme Court Okays Teacher-Student Sex
It’s illegal for adults to have sex with anybody below the legal age of consent. Well, that’s true by definition. But in about half the states, it’s also specifically a felony — not just unethical, not just a firing offense — for a teacher to have sex with a student … Continue reading
Posted in Court Rulings, Current Criminal Justice Headline News, News, Polls
Tagged Constitution, sex, Supreme Court, teachers
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Friday Afternoon Miscellany: March 30, 2012
“But officer, the Batmobile lost a wheel and the Joker got away!” Why Batman was pulled over by traffic cops last week Homeless People Used as Human, Walking Wi-Fi Hotspots… but is there anything really wrong with this? Is anybody bothered by the fact that time and again, Justice Kennedy … Continue reading
Monday Morning Miscellany: Communal Guns, Collections Agent Gets 85-Year-Old Woman Hauled In For ”Suicide Evaluation,” and Campaign Contributions as Free Speech
The “Community Gun”: It’s like Zipcar. Except with guns. Too bad “zipgun” is already taken. Police Take 85-Year-Old Woman For ”Suicide Evaluation” After Wells Fargo Collections Agent Reports Her: He sort of claims she used the word “suicide” while he was harassing her (well, he doesn’t use the word “harassing”); … Continue reading
Posted in Court Rulings, Lawsuits
Tagged Citizens United, collection agencies, guns, lawsuits, politics, Supreme Court
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Canadian Supreme Court to Decide: Is It a Crime For an HIV Carrier Not to Disclose His Condition to a Sexual Partner?
Canada’s Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in two cases today, both involving whether it should be a crime not to tell your sexual partner that you’re HIV-positive. The arguments in favor of disclosing the information are too obvious to discuss. Those opposing the law — which is currently … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Bickel, Managing Editor, Current Criminal Justice Headline News, Editorials, News
Tagged Canada, HIV, polls, sex, Supreme Court
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L.A. Times: Why the Supreme Court Might Not Hear the Prop 8 Appeal
Conventional wisdom today is that while the 9th US District Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling that Prop 8 (banning same-sex marriage) is significant, it has no real effect because the case will invariably go to the U.S. Supreme Court for a definitive decision. According to this Los Angeles Times article, … Continue reading
Posted in Court Rulings, Current Criminal Justice Headline News, News
Tagged appeals, court rulings, same-sex marriage, Supreme Court
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When Should a Justice Be Recused?
Hamilton County (Ohio) prosecutor Joe Deters, in response to Ohio Supreme Court justice Paul Pfeifer’s recent comment that the death penalty system is “broken” and should be scrapped, sent out letters to prosecutors and judges across the state questioning whether Justice Pfeifer can be “fair to both sides,” and suggested … Continue reading
U.S. Supreme Court Lets Stand Texas ”Pole Tax” on Strip Clubs
Monday (January 23), the Supreme Court announced it will not hear a challenge to Texas’s Sexually Oriented Business Fee Act — popularly and inevitably known as the “pole tax” — letting stand the Texas Supreme Court ruling upholding it (see earlier article below). This does not bode well for the … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Bickel, Managing Editor, Court Rulings, Editorials, Polls
Tagged First Amendment, polls, Supreme Court, Texas
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Supreme Court: No GPS Tracking of Cars Without a Warrant
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled this morning that placing a GPS monitoring device on a suspect’s car does constitute a search (rather than surveillance), and therefore requires a probably cause warrant. This ruling upholds one by an appeals court that called the GPS monitoring a violation of (alleged) cocaine dealer … Continue reading
Posted in Court Rulings, Current Criminal Justice Headline News, News, Polls
Tagged Fourth Amendment, GPS, polls, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, warrantless searches
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Supreme Court hears arguments about removing broadcast television’s ban on nudity and bad language
January 11, 2012: The Supreme Court heard arguments earlier today on whether regulations prohibiting nudity and bad language on broadcast television should be struck down.November 23, 2011: A coalition of groups has petitioned the Supreme Court to take away the Federal Communications Commission’s power to ban “indecent speech” for the … Continue reading
Posted in Polls
Tagged censorship, First Amendment, freedom of expression, obscenity, polls, Supreme Court
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