Something about Georgiacarry.org‘s mission seems backwards to me. Fired up after SCOTUS‘s decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, organizations like Georgiacarry.org are funding challenges to an assortment of gun laws. No problem with that, in a First Amendment sense. What’s got me scratching my head is how these organizations project the scope of the Second Amendment. They’ve argued a right to carry guns [...]
Bounty Hunting
December 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
“Bounty hunting is a decades old profession that is legal only in the United States and the Republic of the Philippines,” writes Heath Hamacher of GwinnettDailyPost.com in this story. As Hamacher also observes, bounty hunters “are not exempt from criminal charges, either, and stories of excessive force and false arrests are not uncommon. Without the legal [...]
Bar 1, City 0
December 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Pro’s Sports Bar & Grill is not happy with the City of Country Club Hills. When Pro’s applied to the City for a liquor license, the City claims, it was given a license that allows it to operate, but only with more restricted hours than is typical. (The City says it conditioned a license on Pro’s closing at 12:30 a.m., almost 3 hours earlier [...]
Free speech for all! Even douche bags.
December 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
View that protest sign and the other ”Funniest Protest Signs of 2009,” courtesy of The Huffington Post. Thanks to one of my “he’s-so-multi-talented-he-makes-you-feel-inadequate” friends, Daniel Breckenridge, for the tip.
Beer Run
December 14, 2009 By 1 Comment
‘Tis the season of holiday parties and family gatherings. Ingrates, in-laws and inebriants. Yes, alcoholic beverages [read "social lubricants"] can sometimes help you get through this season. Sometimes. Whatever your state of mind, if you’re running low on libations (and want more), do not send this gentleman on the beer run. Otherwise you might get thirsty.
Noise, noise, everywhere, nor any note to hear
December 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The plains are not alive with the sound of music. If you’re going to organize an outdoor concert featuring “several well-known bands,” don’t tick off the neighbors by playing loud music. If you can help it. If the volume does tick off your neighbors, pray that they don’t have the ear of a city councilmember (who hears their cries, but [...]
You’re uninvited
December 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Tow-truck drivers are either saviors or serpents. There is no in-between, in most eyes. If your car leaves you stranded on the Interstate, you rejoice when those yellow lights arrive. Hero. If, on the other hand, you leave your car unattended in a restricted public parking lot, you recoil when those yellow lights disappear – with your car. Crook. You might wonder how a private [...]
Preliminary injunction granted to Annex Books and company
December 6, 2009 By 1 Comment
Taking her cue from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in an order issued last week from the U.S. District Court (Southern Disitrct of Indiana), Judge Sarah Evans Barker writes: [I]n order to satisfy the burden explicated by the Seventh Circuit, the City must essentially make two showings: first, that adult entertainment businesses lacking facilities [...]
Justice Delayed is Property Deprived
December 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
This tale sounds familiar. It’s about the Singhs, who operate a retail martket in south Stockton, California. The Singh’s “market has been selling alcohol for about 60 years as a legal nonconforming use. Located in a high crime area, its parking lot has been a center of criminal activity, from loitering, public drunkenness, gambling and narcotics activity to assaults, [...]
Air time, wasted time
December 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Did you catch the American Music Awards last week? Liberty Counsel did. And it, whoever it is, is not happy. It has formally complained to the FCC about the broadcast. Why? Well At the close of the show, Adam Lambert performed. The Lambert performance featured, among other things, simulated oral sex, suggestive crotch grabbing, simulated digital penetration, [...]
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