LEGAL DEPT.
Haiduk Steps Up On Possession
Kane County criminal defense lawyer Matt Haiduk has posted a response to my earlier post about the strangeness of the crime of possession, in which he address both of my scenarios and makes a few additional points. In response to my hypothetical stranger-hands-me-a-duffle-bag scenario, Matt has some legal advice: From a strictly legal standpoint, you… Read more
FULFILLED EXPECTATIONS DEPT.
In Which the U.S. Government Gives Me Free Stuff
The good news is that the United States government is going to give me three years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection absolutely free. The bad news is that in March of 2014 the U.S. Government’s Office of Personnel Management got hacked. The OPM cybersecurity team didn’t detect the hacking until April of the… Read more
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT DEPT.
Possession Is Such a Strange Crime
A hypothetical question for my criminal law readers (or anyone else who has ideas): What should I do if I inadvertently come into possession of contraband? To make it more concrete, suppose I’m walking down the street, minding my own business, when a stranger confronts me, thrusts a duffle bag into my hands, and runs… Read more
CREEPING TOTALITARIANISM DEPT.
A Few Notes About Obama’s Anti-Terror Plan
So President Obama gave a short speech about his administration’s plan to fight terrorism in the wake of the possibly ISIS-linked shootings in San Bernardino. I don’t know enough about the subject to comment on his foreign policy plans. On the domestic side, however, I saw a few things I want to bitch about: I… Read more
AMUSEMENT DEPT.
The Star Wars Libertarian Special
Yes. Exactly. Read more
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