Imagine yourself shopping at a discount store. You're there to pick up, say, paper towels. Your 4-year-old, however, desperately wants a little necklace with a princess on it, which costs a dollar. Maybe you buy it; maybe you don't. But how much time ... [Read more...]
COLUMN: The Law in Real Life: Crackdown on Pants Sagging Abuses Authority and Violates Civil Rights
COLUMN: The Law in Real Life Crackdown on Pants Sagging Abuses Authority and Violates Civil Rights When a police chief announces that he's going to take a stand against saggy pants, he makes himself an easy target. Doesn't he have anything, you ... [Read more...]
Crackdown on Pants Sagging Abuses Authority and Violates Civil Rights
When a police chief announces that he's going to take a stand against saggy pants, he makes himself an easy target. Doesn't he have anything, you know, important to do? Flint, Mich., police Chief David Dicks sent out a memo June 26 telling ... [Read more...]
Strip Search at School Crosses Line of Common Sense
There's something to be said for not doing things that don't make a lick of sense. Don't stick a fork in a toaster, don't thump a bees' nest with a broomstick and don't strip-search a 13-year-old girl because a classmate identifies her as a supplier ... [Read more...]
COLUMN: The Law In Real Life
COLUMN: The Law In Real Life Strip Search at School Crosses Line of Common Sense There's something to be said for not doing things that don't make a lick of sense. Don't stick a fork in a toaster, don't thump a bees' nest with a broomstick and ... [Read more...]
Christian License Plate Raises Constitutional Concerns
License plates used to be such simple things. A kid on a road trip could learn what the plates for all 50 states looked like and could check them off on a list. Not anymore. Standard license plates have been replaced in many states by diverse ... [Read more...]
COLUMN: The Law in Real Life: Christian License Plate Raises Constitutional Concerns
COLUMN: The Law in Real Life Christian License Plate Raises Constitutional Concerns License plates used to be such simple things. A kid on a road trip could learn what the plates for all 50 states looked like and could check them off on a list. ... [Read more...]
COMMENTARY: Marriage Rights and the Myth of Activist Judges
Yesterday was the first day same-sex couples were able to marry in California. The California Supreme Court gay marriage case that granted that right — the undramatically named In Re Marriage Cases — has started, or restarted, debates about ... [Read more...]
When Race Affects Tips, Do Employees Have Recourse?
There's nothing more annoying than a study pointing out that we're not as rational as we think we are. It's so much easier not to know. Consider tipping in restaurants. You tip your server based on friendliness, good service and the peculiar power ... [Read more...]