Last week I wrote about the plans of D.C. police to impose checkpoints on residents. That fell through. However, the innovative folks who run things in Rolling Meadows here in Illinois have been getting away with it for a whole week: The owners of a Rolling Meadows apartment complex filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday charging that their civil rights were violated when … [Read more...] about The Rolling Meadows Police State
Gayvolution
A recent study (hat tip Moby Kip) suggests that the brains of gay men have certain similarities to straight women, and the brains of gay women have similarities to straight men. The brain features in question have their roots in early brain development, suggesting that environmental and social conditions played little roll in their formation. This is one more piece of evidence … [Read more...] about Gayvolution
Teaching Hard Lessons to School Children and Others
By now you may have heard (via Balko, Simple Justice, Moby Kip, or new blawger Bobby Frederick) about the brilliant idea some folks in El Camino California came up with to teach students the importance of not driving drunk: Many juniors and seniors were driven to tears - a few to near hysterics - May 26 when a uniformed police officer arrived in several … [Read more...] about Teaching Hard Lessons to School Children and Others
Getting Away With It
A few days ago Rob Deters at the 26th St. Bar Association wrote about how it felt to stop a police interrogation of one of his clients: I've run into police stations, waived my card and Cook County ID around and asked to see my client, where I tell them, immediately, to shut the hell up. I also tell the detectives assigned to their case that my client is shutting … [Read more...] about Getting Away With It
In My Bookbag: Your Witness
I love reading about crimes and criminal law. The issues are fascinating and the stories are sometimes pretty cool. (One of my favorites is about a pre-trial proceeding where the judge decides that the defendant has been assigned to the wrong court because of his age. The defense lawyer interrupts to ask if this means the court has no jurisdiction. When the judge agrees that's … [Read more...] about In My Bookbag: Your Witness