Gayle, Kristine and Angela sued the City of Chicago, challenging the constitutionality of its ordinance that prohibits the use of wireless telephones without a “hands-free” device while driving a motor vehicle. How do you think that suit fared? Good job. Judge Wood (my prediction for the next SCOTUS Junior Justice) began the opinion like this: “The [...]
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Milwaukee cops kill Bubba
Does this qualify as sin? You betcha — says the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals today.
On August 15, 2004, a handful of City of Milwaukee police officers acted on an anonymous tip that a wanted felon had entered Ms. Virgina Viilo’s home accompanied by a pit bull. Ms. Viilo was relaxing in her backyard with her elderly mother [...]
No fireworks at the ATF
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has made news in recent weeks.
Last month a federal judge denied an ATF agent’s motion for summary judgment in a First Amendment retaliation case out of Pensacola, Florida. (HT: ACLU of Florida.) The plaintiff, Ms. Karen Kilpatrick, claims that the ATF agent (and others) violated her First and Fourth Amendment rights by [...]
This county ain’t big enough for the both of us
It’s been a rough couple of months for Sheriff Victor Hill. He’s the (lame duck) Sheriff of Clayton County, Georgia.
In August, a federal judge declined to grant qualified immunity to Mr. Hill in a suit brought by a strip club against the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office. In that complaint, the club (Pink Pony South) alleges that one day after it opened, [...]
