By: LINDSEY O’NEILL, ESQ.
With a high speed chase, you might only hear those police sirens for a few seconds before the cars come whizzing by you on the street. Sometimes, maybe not even long even to property move over to the curb – or at least get partially out of the way! Too often, however, [...]
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Legality of High Speed Police Chases
June 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments
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California Supreme Court Rules to Uphold Prop 8 Gay-Marriage Ban
May 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment
By: LISA R. WILSON
The fight for marriage equality will rage on another day. On Tuesday, May 26th, California’s Supreme Court ruled to uphold the state’s gay-marriage ban, also known as Proposition 8. The 6-1 decision by Chief Justice Ron George rejected an argument from activists that Proposition 8 revised the California constitution’s equal protection clause. [...]
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New Supreme Court Ruling Limits Auto Searches When Arrested
April 23rd, 2009 · 5 Comments
By: LINDSEY O’NEILL, ESQ.
So, when can the police search your car? First of all, if you consent to the search, they can search it. Also, if they have a warrant to search your car, they can search it. But there are exceptions to the general rule requiring a warrant – today we’re talking about the [...]
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Five States Adopt “Fire-Safe” Cigarettes Law
January 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment
By: LISA R. WILSON
On January 1st, 2009, laws mandating stores sell only cigarettes that are slow-burning and comprised of fire-safe paper went into effect in Delaware, Iowa, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas. Fifteen other states have laws that will take effect this year or next, according to the Coalition for Fire-Safe Cigarettes.
The paper on these [...]
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Postal Workers Must Take Oath of Office to Uphold the Constitution
November 19th, 2008 · No Comments
By: LINDSEY O’NEILL, ESQ.
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel, recently issued a legal opinion regarding religious objections to oath of office. The Office of Legal Counsel concluded that requiring postal workers to take the “oath of office” does not “burden a person’s exercise of religion” or violate their civil rights.
Under federal law, [...]
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Time off to Vote:
State laws for employees
October 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
By: LISA R. WILSON
November 4, 2008 is Election Day! Considering that many US citizens work very long hours, this means that most of us will have to take time off during our workday in order to cast our ballot before the polls close. In many states, employers must allow employees time off to [...]
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October 20th, 2008 · 12 Comments
By: LINDSEY O’NEILL, ESQ.
Are you facing a legal issue? Have you been sued, or are you wondering about foreclosure? Did you just have a medical procedure that didn’t turn out as you expected? Is bankruptcy looming? What about your family life – are you and your spouse considering divorce? Do you need to update your [...]
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Overweight Killer is executed in Ohio
October 14th, 2008 · No Comments
By: LISA R. WILSON
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by a death row inmate claiming he could not be killed humanely by lethal injection because he was obese. On Tuesday, October 14, 5-foot-7, 267-pound Richard Cooey, 41, died at 10:28 a.m. at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, confirmed a spokesman with the [...]
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Anti-SPAM Laws: Canning the Junk Email
June 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
BY: LISA R. WILSON
Anyone who has ever received an email knows all too well the evil and iniquity that is SPAM. SPAM is unsolicited, non-compensated commercial electronic mail sent in bulk that is usually fraudulent or deceptive in nature. On December 16, 2003, President Bush signed into law the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited [...]
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Lethal Injection: Constitutional until Something Better comes along
April 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
By: Todd Knode
The Supreme Court earlier this week ruled that executions by lethal injection are not a cruel an unusual punishment, which would be prohibited by the 8th Amendment, partly because it is currently the most humane way to execute a condemned criminal. The plurality opinion concluded that it may be cruel and unusual [...]
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