The Great Totem Pole Caper
A daring daylight theft.
Articles by Kevin
Things You Can’t Do in a Royal Park
According to the UK's Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces Regulations, 1997 No. 1639, Reg. 4, it is forbidden to do (among other things) any of the following without written permission in Hyde Park or other land to which said regulations…
If We Don’t Deploy Portable Ice-Shaving Machines, The Terrorists Win
As we learned the other day, ice-shaving machines are critical to our national security, and as an additional bonus can also be used to make snow-cones. (Though some have argued with a straight face that the snow-cone function itself is…
Judges Still Not Amused by Identical-Twin Hijinks [Updated]
I've never thought the whole identical-twins-switch-places thing was all that amusing, and I might even rank it one step below its leprous cousin, the inexplicably frequent parent-child-body-swap farce. And that's when Hollywood does it. It's even less likely to go…
Dear Jerry Sandusky’s Lawyers: Please Stop Talking
Tuesday: HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – A Carlisle attorney who has joined Jerry Sandusky’s defense team says the former Penn State assistant football coach may have showered with young boys because the children lacked basic hygiene skills. * * * “Teaching a…
MP Apologizes for “Any Offense Caused” by Nazi-Themed Bachelor Party
I guess I should say right up front that there is no evidence that British MP Aidan Burley actually wore an SS uniform himself, or that he joined in the toast to "the ideology and thought process of the Third…
Lawyer Facing Contempt for Insulting Judge Decides to Double Down
Most likely this saga is on the way to becoming more sad than it is funny, but it's not quite there yet. As I mentioned the other day, a Minnesota lawyer is facing contempt charges after filing a bizarre pleading…
Honey Badger Do Care About Eligibility
LSU is therefore sending out cease-and-desist letters.
Anybody Else Willing to Represent Jerry Sandusky?
Because, although I'm not a criminal-defense attorney, I'm not sure this guy is doing such a great job. To be fair, I guess at least one of these three decisions is not terrible: First, he allowed his client to talk…
NOTE: “Catholic Beast” Is Not a Legal Term of Art
Further, using this term in a brief to refer to a judge in your case is not recommended. In fact it is super-highly unrecommended. The Wall Street Journal reports today that a civil-rights group has filed a bar complaint concerning…