COLUMN: The Law in Real Life Increased Toy Safety Regulation May Mark New Era of Government Problem-Solving Imagine yourself shopping at a discount store. You're there to pick up, say, paper towels. Your 4-year-old, however, desperately wants a ... [Read more...]
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Increased Toy Safety Regulation May Mark New Era of Government Problem-Solving
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: Arbitration Contract Takes Away Patient Rights
Physicians Demand Patients Waive Trial by Jury in Malpractice Claims; What Protections Exist for Patients? The New York Times Magazine's column "The Ethicist" featured a question from a reader regarding a new practice by her physician. The patient ... [Read more...]
COMMENTARY: Supreme Court Averts Danger by Disallowing the Death Penalty for Child Rape
The Supreme Court has undoubtedly lurched toward conservatism in the past 20 years, but death penalty cases have largely been an anomaly. Just in the past six years, the Court has banned the execution of juveniles and mentally retarded ... [Read more...]