Pot decriminalzation
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.08.22
* Everybody’s smoking on the weekend: DC makes it illegal to fire employees for using the marijuanas. [The Hill]
* Curious to know how gun reform could affect the boys in blue? Check it out. [NPR]
* The UK is launching civil suits against Russia. Looks like lawsuits are war by other means. [Law.com]
* We live in a timeline where Ben & Jerry’s is doing more to prevent gun violence than many politicians. That said, a Thought and Prayers flavor probably wouldn’t taste like much. [CNBC]
* She get it with her mama! Mother/Daughter duo graduate with law degrees from Birmingham School of Law. I almost hyperlinked a song to the first sentence but decided against it; it was a little Juvenile. [Alabama News Center]
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Morning Docket: 04.18.11
* Apple was hit with a lawsuit by parents angry that their credit cards were being used by their stupid kids to buy dumb swag in iPhone games. [Time] * An Italian fortune, an American woman, and the suggestion that paternity sometimes cannot be forcefully established by the simple query “Who dat is?” [New York […]
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California, Crime, Drugs, Marijuana
The Governator Terminates Misdemeanor Criminal Charges for an Ounce of Pot Possession
It’s Friday, many of you ain’t got no job, and California is going to let you get high! Don’t let the somewhat tepid headline fool you. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger took a major step towards decriminalizing marijuana possession today. If you don’t smoke up, the news can seem kind of minor. Schwarzenegger signed a bill that […]