Traffic stops

* Monkeypox is officially a public health emergency. Let’s mind our manners so this doesn’t go apeshit, capiche? [NBC News]

* DeSantis isn’t having any of that Constitutional Sheriff mess when it doesn’t fit his policy choices. What happened to discretion? [Wesh]

* Officers face disciplinary action for letting a white privilege card slide. This isn’t hyperbole. Even I can admit this is funny. [AP]

* I know you know law school is expensive, but most people just think that means tuition. The textbooks ain’t cheap neither. [Reddit]

* California’s Governor pulls a “Come to Death Row Records” to spite Georgia. [CBS 46]

*  Leave me alone: Philly’s Driving Equity Law stops cops from pulling people over for minor traffic violations. [Billy Penn]

* Only Fox I trust is a Red One: Former Fox News producer in legal trouble after allegedly working with Russian Oligarchs [NYT]

* Law school applications are down 10%! Maybe this video is finally doing what needs to be done. [Reuters]

* Louisiana legislator wants to ban watching porn at college. Will the procrasturbation ban raise or tank GPAs, I wonder? [Lailluminator]

* Oregon’s Senate just passed a bill that specifies when cops can use tear gas on people. I hope the acceptable scenarios are closer to never than when the clouds are out. [KPTV]

They'll likely still have probable cause but hey, it's a start.

The police aren't your mom, and don't need to be helmet enforcement.

Traffic stops are among the most common encounters with law enforcement that most Americans will have; if the average citizen has no clue what her rights or duties are during these encounters, then we’re doing it wrong.

Don’t get in a car with anyone you suspect is carrying drugs or other contraband. Should that car be stopped (even on the most flimsy of pretenses), one thing could lead to another — and you might all end up in jail.

Maybe, just maybe, there are too many laws.

Based on our earlier coverage of traffic stops, here are some dos and don’ts for the next time you get pulled over: Do remain cool and collected. Do say as little as possible. Do not mouth off to the police officer. Do not try to get out of the ticket by bragging about your job […]