Rapper Chief Keef was originally scheduled to perform at the Red Moon Theater in Chicago at a benefit for the family of Dillan Harris, a 13-month-old baby killed in a car accident. However, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office put pressure on the venue to cancel the concert, The city called Red Moon and requested they not host the concert, calling Chief Keef "an unacceptable role … [Read more...] about Censorious Thugs Detected In the Holodeck!
Road Trip 2015 – Part 1 of 2
Our trip this year started off with a wedding -- the son of an old friend was marrying a wonderful woman who we all liked -- and we caught up with the show at the rehearsal dinner on Friday night. It was at Luigi's House, which seems like a decent enough restaurant. The hotel, on the other hand, had a really hard bed, slow elevators, and questionable bathroom plumbing.On … [Read more...] about Road Trip 2015 – Part 1 of 2
Better Data Seizure in the Digital World
Scott Greenfield has an interesting post about how much computerized data the government is allowed to seize when serving a warrant. Current practice is to seize it all and do whatever they want with it. Orin Kerr had proposed allowing the government to continue to seize all the data but putting restrictions on the use of that data so that only data responsive to the warrant … [Read more...] about Better Data Seizure in the Digital World
Criminal Defense and the Cardinality of the Client
In a tweet, criminal defense blogger Norm DeGuerre refers to an article by Michelle Alexander that asks, What would happen if thousands of people charged with crimes refused to plead out? Norm then asks Bringing the system to its knees is in your clients' best interest. Why aren't we doing it? And in a blog post, Mark Bennett gives the standard response that every … [Read more...] about Criminal Defense and the Cardinality of the Client
A Brief and Admittedly Petulant Note to IFC Films and [redacted]
[Update: This caught me in a bad mood, and it was showing up as a top search result for the person who sent it, so at their request I have removed their name because, really, it's not that big a deal.]I just got an email that has begins with the following text in large centered print (only the last few lines matter for this post):IFC Films and The Fortune … [Read more...] about A Brief and Admittedly Petulant Note to IFC Films and [redacted]