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Law Schools
Columbia Law Professors Respond To University's Police Crackdowns On Campus Free Speech
I'd heed their worry about the rule of law being in danger -- if anyone can issue spot in fact patterns, it's them. -
Technology
Cops Claim Body Cam Footage Of Wrong Address Raid Would Be ‘Dangerous’ To Release To General Public
Cops continue to wonder why people don’t trust them. Go figure. At the center of this latest “we’re better than you” posturing by law enforcement is the raid of the wrong house by self-proclaimed “trained and experienced” officers, who mistook one Arab male for another before rushing into a house and pointing guns at everyone. Now that there’s an […] - Sponsored
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Technology
Police Chief Hailed As A Hero For Crashing Into A Car While Fleeing The Scene Of A Shooting
From the let's-make-sure-everyone-but-taxpayers-get-home-safely dept
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Law Schools
For The Love Of God, Let's Not Normalize Calling The Cops On Peaceful Protestors
Even when a famous person tells you to. -
Crime
Stoner Rats Eating All The Drugs In Police Evidence Lockup
It's not just Mickey's voice that's high. -
Technology
Peoria Police Put Out Recruiting Poster Telling Recruits To Come Play ‘Call Of Duty’ In Real Life
From the pew pew pew dept. -
Technology
Immunity Denied To Cop Who Ticketed A Man For Telling The Cop To Turn On His Headlights
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Technology
California Cops Now Have To Lead With The Pretext When Making Pretextual Stops
From the 'do-YOU-know-why-you-pulled-me-over?' Dept. - Sponsored
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Law Schools
Jonathan Turley Says He Was Swatted, Offers Thoughts And Prayers For Himself
Even when Turley is legitimately victimized, he can't bring himself to alienate himself from his new gravy train. -
How The Courts Have Made It Easier For Cops To Steal From Citizens
Another case heading to the Supreme Court dealing with asset forfeiture. -
Technology
Fifth Circuit: The Government Doesn’t Need To Pay You For The Home It Destroyed To Effect An Arrest
from the law-enforcement-is-our-most-troublesome-invasive-species dept -
Technology
Delaware State Police Pay $50,000 To Man Troopers Ticketed For Flipping Them Off
From the no-problem,-the-taxpayers-are-good-for-it dept. -
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Government
Judge Who Crashed Into A School While License Suspended From Another DUI Approved Warrant To Raid Newspaper
Judge: First Amendment? Hold my beer. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.10.23
* Another day, another several hundred grand worth of unethical and undisclosed gifts for Clarence Thomas. [ProPublica]
* ABA encouraging law firms to redouble efforts to expand diversity… before the Supreme Court makes it illegal. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Lawsuit alleges private attorney took on upwards of 600 indigent client criminal cases, collecting huge sums from the city, and then not doing any work. That’s not totally true… the lawsuit alleges that the lawyer was quite diligent about filing motions for fees. [ABA Journal]
* Treasury announcing regulations to curb money laundering through real estate. Maybe Manhattan will be affordable again in 15 years! [Reuters]
* A Wisconsin police department refuses to divulge the name of officers who shoot people citing victim’s rights laws and arguing that if they shot someone they must have felt threatened and therefore are the real victims. [Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
* Don’t use AI to write your firm’s web content reports the department of obvious things. [Search Engine Journal]
* Ninth Circuit says text spam is not covered by the TCPA. Great! Just in time for generative AI to remove almost every entry barrier to mass text spamming. [Law360]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.12.23
* Trump indicates that he would consider a plea deal if the DOJ would “pay me some damages.” It’s possible he’s not receiving top notch legal guidance right now. [Newsweek]
* JPMorgan Chase has settled with Jeffrey Epstein’s victims. [MarketWatch]
* Civil rights lawyer arrested for filming a traffic stop as creeping fascism breaks into a sprint. [ABC News]
* 3M tried to wiggle out of earplug liability through bankruptcy. The courts seem to have grown wise to this strategy. [Financial Times]
* Government digging into allegations of COVID test fraud, where people ordered free tests on behalf of dead people. Look, I don’t know if anyone in DC is tracking the level of COVID denialism out here but maybe we don’t need to complain about anyone wanting tests. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Title IX changes expected to trigger wave of litigation. [Law.com]
* Marvel settles with classic creators who possessed the most important superpower of all: a colorable copyright interest. [Law360]
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Technology
Maryland Cops Can’t Seem To Understand Why Marijuana Legalization Means They Can’t Search Cars Just Because They Smell Marijuana
Duh, you smelled something legal. -
Courts
Police And Prosecutors Allegedly Engaged In Scheme Of Using Sex And Drugs To Coerce Confessions
This took prosecutorial discretion way too far. -
Courts
Cops Sue Afroman For Sharing Video Of Their Unfounded Raid Of His House
But did then they get high? That's a better explanation than the arguments in the complaint.