from the Register-Guard:
The order issued Monday afternoon came after The Register-Guard and the Eugene Weekly separately asked the District Attorney’s Office to overturn a city decision that asserted state laws pertaining to personnel records required the police reports to remain secret until the city completes a misconduct investigation into officer Judd Warden’s actions. [...]
Two [...]
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Eugene City Police Ordered to Release Taser Police Report
Posted in constitution, criminal law, ethics, free speech, media, oregon, politics, prejudice, private press, public domain, torture on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If the law is a secret, do you have to obey it?
Posted in copyright, dissent, economics, ethics, first sale doctrine, free speech, internet, media, politics, technology on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m thinking that negotiating a secret treaty that will strip rights from internet users to pacify movie studios is a pretty good way to make sure that it’s eventually rejected by the American people.
Bottomless Bailout or Nationalization- the only choices left
Posted in economics, ethics, politics, securities on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What TPM does not say is that it’s been clear since, say, August 2008 that these are the only choices. Either we keep pissing good money after bad, or we … stop.
The issue isn’t whether people like the idea of ‘nationalization’. It’s better framed as whether you a) want the government to temporarily take over [...]
Castle Doctrine Map Update for January 2009
Posted in castle doctrine, criminal law, education, politics, privilege, property, torts, tagged castle doctrine, map, update on January 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I realize the insanity of trusting Wikipedia for any kind of exhaustive legal analysis. But they’ve got a great list, and the list (for the most part) links to the relevant statutes. If I was really going to be serious about this I’d take the time to look up state murder law for all 50 [...]
More Castle Doctrine catch-up – Amarillo, TX
Posted in castle doctrine, criminal law, ethics, politics, privilege, property on January 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Here’s a short editorial blurb about a home-invasion shooting that will probably be excused by the Texas castle doctrine law. The writer seems unapologetically in favor of shooting people to protect property. The second comment on the article, however, is what’s really priceless:
I would blow someone away if they were dumb enough to try to [...]
Montana Working Towards Castle Doctrine Law
Posted in castle doctrine, criminal law, politics, privilege on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From the AP text:
HELENA, Mont. (AP) – Both Republicans and Democrats in the Montana Legislature agree that homeowners need absolute certainty that it is OK to gun down intruders.
But that doesn’t mean there is any guarantee that various versions of so-called “castle doctrine” self-defense legislation will clear a closely divided Legislature.
The bills all aim to [...]
Posner Gets Basic US History Wrong
Posted in constitution, dissent, economics, education, ethics, hypocrisy, politics, tagged lincoln, posner, stare decisis on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
although since he doesn’t give a damn about stare decisis, I guess I’m not surprised that he can’t be bothered to actually check the factual truth behind the decisions his clerks write for him.
