Since Friday Follies deals with humorous or idiotic matters with some arguable tangential relationship to the law, I will point to citizen journalist Corey Heidelberger and three separate posts by the omnipresent PP on the folly of the South Dakota “blogger bills” (HB 1277 and HB 1278). I see no need to recreate the will […]
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Defamation suit over a Tweet dismissed because much of Twitter is “pointless babble.” Personally, I think courts could take judicial notice of that. Jurors in a murder trial in Winnipeg, Manitoba, were sent home early “after the star witness . . . couldn’t stop vomiting while under cross-examination.” (Via.) Gotta agree with this: “I didn’t […] There’s been tons of commentary on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, in which the Supreme Court said the government can’t restrict corporations from spending money to support or oppose individual candidates in elections. Yet there’s been meager discussion on one issue the decision raises — judicial activism. For years we’ve heard the GOP rallying […] Announcements from the Consumer Product Safety Commission about product recalls aren’t new. But one for books? Oxmoor House is recalling 951,000 copies of nine home improvement books because of errors “that could lead consumers to incorrectly install or repair electrical wiring, posing an electrical shock or fire hazard.” The books were sold at home […] The North Face makes good on threat to sue The South Butt. “A man claims a judge chased him down a road, had him handcuffed and threatened to have him shot after he broke up with the judge’s daughter.” (Via.) Here’s why people don’t feel bad for downloading music illegally. Take your pick for year-end […] |
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