I woke up around 6:30 am and got ready for my day of jury duty. After showering, I started to prepare myself for the security checkpoint. As I mentioned yesterday, I normally have a lot of stuff in my pockets and I wanted to thin it out. So I just took my keys, my wallet, a couple of pens, some medication, and a baggie full of change. (I put the change in a baggie so I … [Read more...] about Jury Duty (continued)
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Jury Duty
I have been called to serve as a juror in Cook County, Illinois. I'm self-employed, so I don't have an employer to pay me for jury service, but the good news is that we have a one day/one trial policy which means I will be stuck there for only a day unless I get assigned to a trial. The bad news is that the court system is a government operation, which means they have little … [Read more...] about Jury Duty
“It’s the warrantless, stupid!”
KipEsquire gets the NSA wiretapping decision exactly right. And he got it right back in January too. … [Read more...] about “It’s the warrantless, stupid!”
Some Very Succinct Legal Writing
Have Opinion, Will Travel posts a rather succinct notice of appeal by someone acting pro se. I hope I never have to file a criminal appeal. But if I ever have to sue someone I'm going to use this line in the complaint: You have been hereby served notice you're not getting away with this shit that easy. (Hat tip: Crimlaw) … [Read more...] about Some Very Succinct Legal Writing
A Great Idea From the Instapundit
Glenn Reynolds blogged the arrested-for-photographing-the-cops story too. Of course, he did it earlier. In his commentary, he offers this terrific idea: I think we need civil rights legislation making this kind of arrest illegal. Treble damages, plus the right to civil forfeiture of any police property or equipment used in the arrest. Oh, and respondeat superior liability … [Read more...] about A Great Idea From the Instapundit