Washington State Considers Digitally Tracking Its Weed
SEATTLE (AP) — So far, no one is suggesting checkpoints or fences to keep Washington state's legal pot within its borders.But Gov. Jay Inslee insists there are ways to prevent the bulk smuggling of the...
View ArticleWhy Gun Rights Advocates Should Want To Clarify The Second Amendment
When backed into a corner, gun owners tend to cite the Second Amendment as the reason the government cannot pass certain types of gun regulation.In reality, however, the uncertain scope of Second...
View ArticleCosmo's Lawyer Bachelor Of The Year Fills Girls In On What They Can Expect...
Cosmo's lovably awkward lawyer Bachelor of the Year is back with even more interview gems.Ryan Chenevert, a 25-year-old lawyer in Louisiana, sat down with Hoda Kotb and Meredith Vieira of "The Today...
View ArticleMeet The Gay Couples At The Center Of The Fight For Same-Sex Marriage
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to take on gay marriage, two gay couples at the center of a fight for marriage equality in California are being thrust into the national spotlight.The battle...
View ArticleConvicted Bank Robber Can Sue Prison To Pay For Sex-Change Surgery
A transgender prisoner in Virginia who's suing authorities to pay for her sex-change surgery will probably have her day in court, Reuters reports.The state's federal appeals court reinstated the...
View ArticleThe US Supreme Court Is NOT Going To Revoke Your Right To Sell Stuff On eBay
The U.S. Supreme Court will rule this term on a high-profile copyright suit: the case of a former Cornell student who got sued for copyright infringement after he sold textbooks eBay.Thai national...
View ArticleDramatic Chart Shows Just How Unpopular Law School Has Become
Law school applications are set to reach a 30-year low for the current academic year, The National Law Journal's Karen Sloan reported Monday.As of mid-January, 27,891 people had applied for places at...
View ArticleOne Reason Why The NRA's Senate Testimony Tomorrow Will Be Completely Flawed
NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre plans to slam the White House's gun-control proposals during testimony Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. According to his opening statement, released today by the...
View ArticleOil Rig Explosion Victim's Dad Says $4 Billion Criminal Fine Is 'Petty Cash...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Now that a $4 billion plea deal has resolved BP's criminal liability for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill nearly three years ago, the company will turn its focus to a trial that...
View ArticleJudge Won't Hike Up Huge Patent Award For Apple In Epic Patent Fight With...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge late Tuesday rejected Apple Inc.'s demand to increase the $1.05 billion in damages a jury ordered Samsung Electronics Inc. to pay its fiercest rival in the...
View ArticleJOE SCARBOROUGH: The Greatest Threat To The Second Amendment Is NRA 'Extremism'
Ahead of NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre's Senate testimony later this morning, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough launched into a full-throated assault of NRA "extremism" that he said threatens the Second...
View ArticleHere's Gabby Giffords' Moving Testimony Urging Lawmakers To 'Do Something'...
Former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was critically injured after being shot in the head in January 2011, made a surprise appearance at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence this...
View ArticleThe US Can Legally Spy On The Any Foreign Data Stored In American 'Clouds'
Personal information uploaded by British computer users to cloud services such as Apple’s iCloud and Google’s Drive can be spied upon by US intelligence without the need to apply for a warrant, it has...
View ArticleConservative Lawyers' Blog Finds New Way To Attack Elizabeth Warren
Conservative blog Legal Insurrection hammered liberal hero Elizabeth Warren during her race against Scott Warren to represent Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate.The blog attacked Warren for claiming she...
View ArticleNRA Chief Wayne LaPierre's Statements From The Past 20 Years Reveal His Paranoia
Since the Newtown massacre Wayne LaPierre, the face of the National Rifle for the last 20 years, has said some pretty shocking things, and he will say some more controversial things in his testimony...
View ArticleThe Feds Are Targeting Disturbing 'Sextortion' Scams
Federal agents on Tuesday took aim at a new type of scam called “sextortion,” arresting a Glendale, Calif., man on charges that he hacked into e-mail and Facebook accounts of young women and then posed...
View ArticleWhy Universal Background Check May Be The Most Important Gun Control Measure...
In 1999, the ATF published a study of recent gun show investigations. What they found was widespread abuse of the Brady background check law, and other flagrant violations of gun control laws.The...
View ArticleThe NRA Has Made It Nearly Impossible To Find Accurate, Current, American Gun...
With the debate over gun control headed to the Senate Judiciary Committee today, it's worth recalling that the NRA has successfully gutted the government's ability to sponsor research into the actual...
View ArticleThese Charts Prove There Is Something Profoundly Wrong With How The US...
Today several voices involved in the gun debate are testifying before the Senate Judiciary committee regarding gun control and rights. Still, it's important to remember that the U.S. gun control debate...
View ArticleNRA CEO Wayne LaPierre: Americans 'Fear That They Are Going To Be Abandoned...
During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun control Wednesday, National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre came under fire for his claim that Americans need guns to "defend themselves from...
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