New Jersey's Distracted Driving Bill and Its Disturbing Implications for Probable Cause

USA Today reports : A bill under consideration in the state Legislature calls to prohibit "any activity unrelated to the actual operat...

California Lawsuits Allege That Suspension of Drivers' Licenses Violates Due Process

The Los Angeles Times reports : Civil rights lawyers filed suit Tuesday accusing the Los Angeles Superior Court of improperly suspending dri...

Legislating Via Pokemon Go

The New York Times reports on an awful innovative approach to policy making: Since its introduction this month, the app known as Pokémon Go...

Does California Need a Law Prohibiting Drones Near Wildfires?

Ars Technica reports : Firefighters working to contain a wildfire in the San Gabriel Mountains of Southern California were temporarily thwar...

Ninth Circuit: Double Negatives Don't Matter

In an opinion sure to shock the conscience of grammar enthusiasts around the nation, the Ninth Circuit ruled that a defendant's statemen...

Texas Judge: No Plea Bargains "Involving" Probation for More Crimes than You May Realize

The title of this post admittedly involves a bit of a paraphrasing, but not much. The Wall Street Journal Law Blog has this post on a Texas...

Hutson & Harris: "Don't Eat Your Weed"

From the Wall Street Journal Law Blog , I learned of this excellent video from Will Hutson and Chris Harris of the Texas law firm, Hutson ...

Police Body Cameras: Not a Cure-All, But a Step in the Right Direction

The Wall Street Journal has this article  from last week on police body cameras and the Alton Sterling shooting. The Journal notes that whil...

Voisine and the Significance of Second Amendment Silence

The Supreme Court released an opinion today in Voisine v. United States (full opinion here ), a case described by Rory Little of SCOTUSblog...

Is a Parrot's Statement Hearsay?

Fox News reports on this evidence exam hypothetical come to life: A Michigan man’s wife is now a suspect in his May 2015 murder, newly obtai...