I doubt it. But don’t tell that to a group known as “Ethereal Enigmatic Euphoric Movement towards Civilized Hedonism, LTD.” That group sued the State of Idaho in federal court: The Complaint alleges that Plaintiff is an organization comprised of individuals who believe that the “consumption of distilled spirits is both [a] moral obligation and sacred [...]
Is the consumption of liquor both a moral obligation and a sacred right?
October 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Sweepstakes and Guns and Bars
September 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A couple of articles caught my eye today. First, there’s this article (by Demorris A. Lee) appearing online in today’s St. Petersburg Times. It begins: A federal judge’s ruling on whether the constitutional rights of a Pinellas County sweepstakes cafe owner were violated when deputies shut down her business could affect efforts to press criminal charges against [...]
Georgia Supreme Court upholds noise ordinance
September 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Sometimes discretion is the better part of valor. One early Saturday morning, Ian Grady was cited by a county police officer for violating Athens-Clarke County Ordinance § 3-5-24(c)(2)(a), which prohibits noise from “mechanical sound-making devices” or from a party that is “plainly audible” 100 feet away from a person’s property limits between midnight and 7:00 [...]
Springfield to defend its “family-oriented theater” alcohol ban
June 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This article appearing today on News-Leader.com caught my eye. In the article, Amos Bridges reports that the City of Springfield (MO) will defend a new ordinance that “prohibits alcohol sales at any movie theater where customers younger than 21 account for more than 25 percent of ticket sales.” Theaters that “have achieved … IRC section 501(c)(3) status” are expressly [...]
Indiana adult bookstore ordered to cease operating as such
June 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Last week the Indiana Court of Appeals issued this decision. A little background. Once upon a time, in early 2005, there was a plot of “land at the southwest corner of the intersection of highways I-65 and State Road 250 in an unincorporated area [that] was developed — with a building, driveway, and signage for [...]
How tattoo parlors can fight the war on terror
May 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Not too long ago, a tattoo parlor in Florida received this flyer from the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. The flyer begins by stating, “[i]t is important to remember the application of body art, including symbols commonly associated with extremist ideology, may be an exercise of the right of free speech or expression.” It ends by stating “[i]t is [...]
Adult entertainment business applicant gets another chance
May 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Last week Ohio’s Fourth District Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s decision to vacate a zoning board’s decision to deny a nightclub’s application for a zoning permit. Got that? Sorry. Tortured descriptions of procedure (like that) are almost unavoidable when talking about appellate decisions arising from administrative rulings. This case presents a typical fact pattern. A would-be adult nightclub applies to [...]
Online Gambling
April 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Might the growler find its way to Decatur?
April 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I love the City of Decatur for many reasons. It’s diverse. It’s eclectic. It’s where I sleep at night. And, as if I needed another reason …. It’s where the growler might surface. It seems, as Decatur Metro mentioned today here, the City is tying to detemine whether it can allow retailers to both fill and sell growlers. [See also Doug Richards [...]
This Friday’s featured cocktail …
April 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
… comes in psuedo-scientific format — The Bloody Mary: [source] Read Adam Cole’s mouth-watering, chemical write-up of The Bloody Mary at NPR.org.
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