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…
Please be careful at the gas station.
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)…
Following up on yesterday's post about the burglar who felt the need to check Facebook on his victim's computer, but not to log out, here are a couple more such incidents. (Thanks, "Dancing Taco.") This 2009 report mentions a burglar caught…
Seriously? You couldn't wait to check Facebook until after you left the place you were burglarizing? Rhetorical question. He couldn't. I was just looking through previous posts that include the word "Facebook" and wow, it doesn't appear to have ever been…
Hey, I get it—sometimes when you win and you think the other side's position was bogus, it's hard not to get all smug and self-righteous. But you really should try. Not trying very hard—well, not trying at all—cost the State…
According to this report in the Kansas City Star (thanks, Steve), witnesses saw the man break into the Kansas City Costume Co. yesterday at about 8:45 p.m., remove the big yellow bird costume and then walk down the street to a nearby drinking…
Sure! Why wouldn't it be? All you need in order to have a binding contract is a mutual agreement by which each party agrees to do something in exchange for some consideration. (An example from Ohio.) Generally they don't have…
Something seems very wrong here, because the report is that the Supreme Court has unanimously held in Riley v. California (NYT, SCOTUSblog, opinion) that the police need to get a warrant before rummaging through the cellphone of someone they've arrested. Have…
Because such a law is, apparently, necessary.