Drunk Successfully Gropes Two While Posing as TSA Agent
Clown Week continues.
July 2014
TSA Employees Still Unsure About District of Columbia
This happened in February ("I Don't Think We Accept These," Says TSA Agent, Peering at D.C. License") and apparently it just happened again: When {Justin Gray, WFTV News] handed the man his driver's license the agent demanded to see Gray's…
Insane Clown Posse Will Appeal Loss in “Juggalo Gang” Case
"Flat-out ridiculous and un-American bullshit" is probably the lead quote from Insane Clown Posse's press conference about the June 30 decision dismissing its lawsuit against the FBI for classifying its fans as a "gang" (Washington Post). Violent J wasn't talking…
A Week of Weird-Law Posts at The Volokh Conspiracy
Fewer posts here last week than usual because I was guest-posting over at The Volokh Conspiracy (hosted these days by the Washington Post.) At Prof. Volokh's request I was writing posts based on my book, not that I need a lot of convincing in…
Police in Sexting Case Want to Take Photo of Teen’s … No, That Can’t Be Right
The Washington Post calls this "a unique approach to collecting evidence," and I guess that's one way to put it. The approach is to forcibly inject a 17-year-old boy with something that would cause an erection so they can take a…
The Guano Islands Act and So Forth
For Day 2 of my Volokh Conspiracy guest-bloggery, I wrote about the Guano Islands Act and some other old laws that are still on the books in various jurisdictions, often for no good reason. If you are still 1,100 words short of…
Napping Fan Sues ESPN and MLB for Allegedly Mocking Him
He is only the latest in a very long line of individuals who cannot understand that filing a lawsuit will not reduce the mockery level. The Smoking Gun has a copy of the poorly written complaint (which seeks $10 million…
Guest-Blogging at The Volokh Conspiracy
Professor Eugene Volokh (UCLA) kindly asked me if I'd like to guest-blog at The Volokh Conspiracy, which these days is hosted by the Washington Post. I said I would, and so I am. All this week, in fact. Oddly enough, I…
Hose-Entanglement Case Filed in Louisiana
Please be careful at the gas station.
Where Not to Write the Password for Your Fancy Data-Mining Software
How about on a whiteboard that you're planning to stand in front of while being interviewed by CNN? The LAPD is keeping tabs on drivers with automatic license-plate readers, and keeping all the information on citizens' movements (among other things)…