I guess it's change of a sort. Obama's healtcare reform started as a beautiful vision of low-cost healthcare for everyone. I thought that was highly unrealistic, but at least it was clear and straightforward. I guess the Democrats thought it was unrealistic too, because the Democrats soon made a series of compromises and turned it into a plan that purporte to give us … [Read more...] about A Bright New Idea From the Change-Master
What To Do If You Are a Victim of Police Misconduct
Packrat explains: There is no shortage of advice out there about what you should do when you are forced to interact with the police. Just do a search and you'll find a multitude of sites devoted to explaining what your rights are when dealing with law enforcement and how you should go about asserting those rights... But, strangely enough, there is an absolute lack of advice … [Read more...] about What To Do If You Are a Victim of Police Misconduct
Who Gets the Best Fifth Amendment Treatment in the Country?
Cops. I've always known that police officers get special treatment when accused of a crime, but I always assumed it was just a good deal that the cops gave to other cops. I never knew there was an official court ruling about it. Radley Balko points to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article about the Garrity Rule: In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved it with what came to be … [Read more...] about Who Gets the Best Fifth Amendment Treatment in the Country?
Abuse, Involving Children
Matt Brown at the Chander Criminal Defense blog had a client who was accused of hurting her child, but the prosecutor dropped the charges. Nevertheless, Arizona Child Protective Services apparently ignored all that and conducted their own investigation. Brown blogged his account of their interview with his client. It's one of the most chilling things I've ever read. The … [Read more...] about Abuse, Involving Children
Surviving Scott Greenfield
A few days ago, Rachel Humphrey Fleet started a blog called The Compelling Brief Blog, which was apparently going to be all about writing legal briefs. Her first post was called "Tweeting the Judge: How Legal Writing is Like Social Media." (For the moment, it's available in the Google cache here.) The post caught the eye of Scott Greenfield at Simple Justice, who … [Read more...] about Surviving Scott Greenfield